Featured Artist-Judy (Wedding Card)

This elegant Wedding card was made with the new Cuttlebug folders, Embossing Plus Blooming Bouquet and the 12" Butterfly border folder.

I used white pearlescent cardstock to create the 4 ½” x 6 ½” card. Both folders were embossed with white vellum. The Blooming Bouquet embossed image will be a smidge smaller than the card front. I applied Diamond Stickles to the slightly raised dots on the "Bouquet" card front. Using vellum adhesive, I glued the entire embossed image to the card front.

Next, I cut out two butterflies from the embossed Border image. Using Diamond Stickles again, I stickled the raised edge of the "lacy" butterfly. I attached the lacy butterfly to the top of the solid butterfly with pop dots. Once the Stickles were dry, I added the butterfly layers to the "Bouquet" image with pop dots.

The sentiment was computer generated and printed on green vellum. Both layers are held together with white organza ribbon.

The small "x" punch outs allow the pearlescent paper to shine through, and I added green rhinestones for more shimmer, since the bride's wedding color is green.

My inspiration came from my sister, Sandee. She also made this card and used pearls for her centers. That too was simply beautiful. The beauty of this card is all because of this wonderful new Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Cricut Imagine, Me, & A Special Little Girl by Kim B

I am one lucky Cricut Circle Member, as at CHA Summer 2010, I was gifted an Imagine by Provo Craft. I have had it for about two weeks now and have completed my first layout using my Imagine. My subject was my new grand baby girl, Jadelyn. I think she is so stinking cute and am going to love scrapping all her photos. I have a large stack and I really need to get cracking, as babies grow up so very fast! Trust me, as a Mom I am still in awe that my children are all grown up and gone and just miss them so much!

Featured Artist-Deanna M (Holiday Card)

Here is a Christmas card I made using the Ultra Soft Flower Soft. I started with a 5 1/2" X 5 1/2 card base made from Kraft card stock. I added a red mat cut at 5 1/4" X 5 1/4" and a piece of patterned paper cut at 5" X 5". I rounded the lower corners of the card base and each of the mat layers. The wreath was cut from the Cricut Christmas solutions at 3 1/2". The base layer of the wreath was cut from dark green card stock. I ran it through my Xyron upside down so the adhesive was on the top of my cut, and covered it with the Pine Ultra Soft Flower Soft. The lighter colored leaves were cut from some light olive green paper, again run upside down in my Xyron and covered with the Sage colored Ultra Soft Flower Soft. I used the Flower soft adhesive to adhere the Sage colored leave to the wreath. I added some drops of the Flower Soft adhesive and covered them with the Strawberry Ultra Soft Flower soft. I wanted them to look like Holly Berries. I just sprinkle the glue with the Flower Soft and left it to dry then tapped off the excess. I also covered the Ribbon cut with the Strawberry Ultra Soft Flower Soft. I adhered the wreath to the card front with some foam tape. The sheer ivory ribbon is from my stash. For the sentiment, I stamped it on a small scrap of kraft card stock and rounded the ends and added a mat of red. I used my Crop-a-dile to punch a hole in each end of the tag and added a gold colored brad. I adhered the tag to the front of the card with foam tape.

Halloween Layouts with Mandi

Today I wanted to share two layouts that I created using my Happy Hauntings Cricut Cartridge! This is one of my all time favorites for several reasons. First, it has some really fun characters on it. Second, I LOVE the haunted house you can build. Third, it has TWO great fonts! And finally, it has some really fun word art!

For this first layout, Halloween 2008, I used the Spooky Font on the Happy HauntingsCartridge to cut the letters from some glitter card stock. Sadly (especially for my Cricut mat) I didn't have any of the fantastic American Crafts Glitter Cardstock. The "Trick or Treat" Phrase has two layers and for this title I cut it at 3" tall. I just love the spider in the "o"!

So, if you're one of those crafters who has a Cricut machine that's stuck in it's box, remember, you don't have to be an expert to create fun titles for your layouts! Some of the cartridges have some great ones built in!

