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Fun Halloween Treat Bag

Hello Everyone! It's Andrea here and today I want to share with you a little something that I made for my favorite time of year – Halloween-time! October is my favorite month by far, Autumn is my favorite season, and Halloween is the best holiday ever!!! This is due in large part to all the yummy candy of course! Lets just say I have a ridiculously big sweet tooth... Anyways, I thought that it would be wonderful to make cute little treat bags filled with candy for this Halloween-time using some awesome Crate Paper goodness!

I decided to use a combination of Crate Paper collections for my treat bag. I used some product from the new Cool Kid and Gather collections and also a little After Dark (last year's Halloween collection).

To start, I took a little canvas bag and painted it with a little spider web and the word “boo”. I chose to do the treat bag in traditional orange and black for Halloween plus some aqua thrown in for a fun, more modern look so I painted the “boo” in orange, but the web in aqua.

I tied a couple little tassels onto the side of the bag in aqua and peach to match, plus a few little tags like the “all you need is candy” tag from After Dark and the “remember this” tag from Gather for a sweet and special little addition to my treat bag.

Inside the bag I put lots of yummy candies like lollipops and chocolate and with them I added decorative cards like the “Trick or Treat” one that I added a little star paperclip to (from Cool Kid). I also added ephemera pieces from the Gather collection plus some tickets that I cut from one of the beautiful patterned papers in that lovely Maggie Holmes line.

I also decided to make a cool tag to go with my treat bag – one that I could use to write a special note for the recipient of my “boo” bag! To make my tag I used some of the black and white plus sign patterned paper from Cool Kid and to decorate it.

I used a fun little 2x2 pic framed with one of the frames I cut out of some Gather patterned paper and also some little sequin bats from After Dark. I think the bag came out really cute and I hope that I have inspired you to make some fun Halloween treat bags for your friends and loved ones filled with candies and other sweet surprises! Happy Halloween everybody!!! Now, I'm going to go eat some candy!!!!!!!! (p.s. I made a little video of how to make this fun Halloween treat bag if you want to check it out on my youtube channel – Fairytale Scrapbook)

Product Used: Maggie Holmes Gather Moments Patterned Paper (375818), Maggie Holmes Gather Best Day Patterned Paper (375828), Maggie Holmes Gather Thickers (375839), Maggie Holmes Gather Chipboard Stickers (375840), Maggie Holmes Gather Ephemera Pack (375841), Maggie Holmes Gather Stickers (375842), Maggie Holmes Gather Tassels (375846), Maggie Holmes Gather Mixed Embellishments (375850), Cool Kid Embellishments Pack (680487), Cool Kid 6x6 Pad (680491), After Dark Stickers, After Dark Ephemera Pack, After Dark Cut Apart Paper

Capturing Halloween Moments

Happy Halloween CP fans!  It’s Ashley, with a new layout using the Cool Kid collection for a Halloween themed layout.  I know I’ve said it before, but I love how versatile this collection is.  I’ve already used it for everyday layouts of our son, travel themed projects, a back to school layout, and now I’m using it for a Halloween layout!

Last year, our son wanted to be The Flash for Halloween. The colors in the Cool Kid collection coordinated perfectly with the colors in his costume.  I decided to go with a full patterned paper background and used the Handsome patterned paper.  I really liked the look of the Red and White stripes in the background.  Since I had a lot of Red in the photo, I needed to break up the striped pattern a bit, so I layered the Boys Club patterned paper behind the photo. 

The Play Thickers worked great for the title of my layout.  I loved the contrast of the wood letters against the Black patterned paper.  I also wanted to repeat the word brave on the layout, since our son was a superhero.  I used a mix of the Puffy Phrase & Accent Stickers and Pennants.  And I loved that the Puffy Phrase & Accent Stickers and Wood Embellishments both included a lightning bolt.  They are a fun complement to The Flash costume!

Most of my embellishments are clustered around the photo, so I decided to create a scattered look on the layout, using some of the stars from the Embellishment pack.  I randomly placed them around the layout and adhered them with liquid adhesive.  Then I sprinkled on some Black Color Shine to emphasize the scattered look.

The Cool Kid collection worked great for a Halloween layout, even though it’s not a Halloween themed collection.  Think of fun ways you can use the Cool Kid collection to focus on your child’s costume, on your next layout!

