I love chocolate and I love macadamia nuts and the two combined are absolutely delicious! I saw this gem of a bag in the grocery store and knew I had to make a gift bag for it. Don’t you think the acorn paper is perfect for a “Happy Fall” gift bag? This paper is one of the sheets in the Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper and it’s currently my favorite package of paper in the two catalogs combined.
I was so excited when I realized that the Ghirardelli Minis I bought fit inside our 2″ x 8″ Cellophane Bags! A perfect fit for four of them! It’s the little things that make me so happy!
To create today’s project I used the Seasonal Chums Bundle (available in wood and clear mount) as well as the stamp set, Spooky Cat. To save 10%, purchase the stamp set Seasonal Chums and the matching Seasonal Tags Framelits together! The bundle is also available in either wood or clear (see supplies list below).
Let’s Make This!
This really is a quick and easy project to make. By the way, the cellophane bags are food safe so you can fill them up with any type of unwrapped candy. Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Non-Stampin’ Up! supplies: Copic Markers
Designer Series Paper Sale Starts Tomorrow!
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It’s Day 2 of my Treat/Gift Packaging series and today we’ll pull out the Envelope Punch Board to create a cute pouch for some delicious chocolate! The pouch will easily hold nine Dove Chocolates and so that it will be a little bit sturdier, I recommend adding a piece of cardstock on the inside.
I can’t tell you how excited I am that this paper, Painted Autumn, is included in the sale that starts on Sunday. Buy 3 packs and Get 1 Free. There are 13 different packages to choose from and you can mix and match!
Dove Chocolate Envelope/Pouch Details
A quick and easy way to package a little gift of candy to someone special!
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If you’re interested in purchasing the stamp set, Seasonal Chums, I want you to be aware that it can be purchased separately or as part of a bundle with the Seasonal Tags Framelits Dies in either wood or clear mount. For more information on the bundle, click here. It’s an adorable bundle and I used it to make my project for tomorrow!
Thanks so much for stopping by! If you have any questions about today’s project, don’t hesitate to contact me!
It’s that time of year when many of us need ideas to package treats so today begins my Gift Packaging Series. This treat package comes together so quickly!
Let’s Make This! (more…)
There are several GREAT specials starting this Sunday, October 1st: Designer Series Paper, Fast Fuse, Stamp Sets, and Notecards! Read below for all of the details!
Designer Series Paper – Buy 3, Get 1 Free
The Annual and Holiday Catalogs are filled with beautiful Designer Series Paper. I think it’s the best selection we’ve had in a long time. For the entire month of October, thirteen packages of paper will be on sale! Buy 3 and Get 1 Free! There’s no limit to how many free packages you can earn!! To see the Stampin’ Up! flyer for this sale, click here!
Stamp Sets, Note Cards & Envelopes and Fast Fuse (more…)
It’s Tuesday so it’s time for another installment of Tool Time and this week we’ll be talking about the blender pen! 
Blender pens are dual-tipped, filled with a specialized solution to blend ink easily and come in a pack of three. It’s best to use them with Watercolor Paper or Shimmery White Cardstock. Regular Whisper White paper will pill.
I like using the blender pens with our Watercolor Pencils. After coloring an image with the pencils, going over it with a blender pen evens out the color. It really does make a difference! The tip cleans off easily with several strokes on scrap paper (I do it on my grid paper). Keep doing this until the ink is no longer coming off onto the grid paper.
You’ll find that sometimes you don’t want to use everything included on a stamp. For instance, on the stamp below, it says, “You make me smile.” If I’m using this as a sentiment on the front of my card, I prefer that the period not be there.
After stamping the sentiment in Memento Ink, just take your blender pen and “erase” the period away (see the after below). All the ink is transferred to the blender pen and no longer on your stamp! Sometimes it’s necessary to huff on the ink before stamping to reactivate the ink in case it started to dry out while you were “erasing.”
Once you add a blender pen to your stash of crafting supplies, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it!
Products Mentioned in Today’s Post
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Everyone who ordered the September Paper Pumpkin should have received their box of goodies! How cute are these Fall pillow boxes? If you’ve wondered what’s inside a Paper Pumpkin box, take a look at the video below!
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It’s officially fall and I gotta tell you, I’m really looking forward to sweater weather and today’s card really gives me the feeling that fall is here! The inspiration for my card came from fellow demo, Lisa Pretto. When I saw her card, I fell in love with the simplicity and beauty of it. I made one small change to my card but I have to credit Lisa for the design.
As you can see, it’s a pretty straightforward card but guess what? I didn’t stamp the pumpkins but instead cut them out of one of the sheets of paper in the Painted Autumn DSP. Because of their size, they are very easy to cut out. 
Card Details
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Have you seen the new Treat Tubes in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog?? Oh my gosh, they are so cute! It looks like everyone else loves them too because they are now on the LOW INVENTORY list. I was going to share today’s project next week but I wanted to make sure they were still available so if you are interested in these treat tubes, please don’t delay in purchasing them! The tubes are made of plastic and are food safe for yummy treats. They are 4-1/8″ long and come with cork stoppers.
You can do so many things with our Treat Tubes but today I’m showing them inside a box made with the Popcorn Box Thinlits. The box stands a little over 3-1/2″ high and it’s the perfect size for the treat tubes. I have five inside but you could definitely add more.
A fun new product in the Stampin Up! Holiday Catalog are the Mini Pizza Boxes!! Oh my gosh, these are so cute and you can do so much with them!
The boxes measure 3-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ x 1″ and they’re food safe, so you can place a cookie inside. They’re also perfect for 3″ x 3″ notecards and envelopes! Stampin’ Up! retired these envelopes a few years ago but they’re back in the Holiday Catalog and just the right size for the Mini Pizza Boxes. Some other ideas for these boxes: earrings, bracelets, necklaces, candy, tea light candles, to name just a few.
I decorated my box with the gorgeous Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper and wrapped it up with our Linen Thread. I added a Garden Green and Vellum butterfly, made with the Move Me Thinlits.
Details and Measurements
Garden Green Cardstock 3-1/4″ x 3-1/4″
Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper 3″ x 3″
Here are more cute ways from Stampin’ Up! to dress up these boxes!
These boxes are just too cute! They are so easy to assemble and lay flat until you’re ready to use them so they take up very little space.
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Welcome to Tool Time Tuesday! It’s that time of the week when I choose a tool in the Stampin’ Up! catalog to spotlight. This week’s tool is a must for every cardmaker – a bone folder! 
When you create a card for someone, you want it to look its best and a bone folder will give your folds a crisp, clean look. If you’ve ever tried to fold card stock without one, as I’ve done on occasion when I’m not sure where I set my bone folder down, the fold looks cracked. I prefer attention to the front of my card, not on a fold that doesn’t look quite right.
One end of the bone folder is pointed and it can also be used in the groove of a paper cutter or scoring tool to score your card stock (another option for scoring is to use the Stampin’ Trimmer which comes with a scoring blade). Once you’ve created the score line, it’s easy to fold the cardstock. Use the flat edge of the bone folder to press down on the fold and achieve that crisp look!
Our linen thread is wrapped around a piece of cardboard in its packaging and sometimes there are kinks in the thread. Placing the bone folder against the thread, pull the bone folder towards you to straighten the thread out. (I did just that on the project I’ll be sharing tomorrow). When punching leaves or flowers out of cardstock, you can do this same thing with the bone folder. It will break down the fibers making the paper curl.
I think most stampers will agree that they’d be lost without a bone folder!
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