Reverse Confetti Fall-idays: Halloween

I'm so excited for Reverse Confetti's online event Fall-days! Today the Confetti Crew along with Jen will be sharing tons of fun Halloween ideas for treats, decorating and general crafting, so buckle up and let's take a ride on your Halloween broom!

My first project is a clean and simple treat tote featuring Sweet Treat Tent Confetti Cuts, Too Cute To Spook, So Stripey and that awesome-sauce Tassel Confetti Cuts I just added to my arsenal.

 I started by stamping two of the Sweet Treat Tent with the single, wide stripe from So Stripey in orange ink and then stamped one of the panels with a web, cutie spider and sentiment from Too Cute To Spook.

My first date with the Tassel Confetti Cuts and I'm in.love. It cuts through multiple layers (I'm guessing at least 12 here) like buttah, baby and fluffs out like a proud peacock!

My second Fall-idays project is actually a trio of treat containers topped with tags created with a few Confetti Cuts.

First is one of the new Frosted Pillow Boxes now available at Reverse Confetti. These boxes are food safe, BPA free and recyclable! I've tied the box with Charcoal Solid Twine and topped it with a minimalist Frankenstein tag. My Frankie tag was created using the Wonky Double Edge Scallop Border to create his hairline layered on the largest Tag Me Confetti Cuts. 

My next two containers use the smaller tag from Tag Me Confetti Cuts and sentiments from Spooky Sentiments. For this tag, I stamped white cardstock with So Stripey in neon green ink and then die cut the tag elements. Then I stamped the sentiment from in Versafine Onyx Black ink. I attached the tag to a sour cream container that I made using a lightweight piece of black paper measuring 4x6 inches. I love that you can customize the size of these sour cream containers and put just about anything inside. It's all about the packaging and not so much about the treat inside!

My last tag attached to a super easy to fold paper snack bag for which you can see a tutorial HERE. Another super simple tag featuring the smaller die from Tag Me stamped with a sentiment from Spooky Sentiments. I customized my solid twine by coloring a length of Natural Solid Twine with a Copic marker.

Reverse Confetti Blog

Susan Liles
Heather Pulvirenti
Kay Miller
Jean Manis
Amy Tsuruta
Amy Kolling
Lisa Henke

Laurie Schmidlin

Amy Rohl

Stacey Schafer

And there you have my Fall-idays Halloween ideas to jump start your upcoming Halloween crafting in the treat department! Please stop at the Reverse Confetti Blog where you'll find Jen's awesome projects and links to the rest of the Confetti Crew playing along. Thanks for stopping!

~Amy

SugarPea Designs Creative Color Challenge

Halloween is just around the corner, folks, and I've got a fun and festive tag layered card to share with you today featuring this month's SugarPea Designs Creative Color Challenge!

A candy basket full of fun die cuts and stamps from SugarPea Designs came together on this one. I've added texture with the SugarCuts Woodgrain Journal Card and Gift Tag dies, along with a few stamped backgrounds on the banner flag using Build A Background - Basics (all products are linked below).

 The BOO sentiment is actually from the Read Between the Lines stamp set which I've omitted most of the eye chart stamp, revealing only 'BOO'. (I SPY where I could reveal 'eek' in that stamp as well.) Remember to keep your eyes open wide for new ways to stretch your stamps and dies - you work hard for the money!

This is the quintessential Halloween color combo, so pull out your SugarPea stamps and dies and get spooky with us this month. Check out the SugarPea Designs Blog for more inspiration and challenge information - win some spooky SPD cash just for playing along! Keep scrolling down for all of the products I've used on today's card and go have a great Monday.
~Amy

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Spooktacular Interactive Flying Bats!

Welcome to the SugarPea Designs Creative Challenge: Falling For Fall!

I watched a great video by Tracy Mae Designs showing how to create an interactive spinner card and decided to create my own with a spooktacular batty spin!

I used the Zig Zag Stiched Circle SugarCuts to cut both the opening and the 'moon' that my Stitched Autumn Icons bats are spinning around. I had to use something other than a coin for my spinner because I didn't want it to show behind the bats, so I punched out vellum circles to use instead. They're not quite as sturdy as a penny would be, but they still allow the bats to move around the circle and even do flips!

Here you can see the bats have flown to a different position. I also have a video on Instagram if you'd like to see them in action HERE. 

Please take a minute to visit the SugarPea Designs Blog for details on this month's Creative Challenge: Falling For Fall because there's a prize involved! Finally, take a moment to check out the fun SugarPea products I used on today's card below. I hope I've inspired you to play along!

~Amy

Here's how to play along:

• Play along with any stamps and dies you'd like.  The winner is chosen at random to keep things fair, but if the winner's project features a SugarPea Designs stamp we will increase the voucher to $15

• Feel free to combine our challenge with any other challenge(s)

• Upload to your blog or other online gallery using keyword SPD20 so we can easily find your work

• Add your name and link to your card or project to the InLinkz on the SugarPea Designs Blog

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Happy {Halloween} Friday!

Happy {Halloween} Friday to all of my favorite spooks out there! How great is it that Halloween falls on a Friday this year? I am definitely looking forward to a sugar hangover nap tomorrow, but before I dive into the bowl of candy, I thought I'd share a few of my favorite Halloween 'treats' of the no sugar hangover variety. Enjoy!

Spooky Mason Jars

 Fab-BOO-lous

 Witch Way is the Candy?

 Hold It Together Potion

 Spooky Window

Harry the Crow

 Boo!

Have a great weekend and stay safe!
~Amy

somethin' to crow about

I have been stalking Halloween crows on Pinterest all fall...seriously stalking, people.  To the point of distraction from the things I really should've been doing. The first step in my quest to squelch my distraction was to purchase of a handful of black crows from Amazon, my favorite place to shop on cyber-earth. They arrived 2 business days later, and then my crows just sat...and sat...while I mulled and stalked some more. I finally conjured up the courage to take one of them into my crafty space (baby steps), and through many trials and scraps, came up with somethin' to crow about, wink!

I kinda like him.

Fine Check Background|Pinking Edge Circle

 Geek is Chic glasses|Sequins polka dots|Loopy Bloom fringe

 

Pinking Edge Circle|Damask Designs

 Pierced Tag STAX|Striped Backgrounds|Primitive Pumpkins

 Cupcake Stand|Sheer Shimmer Mist

 I think I'll call him Harry...hey Harry, old buddy, old pal!

Happy Halloween!

~Amy

Die-namics Cupcake Stand	Die-namics Geek Is Chic Glasses	Die-namics Sequins	Die-namics Loopy Bloom
Die-namics Pierced Traditional Tag STAX	Die-namics Stitched Circle STAX	Die-namics Pinking Edge Circle STAX	Fine Check Background
Striped Backgrounds	LJD Primitive Pumpkins Stamp Set	Damask Designs	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice
Hybrid Ink Pad Orange Fizz	Neenah Metallic Cardstock	Heavyweight Card Stock Primitive Cream	Heavyweight Card Stock Black Licorice
Felt Grape Jelly	Felt Whip Cream	Felt Orange Fizz	MIX-ables Sheer Shimmer Mist
Hemp Cord	Buttons Black Licorice	Black Feathered Small Halloween Crows

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