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!

Catching Up

Hi everyone! The last month went by like a whirlwind, too many stuff on my schedule, and next thing I know, Thanksgiving is just a week away! 

My last creation was Halloween goodie bags / treats for my daughter's class. I had fun making a couple of dozen of those, and even turned it into a mom-daughter activity (my mom and I). 

I made these owl pillow boxes that just looks so cute! I just purchased packs of Recollection paper and used an SVG cut file from the Silhouette store.

For the teachers I made something a bit more special, a purse. I also tried Lori Whitlock's owl treat bag. I wish I had more time, but given how busy my October was, this was the best I can come up with given the short period of time. Mental note, get started earlier next year!!

I'm trying to catch up, especially after returning from a long trip, but hopefully I can start cranking out some Christmas / holiday creations in the weeks to come! 

Thanks everyone! 

Reindeer Tote Bags

I had a blast putting these treat bags together! Sure my fingers were covered in Liquid Glass but it was the only adhesive I trust to be strong enough to hold the treats I planned to put inside.

I used My Mind's Eye Christmas paper pack from last year to make the bags, then adhered the reindeer image in front. I still plan to put on tags later on, after I put them in clear favor bags and tie them with a string. Given my kid's classmates age, I'm guessing they won't be handled gently so to be sure it makes it home in 1 piece, I'd feel better knowing it's in  plastic baggie.

These took time, but I had so much fun! I hope the kids will love it too!

My weekend well spent!