Graphic 45 Birthday Card by Chris

I love this particular image from Graphic 45 and decided to use it for my DH’s birthday card. Alone it was too plain for me so I decided to teach myself how to make a small waterfall element that would use some of the smaller images from the Graphic 45 pack and allow me to write the sentiment on the back. I used SCAL to cut the pieces and have attached the scut below for your use; but if you don’t have SCAL, I put my final measurements below also—know that you can adjust it to any size you need for your project.


Once all the pieces are cut and distress inked (Black Soot), mountain-fold on the scor lines. Then glue down the image on the first section (1 3/8 inch). Adhere this image completely. Then put strips of glue (I used my ATG) right along but under the next two score lines and align the next two squares with the first picture. Glue down just their top edges. Be sure to stay off the score lines or the waterfall won’t work. Glue the smallest strip of paper behind the first square and fold the long strip back and over this little strip. The back of the strip should be a bit longer to use as a pull-tab for the waterfall element. I added an image and ribbon to accent it and wrote on the back before I mounted it on the card. To do the word Birthday, I used embossing ink and Detail Black embossing powder. I adhered the smaller strip to the card using brads. Make sure that you do not put the brads too close to the strip because you want enough room for the waterfall to slid through. To hide the back of the brads I mounted the full image on a piece of cardstock 11.5 x 8.5 and scored it down the middle. Of course, I had to add some stickles, so I put a dab of orange peel stickles on the top of the waterfall element. To finish the card on the inside I added a Halloween border a friend made and a Disney image that I colored with my copics. The finished card is 5.75 x 8.5 inches.

Measurements:
3 Squares @ 1 3/8 inches
1 strip of paper @ 6.25 x 1.1 inches (score @ 1 3/8 inches, 2 1/8 inches, and 2 7/8 inches)
Smaller strip @ 3 x .6 inches.

SCAL: Note the long rectangle and score lines are grouped in SCAL and you may need to ungroup in order to cut.

Copics:
Rabbit: C1, C2, C3, C7
Clothes: B69, B63
Sign: G82, G99, YG 63
Horn: Y26, Y21

Resources from Cutters Creek:
Copics
Graphic 45 Halloween Wonderland
ATG
Black Detail Embossing Powder
Distress Embossing Ink
Distress Ink: Black Soot
SCAL
Orange Peel Stickles

Featured Artist-Doreen & Toy Story

*NOTE* From Kim B-Owner of Cutters Creek:

When I spied this project from Doreen on one of my groups, all I could think was WOW, WOW, WOW! What a labor of love for her grand daughter and oh how just stinking cute! I hope you love this as much as I do, as there was a TON of work but into this project! Check out this wonderful home decor project and please leave Doreen a comment and show her some love!!

My grand daughter Gabrielle loves Toy Story so I decided to buy the cartridge and create the characters for her 9th birthday party decorations. After the party she will put them on the walls in her bedroom. This is my gift to her in addition to her birthday mini book. I must admit laying all of the pieces out on the Gypsy, arranging the colors of paper in the proper place on the mat, then gluing it all together took so much more time than I thought it would. Now that it’s done and the party is over………it was worth every minute!

I used the Cricut Expression with the Gypsy and a 12x24 mat. Using the Gypsy was the only way I could cut Buzz, Woody and Jesse at 22 ½ “ tall. I tried without it and it would not work so I bought a Gypsy.

I used black cardstock for the background layer for each character. When I needed more than 12” in length I taped two 12x12 pieces together then put it on the mat as a 12x24 piece of paper. All of the small parts were created mostly from my scrap file J using a lot of Stampin Up cardstock. The white cardstock used on all of the characters is from the 40 sheet pack sold at Walmart………cuts like a dream on the E and the Imagine.

For all of the cuts the blade was set at #3, pressure set at high, speed regulated by Gypsy (on my expression it is set to one bar below fastest) Some of the brown cardstock I used (bazzil) was really thick and needed the blade at #4.

I used ridged plastic packaging for Buzz’s helmet. And real twine for Jesse’s rope.

