Baking cookies and packaging them up was always a huge part of our family Christmases. Snickerdoodles and gingersnaps for my Grandpa Chris, fudge for my Grandma Virginia, and Chocolate Crinkles for all of us!
I still love making sweet treats for my friends & family and I'm so excited to use the new Made With Love set from The Stamp Market. (Small side note...I've just recently discovered The Stamp Market and their stamps & dies are ADORABLE! Plus they are so sweet!) Ok, let's talk sweet treat packaging!
First of all there are some adorable stamps in this set that are perfect for creating little seals. I love seals on glassine bags of cookies. In fact, I stocked up on glassine bags for my wedding and I'm still working to use them up...I've been married for 10 years, LOL!
To create a seal, just stamp and die cut (or punch). Then run through a Xyron to make into stickers.
I'm also crazy for the sweet tags you can create! The tag dies are fun shapes with notches & perforations. There are cute dots & stripes to add to them too, my favorite! I think I will be using these bunches so stay tuned.
In case you missed any stops on our little hop, the list is below and keep hopping on over to The Stamp Market! There is a $50 giveaway, YAY! Make sure you leave a comment on each hop stop and make sure to follow The Stamp Market on Instagram. The winner will be announced on Saturday.
I love Halloween! A holiday that basically revolves around candy, yes please!!! And as much as I love to receive (and eat) candy, I like to give little treats too!
Today I want to share a card that says "Happy Halloween" and gives a treat!
I started with the Stamp Witch's super cool tutorial for a diorama card and I added a tray to slip inside and hold treats.
To create the card, cut a piece of cardstock to 5-1/2 x 10-7/8. Score at 3/8, 3-5/8, 4, 7-1/4 and 7-5/8.
Die cut a circle "window" from the 2nd panel (not the first 3/8 section but the first 3-1/4 panel...does that make sense?) Decorate the last panel (on the right) as desired. I used stars from the Essentials by Ellen Got Candy set.
Create the tray that will go inside by cutting cardstock to 3-3/4 x 6. I used Bazzill Circus Peanut orange. Score at 3/8 inch from left, rotate 90 degrees and score again, etc, etc.
Cut the score lines on the left & right to create tabs. Fold up and adhere to make a tray.
Stamp, die cut and color little critters to decorate. I used the bear from the All Inside set and friends & accessories from the too-cute-for-words Bear Ware 2 set.
Adhere a piece of acetate in the circle window cut from the card base. And adhere all little critters before folding up and adhering card base.
And the best part, add candy! The tray is only 3/8 inch deep so flat-ish things work best like fun size Skittles and M&M's. Sadly (and rather unbelievably) there wasn't any Halloween candy in my house yet so I used fruit snacks. And yes I eat fruit snacks, LOL!
A little bit of washi makes a great way to pull the tray out of the card (but its also easy to push it out from the bottom).
Thank you for stopping by!
Hugs!
Carly
supplies:
Essentials By Ellen Stamps, Got Candy
Essentials By Ellen Stamps, All Inside
Essentials By Ellen Stamps, Bear Ware 2
Essentials By Ellen Dies, All Inside
Essentials By Ellen Dies, Bear Ware 2
Lawn Fawn Circle Stackables
Memento Ink Pad Tuxedo Black
Copic T1, T2, T4, E01, G14, Y17, YR16
Solar White Cardstock
Bazzill Circus Peanuts Cardstock
Scor-Pal
I'm over in The Classroom at Ellen Hutson LLC talking about the easiest DIY treat box ever and sharing a little Essentials by Ellen sneak peek. The release is tomorrow...YAY!
Check it out and come back tomorrow for more!
Happy Saturday!
Carly