Supplies: Crate Paper Cool Kid Handsome (680475), Crate Paper Cool Kid Boys Club (680468), Crate Paper Cool Kid Ephemera Pieces (680483), Crate Paper Cool Kid Embellishments (680487), Crate Paper Cool Kid Stars (680486), Crate Paper Cool Kid Wood Embellishments (680489), Crate Paper Cool Kid Play Thickers (680480), Crate Paper Cool Kid Accent Stickers (680484), Crate Paper Cool Kid Pennants (680488), Crate Paper Cool Kid Puffy Phrase and Accent Stickers (680481)

Kid Party Ideas: Cool Kid Banner

Hi everyone Karen here with you today to share something quite different that I created with scrapbooking paper, using the funky ‘Cool Kid’ collection from Crate Paper, I created a banner for my daughters upcoming birthday party. Ruby is not into pink & frills, she’s too cool for all that girly stuff (her words not mine).

Firstly I cut out a triangle template & then choose some of the cool patterned 12x12 paper to trace. I cut out roughly 15 triangles. Then I used my ‘We are Memory Keepers’ Alphabet Punch Board to cut out ‘P A R T Y’ to use on the triangles. This was so much fun.

I love using my sewing machine to make banners so it was really easy to run these triangles through and leave extra cotton at the beginning & end to tie it to a hook. If you don’t have a sewing machine, you could simple use those cute little clothes pegs & clip them to a piece of twine or string.

I loved the way these turned out. I decorated each triangle differently with a mix of Ephemera pieces and alpha stickers etc.

Creating your own party decorations has never been easier & Crate Paper has made it even easier with all their cute & awesome papers. Get inspired by this blog & Pinterest too, there’s lots of party ideas out there.

I’m totally in love with the ‘Cool Kid’ collection & I hope I’ve inspired you to try something different with you patterned paper next time you’re creating.

Happy paper crafting, Karen.

Cool Kid products ‘Cool Kid Party Banner’: Cool Kid Patterned Paper ‘Run & Jump’ (CK12-80467), Cool Kid Patterned Paper ‘Boys Club‘ (CK12-80468), Cool Kid Patterned Paper ‘Wild One’ (CK12-80469), Cool Kid Patterned Paper ‘Hooray’ (CK12-80472), Cool Kid Patterned Paper ‘Handsome’ (CK12-80475), Cool Kid Patterned Paper ‘Buddy’ (CK12-80477), Cool Kid Patterned Paper ‘Adventure’ (CK12-80478), Cool Kid Thickers Stickers Boys/Puffy (680481), Cool Kid Adhesive Chipboard (680482), Cool Kid Ephemera Die Cuts (680483), Cool Kid Foiled Stickers (680484), Cool Kid Resin Embellishments Stars/Metallic Silver (680486).

 

Let's Party with Cool Kid

Hi everyone! It’s Ashley, and I hope you are ready to party! Today I’m showing you how to use the Crate Paper Cool Kid collection to create a customized party for your little guy. All you need are some products from the Cool Kid collection, an electronic die cut machine or manual die cut machine, and a little bit of creativity.

 

I started my party theme with a star shape.  Stars are always a great icon for boy themed anything.  I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut five large stars from a mix of patterned papers included in the Cool Kid collection.  On two of the stars, I added the words Happy Birthday, and cut it all out together.  You could save the positive letters from the phrase and find another way to use them in your party décor.

Next up, I grabbed the mason jar from the CP Craft + Office Storage collection.  I knew it would be perfect for a cute star wand display for the birthday table.  The mix of stars looks so fun in the mason jar, and they can also double as a take home favor for the kids!  And if you want to save them for yourself and use them on a layout with the birthday photos, just attach them to a small wooden stick, with a bit of washi tape.  Once the party is over, you can remove the stars and save them for your project.

You can’t have a party, without cupcakes and fun cupcake toppers.  There’s a great mix of die cuts in the Cool Kid Ephemera pack, that you can use to create your own cupcake toppers.  I used the same technique for the cupcake toppers, that I used for the stars in the mason jar.  You could also add some extra embellishing to the Ephemera pieces to customize them even more.  I added a star paper clip to two of the toppers.

I finished off the party décor with a cute party hat!  I found a party hat cut file in the Silhouette Store and cut it from the Brothers patterned paper.  Just use a bit of liquid adhesive and washi tape to secure the edges of the party hat.  The cut file included a topper for the hat, but you could add a pom pom from the craft store and an elastic band, so your party goers can wear their customized hats.

Party themes are endless, with all of the Crate Paper collections that are out there!  If you have a little girl, the Cute Girl collection would be perfect for your party décor.  I hope I’ve inspired you to make your next party one to remember!