I used Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive to glue everything together…..love that stuff!

After putting the characters together I wanted them to be a bit more sturdy so I glued coffee stirrers (flat, skinny wood sticks) to the backs where any of them seemed to need support. To hang them on the wall I attached poster putty in various places on the back of each character.

Other crafters are suggesting Post It paper with the adhesive already on it but it is very thin and I think it would rip easily on these big items. I wouldn’t hesitate to use it for cards or scrapbook pages though. These characters could be cut from Vinyl for the wall and would look awesome!

You probably noticed I couldn’t resist giving Mrs. Potato Head some bling, suits her.
I also made the decorations for the cake. Gabrielle wanted the good guys VS the bad guys and she chose an Over The Hill cake from Costco because it reminded her of the hills in the Great Valley (she is a dinosaur nut.

For today’s project I created this fun treat box for my daughter’s teacher using the Happy Hauntings Cricut Cartridge! I will have to say this is one of my favorite cartridges! For this box I cut the Coffin Box at 10 ¾” for both the lid and bottom from black cardstock. Then I cut the stand also at 10 ¾” from grey cardstock. Once I realized it was a stand for the coffin to sit on I actually cut it again to make it a little sturdier. Then I cut the red zig-zag layer (which I think is technically for the other coffin box but I wanted more pop) and adhered that to the base. Next I grabbed a scrap of the red and embossed it with the Forest Branches Cuttlebug Folder to make the drape over the coffin. I adhered everything together using my favorite Scor-Tape! Last I cut the RIP at 2” with the phrase feature on Happy Hauntings and then added a little bling! When you subtract the messing around time I’m thinking I could now duplicate this for the other two teachers in about a ½ hour!

Shopping List:

Happy Hauntings Cricut Cartridge
Forest Branches Cuttlebug Folder
Scor-Tape!

Featured Artist: Deanna M. (Masculine Birthday Card)

I needed to make a birthday card for my boss and thought this would be a good masculine card. My card base is 5 1/2" X 5 1/2" green card stock. The orange mat is 5 1/4" X 5 1/4". The patterned paper is cut at 5" X 5". The smaller green squares are cut a 2" x 2". For the leaves, I cut them from the Straight From the Nest Cricut cartridge at 1 1/2". I used my Ultra soft Flower Soft to cover the leaves. To get the variegated look I mixed together some of the Burnt Sienna, Toffee, Pine, and Sage. I ran two of the leaves (the upper left and lower right leaves) upside down through my Xyron and coated them with the Flower Soft, pressed down firmly on the leaves to be sure the Flower Soft was adhered and then tapped off the excess. For the other two leaves I also added a little of the Strawberry Flower soft before applying the Flower soft. I used some quick dry adhesive to attach the leaves to the green squares. I added the Happy Birthday stamp with some Moss green ink. I really like the look I got with mixing the colors, the leaves look as if they are in the middle of changing colors.

"Poison" by Laura C.

No tricks, just treats to fill up this goody bag!

The base of the project is an apple/produce paper bag (a regular lunch bag would work if you sized things down). The "Green at Heart" collection from Basic Grey is versatile, it can be used for almost anything! It has the "Halloween" purple and green used here. The base piece of purple is 3 & 1/2" x 6 & 1/2" and the green is 4 & 1/4" x 6 & 1/2". These were inked using the inkssentials applicator and foam pads, with Tim Holtz distress inks in Peeled Paint and Dusty Concord and then adhered to the bag. The "poison" label is a new Tim Holtz texture fade embossing folder that was trimmed to 3 & 1/2" x 5 & 5/8". It was inked with the same two distress inks and the edged distressed. This "label" was adhered to a 3 & 6/8" x 5 & 7/8" piece of the purple that had been inked with dusty concord and the edge distressed. It was then centered on the green paper. The embellishment in the corner is made with a 2" x 3" piece of the green (you know the drill, inked and distressed!). I cut out white cardstock using Spellbinders labels 14, inked with both the green and purple, then (after dry!) adhere a sentiment. I used the green letters from the Green at Heart kit to spell out BOO!, applied glossy accents to that, and edged the tag in purple stickles. Once dry, I used foam dots to adhere to the small green piece I had adhered to the bag. Finishing touches....three 1/2" square pieces of green with a pearl brad centered in each (adhere with glue dot to bag) and a matching ribbon to hide the seam.

