Valentine's Treat Basket

I am continuing to have fun with the Marbled Elegance DSP from Stampin' Up. I created this treat basket to demo the technique at the recent Ready Set Crop Winter Wonderland retreat during the Friday night "Scrap Chats". I found the technique on YouTube. I usually make treat bags or boxes during the year for my co-workers so this will be the one for this year. Shhhh if you work with me!

The basket is made from 1 6"x6" piece of DSP. The handle is a 1"x8 1/2" piece of cardstock. To create this score the DSP on all sides at 2". Fold along the score lines and then cut in along the score lines on 2 opposite sides - do not cut on all 3 sides. Flip over and apply Tear Tape to the back as well as the ends of the handle.

I like to hide and straps or handles when I make treat bags or baskets so when I assembled this I adhered the handle to the outside of the center tab first before bringing the other tabs in to meet at the points.

I added some sentiment strips using the Hearts of Elegance stamp set, some die cut hearts, and pearls to embellish the treat basket. I filled a small cello bag with candy and tied with some ribbon to finish the treat.

I hope you like this treat basket. Thanks for stopping by!

Halloween Card and Treat Holder

It's October now so time to get ready for Halloween. I enjoy this time of year and had fun working with the Stampin' Up Potions and Spells Bundle to create this card and treat holder. I usually give out treats to my coworkers for Halloween as we have a fun time celebrating the holiday where I work.

The card was inspired by this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. You can see this sketch along with others here.

To make the card I used Basic Black as the base. I cut the Basic White layer and used a die from the Stylish Shapes set to die cut the circle from it. I took a piece of Smoky Slate, used the Exposed Brick embossing folder to emboss it and then went over the embossing with Tuxedo Black Ink. I die cut the cauldron, bubbles, and books then stamped them using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. They were colored in using Stampin' Blends. The spill over was die cut from the Festive Glimmer paper.

The treat holder was made by die cutting 2 cauldrons then taking a strip of 3" wide cardstock which I adhered between the 2 die cuts using Tear & Tape adhesive, I die cut and colored the embellishments for the treat holder as I did with the card and added them on both sides of the cauldron. This makes a cute and fun treat holder that is easy to make and embellish!

I hope you like the card and treat holder! Thanks for stopping by!