Cool Kid Supplies Used: Crate Paper Cool Kid Fun Times (680471), Crate Paper Cool Kid Run & Jump (680467), Crate Paper Cool Kid Wild One (680469), Crate Paper Cool Kid Hooray (680472), Crate Paper Cool Kid Handsome (680475), Crate Paper Cool Kid Brothers (680470), Crate Paper Cool Kid Champ (680473), Crate Paper Cool Kid Boys Club (680468), Crate Paper Cool Kid Ephemera Pieces (68483), Crate Paper Cool Kid Wood Embellishments (680489), Crate Paper Cool Kid Embellishments (680487)

Introducing Heart Day

Fall in love this Valentine's Day with Heart Day by Crate Paper. Send sweet wishes and festive kisses with this darling new collection. Show that love is in the air with a gorgeous palette of heart red, pretty pink and cheerful aqua. Cute icons of florals, hearts and sweet treats are brought to life by accents of black, yellow and gold. Celebrate love with Heart Day!

 

We can't wait to see what you create with this collection! Tell us what you think in the comments below! We'll select one winner and send a Heart Day prize pack!

How-to: Custom Kid Party Invite

Hello again! This week the highlighted theme is kids parties. I love attending kid parties simply because I love the cute deco details, it is filled with beautiful kids and it is fun to see the joy on my daughter's face too. She loves birthday parties very much especially singing the "happy birthday" song! 

As I was looking at the Cute Girl collection, the cute cat elements really attracted my attention, probably because I have 2 cats at home. Can you tell I'm biased? Haha. That gave me an idea to create a birthday invitation bag with the Kitty theme.

In this birthday invitation paper bag, I included a party straw, a cupcake topper, a small invitation card, a tassel and a cute banner.

I really like the idea of creating small little kitty elements along with the card invitation. It is not only cute but fun to the guests as well. It's like a little "hype" bag before the party. That would probably create an excitement too. I'm pretty sure the guests will look forward for the party! 

On the invitation, I chose the kitty paper as base, layered with patterned papers on top & added chipboard piece & a heart sticker. Stitched the edges of the card for a little fun texture. I also hand lettered the invitation card for a personal touch. 

For the cupcake topper, I used a mini satay stick as my base and created little flags to be attached on it. To enhance the flags, I adhered sentiment stickers on them. 

Lastly for the kitty garland, I fussy cut the kitty cat faces and stitched them together. Isn't that cute?

I hope that this invitation bag will spark some idea for your next party! 

Supplies: Crate Paper Cute Girl - Sweetheart (680492), Rainbows (680496), Sassy (680498), Cute Girl (680500), Chipboard Stickers (680508), Small Bow Embellishments (680512), Paper Tassels (680513), Foiled Stickers (680510)

Layered Wreath Layout

Good day Karen here for Crate Paper. Fall in Australia is Autumn & we are currently in Spring, however, my favourite seasons are both Fall & Spring so completing a layout for Fall was something I could relate to. Fall or Autumn in our garden is my favourite time of the year. The garden is at its best, the trees are losing their leaves & they are appreciating the cooler climate. Inside we are having hot chocolates, getting our warmer pyjamas on & getting out those blankets to snuggle up together on the lounge. Fall is special because I believe it gets us spending more time together & that’s important to us as a family.

For this layout I choose to use a mix of both the Crate Paper ‘Bloom’ & ‘Gather’ collection beginning with a soft pretty heart patterned paper for the background. I then came up with a wreath idea based on inspiration from Pinterest. I’ve created a few wreath layouts before, especially around Christmas time. I use a heart template to shape the wreath.

Once I had the hearts in place I then used the sewing machine to stitch them down. Adding some other embellishments once this was finished and splattering black paint to finish off.

Happy creating & enjoy the fall season.

Supplies: ‘Fall’ Layout: Crate Paper Gather 12x12 paper ‘Magical’ (375827), Crate Paper Bloom 12x12 paper ‘Hello Hello’ (680426), Crate Paper Bloom 12x12 paper ‘Lizzy’ (680420), Crate Paper Bloom 6x6 paper pad (680428), Crate Paper Bloom Happy Alpha/Gold glittered foam stickers (680432), Crate Paper Bloom Ephemera Pieces (680434), Crate Paper Gather Ephemera Pieces (375841), Crate Paper Gather Chipboard Stickers (375840).

Happy October Layout

Hello everybody! I'm so happy that it is fall! It is by far the best time of year! And since October is also the best, most special and magical month, I thought I would do a fun fall layout about October and how very happy it makes me! I wanted to use the Gather collection by Maggie Holmes because it is so very beautiful and full of lovely Autumnal colors and graceful images that evoke the magic of the season.

For my layout, I used the pretty typed patterned paper from the Gather collection as my background and laid my fall pictures directly on it. I used five 3x5 photos that are some of my favorite fall pics I have ever taken...all from a day at the nearby pumpkin patch with my hubby. It was our 5^th anniversary and I told my hubby Ryan I wanted to pick out some pumpkins and walk around outside there because it was so beautiful. It is one of my favorite memories. Ryan took me there simply because he knew it would make me happy. I wanted the layout to reflect that happiness.