Love this great goody bag, for special treats, parties, or even just a fun decoration for Halloween!!

Available at Cutter's Creek:

Basic Grey (Green at Heart 12x12 collection)
Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Peeled Paint and Dusty Concord)
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Applicator
Inkssentials ink blending foam
Sizzix Texture Fades (Halloween Night and Poison set)
Spellbinders Dies (labels fourteen)
Inkssentials Glossy Accents
Stickles (purple)
American Crafts Pearl Brads (primary)
Glue Dots (dot n' go memory and mini dispenser)

Pirate Halloween by Lori B.

Think glitter is just for "girly" layouts?  Oh no, my friend, oh no.  Everything looks better with a little bling, and boys are no exception.  Two years ago, my son was a pirate for Halloween (yes, I know, I'm "behind") and I recently got around to scrapping those photos.  Complete with glitter and bling!

I used a simple sketch and mostly cardstock in order to keep the focus on the pictures.  Adding a touch of bling to a simple layout like this can really give it a pop.  Using American Crafts glitter cardstock, I cut my title using my Cricut and Happy Hauntings, and my pirate ship from Paper Doll Dress Up.  The cuts are adhered to my layout using Scor Tape.  The treasure chest is also from PDDU, cut from red CS.  I used my Crop-a-dile to punch the holes at the top of the blue mat and set the eyelets, then strung it with some hemp cord.


Supplies available from Cutters Creek:

• cardstock
• Scor Tape
• American Crafts glitter cardstock in Charcoal
• Kaisercraft self-adhesive rhinestones, in Red
• Kaisercraft self-adhesive rhinestones, in Silver
• Kaisercraft self-adhesive pearls, in Pearl
• Crop-A-Dile Punch Kit
• Cricut Expression

Featured Artist-Deanna M!

***A NOTE FROM KIM B: OWNER CUTTERS CREEK***

The Cutters Creek Design Team ladies are just so amazing! I wish I could have every talented person I find, to be a part of our team. That is just not possible, so I came up with an idea! What if I spy something that catches my eye, and products from Cutters Creek are being used? Could I? Should I? Dare I ask them to be a featured artist on the Cutters Creek Design Team blog? The answer is, why yes...............yes I can! Deanna is the first person I have asked and she has accepted! She used a product I love, Flower Soft! So please show her some love and read about and see her project below.



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The card base is Kraft card stock cut at 4 1/2" X 12" and folded to 4 1/2" X 6" . The orange paper is 3" X 6" and I used my Fiskars Treading Water border punch along the bottom of the mat. The patterned paper mat is from DCWV Fall stack I bought last year and is 2 1/2" X 6. The narrow orange mat is 1 3/4" X 6". I inked the edges of everything with some brown ink. The leaves are cut at 1 1/2" from the Straight From the Nest. I ran them through my Xyron sticker maker upside down so the adhesive was on the front and then flocked them with Burnt Sienna (the darker orange) and Toffee (the lighter brown) Ultra Fine Flower Soft and attached them to my card with foam tape. I added some gold colored hemp cord at the top of the card. The sentiment says Wishing you a Beautiful Autumn. I am really pleased how this turned out.

Holiday Card with Vicki

I can't believe it's October already! Time to start thinking about Christmas cards!! I have created a simple and geometric holiday card, using just a few products, and a little imagination!

Thickers are great sticker letters, but they are large. I wanted to highlight the letters, but not overpower them. I cut a simple frame of red cardstock. Instead of keeping it plain, I used my Scor-Pal to highlight each of the corners, on an angle. I then marked two additional spots on each side of the original angle, and scored a line from the hash mark, back to the center of the corner, creating a sunburst effect. To highlight this sunburst, I brushed it with Pixie Dust Blingz. I adhered the frame to the front of the card.

