Halloween Treat Bags

Mid October?  Halloween is coming soon!   My husband has been putting the finishing touches on his outdoor decorations.  Our life size Wicked Witch of West will be up by next weekend.  The trick-or-treaters always have something to say about her; sometimes "she is so scary" and sometimes "she is awesome'!  It's always a surprise to see the look on the faces of the kids.  

I need to make some progress in my preparations as well.  I'm in charge of the giving out of the candy that night.  Tonight, I made a couple of quick and easy treat bags to add to the pile.  These are a great way to pass out treats. Less having to make sure I'm equal with each trick-or-treater - lol!  

Good to the Last Bite treat bag: 

Fill a Mosaic Gusseted Cellophane bag with about 2" of candy.  

Cut Black Glitter Paper with the large label from the Halloween Magic Die. 

Cut Orange Black Floral Designer Series Paper from the Magic in This Night DSP pack with the smaller label from the Halloween Magic Die.   Attach the to the Black Glitter Paper larger Label with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  Fold the label in half and score.  Fold the bag top down and place the bag in between the folds of the label.  Staple the top of the label to the bag in the middle.  This will be covered by the sentiment tag.   

Stamp the "good to the last bite" sentiment onto a scrap of Whisper White Cardstock and trim the label to an 1/8" border around all 4 sides.  Adhere to the front of the label with large Black Stampin' Dimensionals.  

Cut smaller white lacey bat from the Magic in This Night DSP Lacey bat printed paper with the smaller die from the Halloween Magic Die.  Adhere to the front of the label in the upper left corner with small Black Stampin' Dimensionals.   Put two Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels onto the bat as the bat's eyes.  

Cut Black Glitter Paper with the 3 bats die from the Halloween Magic Die.  Take one of the bats and adhere to the lower right corner with 1/2 of the smaller Black Stampin' Dimensionals.   

Punch two 1/8" holes at the top of the sentiment tag through the label/bag.  Thread 5" of Black 3/8" Glittered Organdy Ribbon through the two holes and tie into a knot.  Trim the ends of ribbons at an angle.  

There you go - just that easy!

The second bag was made with Celebration Label Dies.  I sponged a 2 1/2" scrap of Whisper White Cardstock with Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Ink Pad and a Sponge Dauber.  I then stamped the pumpkin from the Everything Essentials Stamp set with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad.  I embellished the label with the flower and leaf die from the Halloween Magic Die set.  

There are so many cute combinations of Halloween sentiments and embellishments for many more bags.  The Mosiac Gusseted Celebration Bags comes in a package of  25 bags.  I'm not sure how many bags to plan for this year, as COVID may cause a decrease in the number of trick or treaters in the neighborhood.  I do know that the 1st 25 trick or treaters will be the lucky receivers!  

DESIGNER SERIES PAPER SALE!!!!

Reminder that select Designer Series Paper are 15% off through the end of October 31.  Click on the link below for a PDF with more details about the DSP sale.  Many of my favorite DSP's are in this sale!  Be sure to use the October Host Code 9WRQXZKT when placing your online order!  

Designer Series Paper Sale

Anxiously waiting my November Paper Pumpkin to arrive and my October kit will be arriving any day now.  The November kit will contain enough supplies to create 15 gift card carriers (2 1/4" x 4") with coordinating envelopes (2 3/4" x 4 3/8") themed with Gingerbread Girls and Boys!  The sweetest, colorful peppermint candy embellishments are included in the kit!  If you haven't tried a Paper Pumpkin kit, this maybe the one to start!  You can order from my online shopping page by selecting Kits > Subscriptions and then choose the 1 month subscription. 

Or click on the link below.  Please remember to use the October Host Code when ordering - 9WRQXZKT.  

November Paper Pumpkin

Watch for details for an upcoming workshop on Saturday, 11/7 from 11am - 1pm mdt.  I'll have a kit available with enough supplies to make a total of 4 cards - 2 different card designs and 2 little Christmas boxes.  Watch for this week's newsletter for more details.  If you aren't able to come, I'll have an option for just the card and box kit along with a pdf file with instructions that I can ship to you.  

How many of you use Pinterest for inspiration?  It's a great place to find creative jumpstarts to your next project.  I've started posting photos on Pinterest this week!  I have two posted so far - more to go.  My blog site is updated to include link to my Pinterest boards - please follow me there.  

Looks like this week might bring a little snow here.  I am so hopeful that it will help to put out the fires burning so horribly in Northern Colorado.  It's been so sad to wake up to and go to bed with smoke surrounding us.  

I hope I gave you some quick and easy ideas for your local trick-or-treaters!  I would love to hear your comments and/or see what you have created.      

Happy Crafting!