Since these pics were from a couple Octobers ago, I have used pics of Ryan and I together from that trip to scrap other layouts and such, but I wanted this time to do something that just had pics of me from Ryan's point of view. Since there were so many special photos that I wanted to use, I chose to keep the layout pretty simple. I used leaves from the sticker sheet and the ephemera pack to give that fall feel. I added a rose and also some word stickers that express the moment like “blessed” and “#love this”.

To make my title, I used the chipboard word “happy” and then wrote the word “October” on a little piece of aqua blue patterned paper...on which, I hand sewed a little zig-zag to emphasize my title. I added some other touches of blue to the page like the decorative paperclip I made using some thread and some aqua tassels. I had fun using the ephemera pieces from Gather to add touches that I think fill in the story, like the wreath that captures that fall feel, the “best day” piece that shows what a great day it was, and the camera piece which portrays the love I feel for my favorite photographer – my hubby.

Thank you Ryan, for taking these photos, so that I can always remember this beautiful fall day and how happy October makes me...mostly I think because it is when we met and also the month in which we chose to marry!

To everyone else, thank you so much for checking out my layout, made with the oh so gorgeous new Gather collection by Maggie Holmes! I hope you now feel inspired to make a happy fall layout of your own and that this October is as special to you as all October's since I met my Ryan, have been to me!

Products Used: Maggie Holmes Gather Thankful Heart Patterned Paper (375837), Maggie Holmes Gather 6x6 paper pad, Maggie Holmes Gather Thickers (375839), Maggie Holmes Gather Chipboard Stickers (375840), Maggie Holmes Gather Ephemera Pack (375841), Maggie Holmes Gather Stickers (375842), Maggie Holmes Gather Tassels (375846)

Hello Fall Layout

Hello everyone! It's Gina and I am excited to share a fall layout with you.  The new Maggie Holmes Gather collection has some great pieces that work well with fall pictures.  Inspired by the leaves in the ephemera pack, I decided to create a large heart made out of die cut leaves. To do this I started by using a cut file called Heart of Leaves from Tanya Batrak from the Silhouette store.

I cut each leaf out individually using papers from the MH Gather 6x6 paper pad.  Next I used my sewing machine to add machine stitching to each leaf, and left the thread on each leaf long on purpose.  I used the cut file as a template to place the leaves into a heart design.  And then, I built on the design from there.

I used a 4x6 black and white photo of my daughter and placed it into the heart design and then added ephemera pieces, mixed embellishments and cardstock pieces.

Thank you for visiting the blog today, I hope that my layout has inspired you to create your own Fall layout.

Supplies: Gather (375817) – Favorite Paper, Gather (375842) – Foiled Stickers Gold Foil, Gather (375850) – Mixed Embellishments, Gather (375839) – Thickers Blessed Accents Chipboard, Gather (375841) – Ephemera Acetate, Gather (375869) – 6x6 Paper Pad

Custom Gift Tags

Hi everyone!  It’s Ashley, and I have a fun Gift Wrap idea to share with you today, using the Gather collection from Maggie Holmes.  Making your own Gift Wrap adds a personal touch to a gift, and it can be easier to whip up your own instead of making a special trip to the store.

I decided to create a gift bag and tag, with some of the pretty patterned papers and embellishments from the Gather collection.  Using a collection you have on hand is a great way to customize your gift wrap.  The Gather collection or Cute Girl collection is perfect for female themed gift wrap or you could use the Cool Kid collection for male themed gift wrap.

The 12x12 papers in the Gather collection can be used to wrap small packages, or you can create a gift bag like I did, using a cut file from the Silhouette Store.  Once the design for my bag was cut, I used some of the Gather Stickers and Ephemera pieces to decorate the front of the bag.  I machine stitched along the center of the two leaves from the Ephemera pack, before adding them to the bag.

I also thought it would be fun to create a tag to go along with the gift bag.  The Gather Ephemera pack includes so many fun pieces and there are several tags.  You could also cut your own tag, if you need a certain size, that’s not available in the Ephemera pack.  I layered some of the other Ephemera pieces over the tag, and thought it would also be fun to add a bit of fringe to the tag.  I cut one of the patterned papers from the 6x6 paper pad to fit behind the tag, then I cut it with a pair of fringe scissors to create the texture.

I love that there are so many possibilities for personalizing your gift wrap, with the Crate Paper collections you have on hand.  And if you’re creating a customized gift wrap for a fellow scrapbooker, I’m sure they would love to incorporate products from the gift wrap into their own projects, once the gift has been given!

Gather Products Used: Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Gather Magical (375827), Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Gather Pure Joy (375829), Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Gather 6x6 Paper Pad (375869), Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Gather Ephemera Pieces (375841), Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Gather Accent Stickers, Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Gather Mini Tassels (375846)