Witchy Poo: Bag Topper

Happy Saturday to you! I hope you are having a fabulous weekend! I started a work out program yesterday, after over seven years of absolutely zero exercise, and I am in some serious PAIN today, so how my weekend will turn out is still unknown. ;) I do have a final, and yes, I do mean final bag topper to share with you. I am SO toppered out for Halloween!

My final set of bag toppers is a cute little witch. It's another dollar bin stamp from Michaels. The sentiment, "Happy Haunting" is from Flourishes', Witching You a Happy Halloween. That is such a fabulous Halloween set, with cute images, and really great phrases. 

For this one, I colored the image with Copics and used red Stickles on the shoes. I sponged Spiced Marmalade, Shabby Shutters, and Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink around the image after coloring it. Since it's going on bag toppers, and the image is kind of dark anyway, I didn't worry about masking the image. I heat embossed "Happy Haunting," and put two little dots of Distress Stickles beside it. The ribbon is another dollar find from Michael's. I can't believe this is the only use I found for it this Halloween. It's so pretty.

This topper fits the fabulous Color Throwdown #164 colors this week, and I'm entering it in Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge #140 to make a Halloween card or project, alongside the other toppers I've made.

In case you missed the previous three versions of toppers, here they are all together:

And, this is what my craft table looked like when I was finished:

This is one project I'm happy to be finished with. I love how they turned out, and I hope my DD's friends like them, but I'm ready to get back to making cards!!!

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you enjoy your weekend!

  

 

Stamps: Witching You a Happy Halloween (Flourishes); Witch stamp (Michaels)
Paper: Que Sera Sera (K&Co)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink; Memento; Copic Markers
Dies: Curved Rectangles (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Lettuce embossing powder (Adirondack); ribbon (Michaels); Stickles; Distress Stickles
Size: 4-1/4" x 4" (4-1/4" x 2" when folded)

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Ghostly Boo!: Bag Topper

Hi there! It looks like these bag toppers are addictive for me! Here's another set:

I'll be entering this in Flourishes' Timeless Tuesday challenge #140, just like the previous two sets, and also the Crazy 4 Challenges C4C109 challenge, to create something for an upcoming holiday and to incorporate heat embossing in your creation.

For this topper, I mixed up Mod Podge with white glitter and painted it on the ghost. You can see the sparkle pretty good in this photo:

After it dried, I used black Enamel Accents on the eyes to make them pop a little. I colored the shoes and legs with Copics. For the "Boo!" I stamped it in white Colorbox ink, then heat embossed it with white embossing powder. Maybe a little overkill, but I wanted to make sure it showed up good on the black paper. As you can see, I used my new Scary Fence punch again. That little fence is so cute!

This bag topper was pretty easy...or maybe I'm just getting the hang of it, now. ;)

My DD wants me to make one more set for a few more friends, so you may be seeing me again soon, with a last set (I promise!), unless I take the easy way out and just make a few more of these easy ghostly toppers. :)

Before you go, check out my new blinking badge in my sidebar. I won the Tuesday Morning Sketches judged challenge #115 last week for my Paisley Hope card! TMS is a fun challenge, their sketches are awesome, and the DT is super inspirational. See for yourself here!

I appreciate your visit. Come again soon, and have a fantastic day!!!

Stamps: Michaels
Ink: Memento, Tim Holtz Distress Ink; Colorbox; Copic markers 
Dies: Big Scalloped Circles Sm (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Scary Fence punch (Martha Stewart); white embossing powder (Zing); Enamel Accents (Inkssentials); Mod Podge: glitter; foam dots
Size: 4-1/4" x 4" (4-1/4" x 2" when folded)

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Spooky Spider: Bag Topper

Hello Friends! I'm back with more Halloween Bag Toppers. I think I can submit more than one project for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge #140. I heat embossed "Spooky," so I'm entering the Crazy 4 Challenges #109 challenge, to create something for an upcoming holiday and to incorporate heat embossing in it, and I used the Color Throwdown colors for challenge #164, also. I love this color combination anytime...not just Halloween: 

My daughter loaned me her dollar bin spiderweb stamp for this one. I added Stickles to the web and Glossy Accents to the spider's body. The "Spooky" stamp was a dollar find at Walmart. It worked out perfect that it has little webs in the letters. I stamped it with copper Colorbox ink, then embossed it with clear embossing powder. 

I saw the Martha Stewart Scary Fence punch on a card somewhere and searched high and low for it. I finally found it the other day at Archiver's and happened to have a coupon. So this project is a thrifty one. I love a bargain!