Next, I attached the Thickers letters. It took a few tries to line everything up, but the stickers don't stick hard until you press them down, so I was able to move them around several times until I got it just right! To finish everything off, I added a clear Twinkle Jewel at the inside corners of the red frame, and added one to the dot of the 'i' for a whimsical effect.

Cutters Creek Items Used:
Twinkle Jewels
Scor-Pal
Dear Lizzy/American Crafts Foam Thickers
Shimmerz Blingz Pixie Dust

Summer Fun with Lori

Summer may be over, but most of us still have plenty of pictures to scrap. (Mine are from 2006!) So here's a little Summer flashback to help you out!
I used a few tricks to get as many pictures as possible all in one place, but if you have fewer, this main layout is easy to replicate. I used some paper from my stash, but I think this would look stellar using just cardstock.

My Cricut cuts are made with Everyday Paper Dolls, Paper Doll Dress Up and Life Is A Beach, and I inked the edges of all the cardstock pieces with matching ink to add depth. I created the title using the alphabet on Life Is A Beach and my Gypsy to weld it all together. The elephant is from p. 75 of EPD, and his water spray is multiple cuts of the raindrops on p. 42. The sun is from p.40 of EPD, and the water and grass are both from p. 77. But wait, there's more! Here's a simple way to get a few more pictures on your page:

An accordion fold mini album is a great way to add a few more pictures. I simply cut a strip of CS the width of my photos, and scored it the same size. There are several ways to keep your album closed on your page, the easiest of which is just using a photo turn or large brad to slide an edge under. I chose to use a D-ring type closure, like we all had on our belts in the 70's. Be sure to cut away the sheet protector around the mini-album so it can be opened. But wait, there's even more! I had a LOT of pictures, so I added some smaller sheet protectors to my layout:

Note: I haven't added my journaling yet (it sometimes takes a while for me!), so that's what the blank places are for. The palm trees are cut from p. 42 of PDDU. As an alternative, there are a couple more on LIAB, I just liked this one best for this LO. The octopus border is from p.54 of LIAB.

Supplies available from Cutters Creek:
cardstock
Cricut Expression
Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge
Life Is A Beach cartridge
Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge
Memento ink pads

Wet and Wild by Lori B.

Summer may be over, but most of us still have plenty of pictures to scrap. (Mine are from 2006!) So here's a little Summer flashback to help you out!

I used a few tricks to get as many pictures as possible all in one place, but if you have fewer, this main layout is easy to replicate. I used some paper from my stash, but I think this would look stellar using just cardstock.

My Cricut cuts are made with Everyday Paper Dolls, Paper Doll Dress Up and Life Is A Beach, and I inked the edges of all the cardstock pieces with matching ink to add depth. I created the title using the alphabet on Life Is A Beach and my Gypsy to weld it all together. The elephant is from p. 75 of EPD, and his water spray is multiple cuts of the raindrops on p. 42. The sun is from p.40 of EPD, and the water and grass are both from p. 77.

Summer may be over, but most of us still have plenty of pictures to scrap. (Mine are from 2006!)  So here's a little Summer flashback to help you out!

I used a few tricks to get as many pictures as possible all in one place, but if you have fewer, this main layout is easy to replicate.  I used some paper from my stash, but I think this would look stellar using just cardstock.

My Cricut cuts are made with Everyday Paper Dolls, Paper Doll Dress Up and Life Is A Beach, and I inked the edges of all the cardstock pieces with matching ink to add depth.  I created the title using the alphabet on Life Is A Beach and my Gypsy to weld it all together.  The elephant is from p. 75 of EPD, and his water spray is multiple cuts of the raindrops on p. 42.  The sun is from p.40 of EPD, and the water and grass are both from p. 77.

But wait, there's more!  Here's a simple way to get a few more pictures on your page:

An accordion fold mini album is a great way to add a few more pictures.  I simply cut a strip of CS the width of my photos, and scored it the same size.  There are several ways to keep your album closed on your page, the easiest of which is just using a photo turn or large brad to slide an edge under.  I chose to use a D-ring type closure, like we all had on our belts in the 70's.  Be sure to cut away the sheet protector around the mini-album so it can be opened.

