CarLeY's CLoSeT

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Welcome to the CJToo Halloween Blog Hop!

Welcome everyone to the CJToo Crafty Halloween Blog Hop!!

Tracy at Craft Junkie Too and the wonderful designers are sharing their spooky but crafty Halloween projects and ideas! You should have arrived here from Shawn's Fireside Crafting Room, but if not.....check out the lineup at the bottom of this post.....start at Tracy's site! There's just 8 of us! And don't forget to leave us comments for your chance to win some blog candy along the way.

For my crafty Halloween project, I created these cute and fun little treats for Carley's class at her daycare! Hoping the parents won't hate me too much, but I found the cutest idea out there in the blogworld (and it's killing me that I CANNOT remember from who so I could give the credit! UGH!) of a S'More treat! I started these treat bags by taking graham crackers, mini Hershey's bars, and the Ghost Peeps and putting them in a Ziploc bag.

Then, I cut 7.5" by 5.5" pieces of cardstock then scored them in the middle. These were the bag toppers.......I folded down the Ziploc bag and cardstock, stapled it, then of course decorated them.

On the back to cover the staples, I simply cut some different coordinating color strips, then printed and adhered some simple S'more directions for the microwave. I thought everyone knew how to make a s'more, but it's possible someone doesn't! :) I also used one of my Michael's $1 stamps on the back.

On the front, I used my Creative Memories tag punch to cut out the sentiment "Hope You Have S'More Fun! Love, Carley" which I printed on my computer. I thought the font was appropriate......it was called "Jokerman". :) I also used glittered Halloween brads to attach the tags to the strips of "ghost" paper then adhered that down. I used pop-dots to adhere some glittered candy corn stickers to the front as well for a finishing touch!

And here are all 14 of them I made! :) I'm sure the teachers will want one too! ;)

One side note......I didn't even use my Cricut! Gasp! That's a rarety for sure! :) But I really thought these treats turned out super cute! And they weren't that hard to make either! I hope you enjoyed your visit on the CJToo Crafty Halloween Blog Hop!

Have fun and hope you are inspired!! :)

Happy Halloween!

Don't forget........be sure to check out all of the CJToo Crafty Designers on this Hop!

Tracy @ Craft Junkie Too
http://www.craftjunkietoo.com/

Cheryl @ CardsbyCG
http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/

Kadie @ Kards by Kadie
http://kardsbykadie.blogspot.com/

Kristy @ Craftin' on my Door
http://www.craftin-on-my-door.blogspot.com/

Roberta @ TX Scrapper Mom
http://www.txscrappermom.blogspot.com/

Shawn @ Shawn's Fireside Crafting Room
http://www.shawnsfiresidecraftingroom.blogspot.com/

Shelley @ Carley's Closet <<<<<<<You Are HERE! :) >>>>>>>
http://www.carleys-closet.blogspot.com/

Tanya @ Tanyaisis Creations
http://tanyaisiscreations.blogspot.com/

And you know what???? I can't believe that I'm so close to 100 followers.......that I think for the Hop and for the followers........I have some Blog Candy! This is a first for me! :)

Since it's Halloween already, then we all know what will be here before we know it! That's right.....CHRISTMAS!! I can't believe it! So for that, I have some Martha Stewart Christmas Stickers and Brads to giveaway! (There are 58 stickers total and 12 brads.)

So if you're a follower and leave me a comment, I'll do a random drawing for a winner on Monday evening, Oct 31st! Make sure you leave your email so I can contact ya if you win! :)

Thanks as always for stopping by!

Shelley

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

You never can have too many pumpkins!

At this time of year.......Nope, you can never have too many pumpkins! :)

So I made some more! Haha!

I had made my first 3D pumpkin last weekend and loved it! I had given it to my hairdresser Joy and she displayed it at her station at the salon. Well, the next day, she called me and said to "make more, make more" and bring them to her and she'd sell them for me! She said she had like 5 or 6 people wanting one! So, that's all I needed to hear! ;) So I made 8 more and delivered them today! I thought they turned out so cute and festive!

I wanted to give out my "scrapping" business cards with them so I thought a cute way to do it was to stamp a pair of witches' feet on them; then I put a small dot of hot glue on the bottom so it could be removed easily! This was a $1 stamp I picked up at AC Moore I believe. :)

These two had little spiders and webs on them....loved them! Same as my first little pumpkin, I used papers from the coordinating papers from the Recollections Night and Fall paper pad as well as other scrap cardstocks for the leaves and vines.

I hand cut the leaves and doodled on them with markers for detail.

To make the little curly vines, I cut small strips of cardstock and dampened them with water. Then I wrapped each one around a pen, then secured them with the clip on the pens to let them dry! They are such a fun and festive touch to the pumpkins I think! :)