While you're out and about, check out Prickley Pear's October Sketch Challenge. One winner will be chosen by random.org and the prize is a Clear Stamp Set with coordinated Die of the winner’s choice! You've got until the end of the month to enter!!!

And, that'll do it for now. Enjoy your evening!

 

Stamps: Spiderweb (Michael's); Spooky (Studio G)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink; Staz-on; Colorbox
Dies: Labels Sixteen; Nested Lacey Pennants
Accessories: Scary Fence punch (Martha Stewart); Clear embossing powder (Zing); Glossy Accents; Stickles; foam dots
Size: 4-1/4" x 4" (4-1/4" x 2" when folded)

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Halloween Fun: Bag Topper

Hello there, and Happy Wednesday! I've got a quick, but cute project to share with you today--a bag topper for Halloween goodies. I made these for my daughter to share with her classmates for Halloween, and they fit Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge this week (FTTC140), to create a Halloween card/project or both, and also Crazy 4 Challenges C4C109 challenge, to create something for an upcoming holiday and to incorporate heat embossing in your creation. The sentiment is heat embossed.

Here are the sizes I used for the cs layers:

Kraft cardstock: cut at 4-1/4" x 4", score at 2" along the 4" side, fold, and sponge Distress Ink along the edges.

Turquoise cardstock: cut at 4-1/8" x 1-7/8"

Black cardstock: cut at 4" x 1-3/4." Distress the edges with distressing tool, then emboss with a Paper Lace II embossing folder.

This is my first attempt at bag toppers, so it was a learning experience for me. When I attached the toppers to the bag, I originally colored my staples black so they wouldn't show too much on the black cardstock when I stapled the topper to the bag. Then, I decided to staple the kraft base to the bag before I adhered the cs layers to it, so the staple wouldn't show on the front. At first I stapled it with the "front" of the staple on the front of the topper, and covered that with the decorated cs. But, these are for seven and eight year olds, so eventually, I began stapling the topper with the "back" of the staple (the pointy ends) on the front of the topper, so that when it was completely assembled, there were no sharp ends exposed.

This was so much fun to do. I'll be making more after I replenish the Snickers. By the time I was finished with this project, the extras had somehow vanished. 8~D Yummmm!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

 

Stamps: Witching You a Happy Halloween (Flourishes)
Paper: Colorbok, The Paper Company
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Memento, Colorbox, Copic markers
Dies: Std. Circles Lg, Classic Scalloped Circles Lg, Sweet Scallop Tag (Verve)
Accessories: Paper Lace II embossing folder (Cuttlebug); clear embossing powder (Zing); colored metal brad; Stickles; foam dots; standard staples & stapler; clear cello goodie bags
Size: 4-1/4" x 4" (4-1/4" x 2" when folded)

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Paisley Hope

 Hello Friends! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. My DD and I saw Dolphin Tale yesterday, and, Wow!, what a great movie! Makes me want to head down to Clearwater and see Winter in person! The card I want to share with you today fits the theme of that movie--Hope.

The layout I'm using is the Tuesday Morning Sketch #115. This week, they have an inspiration photo of a beautiful paisley tote to go along with the sketch, and for the entire month, you have to use pink somewhere on your card.

 

Heart Song Inspirations also has a challenge this week to use die cuts and/or a sponged background on your card, so I used a Spellbinders Lacy Square as my sentiment panel.

The papers, from the Best of K&Co stack, were perfect for the TMS inspiration photo. I love the muted colors. To pop up the sentiment layers, I ran scrap cardstock through my paper crimper, cut two squares from it, then glued them together with the crimps running vertically on one square and horizontally on the other. I love doing that when I have something fairly large that I want to pop up. It's really sturdy and lifts it just enough to add dimension, but not so much that you can see underneath it. The metal and rhinestone flower is a brad from Michaels. I found it in a set of metal embellishments at Michaels in their Christmas section. The rhinestones were clear, so I colored them with a Copic marker.

Close ups of the flowers, which I distressed a little with Distress Ink, and the layered scalloped edge borders embellished with Liquid Pearl dots.

 

On the inside of the card, I used a sentiment from the Verve Stamps Words of Wisdom set, and rounded the corners of the pink cs with my Corner Chomper.

And, that's it for now. Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

~Hugs,

 

Stamps: Hope (Quietfire); Words of Wisdom (Verve)
Paper: Best of K&Co
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink; Staz-On; Inkssentials clear embossing ink
Dies: Lacy Squares (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Diamond Lace Edge Punch (EK Success); Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder; Metal & Rhinestone flower-colored with a Copic marker (Michaels); Corner Chomper; flowers (Recollections); Liquid Pearls
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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