Halloween Bag Toppers

Hi everyone! Here's another halloween related post from me today. Last week I thought I was done with doing all the treat bags, but when it came to packing it for my daughter to take to school, I realized I didn't want to risk breaking the pumpkin bag handles. So I thought of placing them in plastics, and tying the bag opening with twine. But since the the clearance on top wasn't big, tying a twine was not doable, nor was tying it with washi tape. So yesterday I sucked it up and did bag toppers for each. I had so much fun creating these, granted it took some time, but I was glad to go back to basics and doing some paper crafting again.

I've been busy practicing calligraphy and brush lettering, and now iPad lettering that I haven't paper crafted in a while. Yesterday was a breath of fresh air so to speak.

I cut these file using my Silhouette Cameo and just went plain with all the cardstock. I had so much fun assembling the witch, and this is really a cute image.

I'm also happy that this project allowed me to add my hand lettering side. I personalized each with the teacher's names using brush lettering. I used Kuretake Fudegokochi pen in writing the names out. For some reason the ink of this pen seemed to have a nice dark black color on the cardstock that wasn't lost.

I am excited and hope my daughter's teachers will love their treat bags tomorrow!

Happy Halloween weekend everyone!

It's Halloween!!

Where did the time go? Gosh I can not keep up! I have been busy the last few weeks, (or should I say month) practicing and learning calligraphy and brush lettering. If you check out my Instagram account you'll see I've been actively posting my calligraphy and lettering progress. Because of that I've sort of neglected my card making and coloring projects. Not to mention I'm 2 years behind on scrapbooking! There is just not enough time in this world for all the crafting goodness!

My share today is halloween treat bags I made for my daughter's class. Are you surprised I'm done a week ahead of time? If you follow me the previous years you know I complete this like midnight of Oct 30th. Can you believe this year I'm done? And even made 2 kinds, for students (sans peanuts) and for teachers (generous chocolate treats).

The pumpkin bag and tags are from Cricut's Tags, Boxes and More 2 cartridge. The papers I used are Close to My Heart's Scaredy Cat collection.

The sentiments and stamp images are a mix of Lawn Fawn's Spooktacular and My Favorite Things' Frightfully Fun stamp sets. Yes, I messed up on Frankenstein and Dracula. Apparently I wasn't paying attention when I stamped them. Hopefully the teachers won't mind or notice. :)

I feel like I've accomplished a lot by finishing these way ahead of time. Forgive me, it really is the first time in years I've done this without rushing. It is a big deal for me! :)

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you guys have a fantastic halloween!