halloween treats {CSS group project}

Something about packaging up little treats makes me happy.  Mostly because they combine my love of paper, with my love of eating treats...

With Halloween right around the corner, the CSS design team is offering up our best ideas for making the holiday "no trick" and "all treat."

I've been watching way too much Food Network tv... so, when I say that I've created a "duo" of halloween treats, keep that in mind *wink*

For my first offering, I've taken snack-sized sandwich bags and filled them with yucky-looking popcorn - perfect for the year's spookiest night.  I made a kettle-corn topping for the popcorn, but dyed it green in some spots before baking the whole thing in the oven.  The kids refused to try it at first, I had to tell them to close their eyes and take a bite - hee.  Its sugary sweetness won them over in the end!

Each baggie has a topper, featuring a dressed-up critter who's yelling: "a zombie sneezed on my popcorn!"  Ew.  But for Halloween - so awesome.

I used the new comic book background, in orange, but masked out a spot to stamp the critter-in-costume (using the new "little critter dress up" set.)  Some spooky black shading completed this first treat option.

For my second treat option.... brown paper bags!  I love these!  I die-cut the "build-a-critter" owl shape twice for each treat...er.... pouch.  Then, mustaches, fangs, and mummy wraps for all!  I die-cut all of the fashion accessories (from the new "build a critter dress up dies") and glued them on, along with a set of large, beady, googly eyes.

I sewed around the edge of the treat....er.... pouch, and, before sewing it up completely, stuffed it with treats.

The kid who gets the treat will have to do this:

Yup, ripped right into my mummy (thank God I spelled that mummy and not mommy...) and found some yummy tootsie rolls and halloween lollipops.

The other designers are packaging up halloween treats for you too:

Lori ♥ Jacklyn ♥ Kim ♥ Tracy ♥ Dana ♥ Laurie ♥ Jen ♥ Laura ♥ Audrey (guest designer) ♥ Amber (style watch) ♥ CSS

CSS group project: card kits

hi peeps!  it's a group post day for clear and simple stamps!

first things first:  my hand is up, and I do solemnly swear to use other critters in future projects, and not limit myself to this (very cute) owl.

with that in mind... here's my "build-an-owl thank you card kit" (I read that right off the box... *wink*)

 I've created a kit, with all the pieces you'd need to create your own set of 8 fall-flavored-owl-cards...

when you open the box, you'd first see the white card-bases, the full chocolate owl shapes, the different patterns of owl bellies, 

and then, all of the little extras to create the owls: the eyes, feet (feet?), beaks, and little heart extras...

if the owl on the front of the box wasn't enough, I've assembled another one, for your viewing pleasure. enjoy!

and ps, I used an embossing folder on the owl's belly, and then scratched off the surface of the patterned paper with a distressing tool - it adds more contrast to the pattern.  I love doing that with embossing folders, especially with raised snowflake patterns!

click over to the other designers to see what they've made -  i can't wait to see what kind of kits they've come up with!

Lori

Laurie

Denise

Jennifer

Jaclyn

Amber

Dana

Kim

Tracy

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