But wait, there's even more!  I had a LOT of pictures, so I added some smaller sheet protectors to my layout:

 Note: I haven't added my journaling yet (it sometimes takes a while for me!), so that's what the blank places are for.  The palm trees are cut from p. 42 of PDDU.  As an alternative, there are a couple more on LIAB, I just liked this one best for this LO.  The octopus border is from p.54 of LIAB.


Supplies available from Cutters Creek:

• cardstock
• Cricut Expression
• Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge
• Life Is A Beach cartridge
• Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge
• Memento ink pads

Halloween Layouts by Chris

This year I wanted to capture my grandkids’ Halloween costumes not just in photos, but also in paper. I couldn’t resist the new Graphic 45 paper nor the two Halloween cricut carts that came out this year.

I used my Paper Doll Dress Up and Everyday Paper Dolls cartridges and cut 5 dolls--2 at 3.5, one at 3 inches, and 2 at 2.5 inches. I then used the costumes on the cart to make a cowgirl, cowboy, and a lion. To make “Mario” I used the clothes for the construction worker and the cap from the military man. Mario’s mushroom (don’t ask me why my grandson wanted to be Mario’s mushroom). I used the outfit 1-headwear on the Dress Up cart for the body and a blackout version of the race driver’s helmet on the Everyday cart (cut at 4inches even though the figure was only 3 inches). Then I rounded the edges of the helmet, slit the center, slipped the head in and colored using Faded Jeans Distress ink applied with a pencil eraser and inked the edges with Vintage Photo ink. Each doll then got a little Trick or Treat bag from the Dress Up cartridge and I hand cut a plunger for Mario. To finish the kids a bit of facial color was added using my copics RV10 and 11.


To make the background I used the October 31st cart and cut out the tree at 10 inches from Graphic 45 Halloween paper and the fence from Happy Hauntings cart at 4 inches. Just love one of my online friend’s ideas of using a pattern paper for the tree! I dabbed the fence posts with distress embossing pad and sprinkled on tea dye distress embossing powder (didn’t have vintage photo powder, so I was experimenting), heated it and when cooled rubbed off the big crystals—now I had a rusted fence. I used my silver American Craft glitter paper and George cart to cut a 5.5 circle for the moon. It was too shiny, so I dabbed a bit of black soot distress ink over it. I made the witch from Happy Hauntings at 3 inches. I glued all pieces down with a spray adhesive, but found the witch kept lifting, so I used my scor tape on her. On the other side of the layout I cut the 4 bats from Paper Doll Dress up at .5 (2 of them), 1, and 1.5 inches. Happy Hauntings was used for the title (2 inches), ghosts (1 inch; 1.5 inches, and the ghost from the round frame—row 2 last cut--was cut at 3 inches), and the cat (2 inches). The three purple squares are for pics of the kids. (I’ve got plenty of room on the backs of both LOS as the Graphic 45 is fantastic double sided paper.)

Look at the bottom of the house. I cut off the two front foundations and glued them to shipping tags cut down to 2inches wide and wrote Pull me on the tabs—Yea, hidden journaling! The trick was in my using scor tape under the house to create a rectangular pocket that the cards could slide in and out of and not gluing where the foundation sat under the windows. Final touches were added—googley eyes, outlines on the bats and one Halloween LO done ahead of time (a first for me)!

Cutters Creek Resources:
Cricut Cartridges: Everyday Paper Dolls, Paper Doll Dress Up, George & Basic Shapes, Happy Hauntings, & October 31st
Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Faded Jeans, Vintage Photo, Black Soot
Scor Tape
Copics: RV 10, RV11
Distress Embossing ink
Distress Embossing Powder: Tea Dye
AC Glitter Paper: silver
Graphic 45 Halloween Wonderland Paper

Spooky Witch by Sandi S.

I chose paper from an old paper pack I had.  Next I cut a swirl frame in black from the Cricut’s Storybook cart and attached it with a Zig glue pen.  Then I chose a flower from Cricut’s Accent Essentials cart and added a small paper flower with a dab of craft glue and finished with a Kaisercraft pearl.  I stamped Hanna onto white card stock using memento black ink, but before I did that I ran my embossing magic (anti static bag) over the paper to ensure I got a clean crisp image and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I framed Hanna with Spellbinder’s Oval and inked the edges with Copics YR16 Apricot.  I colored Hanna’s dress and hat with Copics BV00 Mauve Shadow and BV02 Purple for shadow and depth and added highlights using Inkssential Opaque White Pen.  Next I colored her hair with Copic Y08 Acid Yellow and her broom with Copic Y17 Golden Yellow then added Yellow and Purple Stickles for sparkle.  I attached the oval with Pop Up Dots.  I put the ribbon through the buckle from Spellbinder’s Lady Fashion Buckles, and taped the ribbon to the back of the paper before it was all placed onto the card with ScorTape.

Supplies Available at Cutters Creek 

Scor Tape

Cricut Cartridges (Storybook and Accent Essentials)

Spellbinders Ovals

Spellbinders Lady Fashion Buckles

Hanna - Pixie Cottage stamps

Clear Embossing Powder

Embossing Magic (anti static bag)

Heat Gun

Memento Ink Pad

Pop Up Dots

Paper Flowers

Kaiser Pearls

Zig Glue Pen

Inkssential Opaque Pen White

Stickles (yellow and purple)

Copics YR16, BV00, BV02, Y08, and Y17

Trick or Treat? by Laura C.

There is no trick to making these adorabletreats! You can use this idea to dress up any type of flat candy bar! 

These instructions are for a Hershey's chocolate bar.  Cut a 5 & 1/2" by 5 & 1/2" piece of paper or thin cardstock.  I used a green stripe and plain black from my stash.  Wrap the paper around the candy bar, secure it with a line of adhesive.  Now for the fun part!!  The "Happy Halloween" was printed off my computer on white cardstock and then trimmed to 2 & 1/2 x 3/4".  I used a foam applicator to apply distress ink (Tim Holtz) with a bit of the color pumice stone on there first, then loaded it with bundled sage and applied it to the cardstock (do this by using  a swirling motion that starts OFF the cardstock and work your way onto the cardstock--this tip is from the man himself at Scrapfest!). Then I mounted this on a 2 & 3/4 x 1" piece of the striped paper.  The piece underneath is cut  out of purple cardstock with the new labels 14 from Spellbinders and I used a thin line of glossy accents around the edge and sprinkled that with the new Suze Weinburg Beadazzles in Salsa.  Once dry, I pop dotted the Happy Halloween to the purple "bedazzed" piece, and finished it off....a strip of ribbon (you could use cardstock!) and glue dots to attach the Happy Halloween piece.

The spider "treat" is made with the same base size, and I used cuttlebug folders for the embossed pieces which were enhanced with Tim Holtz inks in rusty hinge with a little bundled sage added on the web (which was trimmed to 2" x 5"). The spider from the A2 "boo to you" folder, was cut out with a 1 & 1/4" punch and then mounted on a 1 & 1/2" circle of black cardstock. It was outlined with lime green stickles.

Love this idea for a child's classroom, or party favors, or even a special "treat" for a special someone! 

This fall, have fun with something new like these awesome blendable inks, from Tim Holtz or Suze Weinburg Beadazzles!  Kim has so many wonderful fun goodies in her store!!  So go ahead, step out of your crafting comfort zone, grab something new and then go and play!!

Available at Cutter's Creek:

Tim Holtz distress inks (pumice stone, bundled sage, rusty hinge)
Tim Holtz adirondack alcohol ink applicator
Inkssentials blending foam
Inkssentials glossy accents
Spellbinders (Labels 14)
Suze Weinburg Beadazzles (Salsa)
Cuttlebug A2 folder (Boo to You)
Stickles (lime green)
Glue Dots (memory dot n' go)