Clearly iStamp: Let's "treat" our treats!

September 21, 2010

Let's "treat" our treats!

Howdy all, its Katie here to welcome you to another tantalizing, tremendous, terrific, tutorial Tuesday (hehe)... ok, just being a little goofy.

So, I'm continuing on with a theme here... do you know what it is? Well, if you didn't know, I've been trying to show you gift items that you can give to your friends and family as well as items that you could sell at craft fairs if you are so inclined.

Today's treats are very seasonal, but I do know of a couple of craft events that occur before Halloween so I thought I'd go ahead and share these with you, plus its ALWAYS good to have a few festive treats on hand.

The treats I gathered today are favorites here in my household, plus they are so easy to decorate and I always get ooohs and ahhhs from those I give these too. They are just plain cute.

The main items that MAKE these projects are the Boo to You and Web Notes Stamp sets... they are perfect for Halloween and make decorating your treats EASY.

The next items that I used are the clear boxes that you can find at Clear Dollar Stamps. Again... makes life easy. Today, I used the:

Small Clear Pillow Box

Large Clear Pillow Box

Small Box

Nugget Box

I started off with super, duper, uber cute 1 1/2" cube box. Seriously, we are talking CUTE!!! I opted to buy the less expensive round mints and they are a tad bit smaller than the other version out there. Well, they fit perfectly in this little cube.

I started by stamping an image from the Boo to You set and used a 1 3/8" circle punch to cut them out. Then I used a 1 1/2" scallop punch to cut out the slight border and bottom for my mints. I used Grape Jelly for my scallops.

Because I didn't have a lot of size differentiation, I opted to create a bit of color by using my copic marker (YR07 tangelo smoothie) to add a border to my stamped and cut image.

For this situation, I used glue dots to put everything together.

I added 3 mints to my small cube, but layed them in sideways, folded and then added a bit of ribbon (tangelo smoothie grosgrain). My sentiment was created with the set called Card Categories Too. The box ships nice and flat and of course stores nice and flat until you are ready to use it.

My next treat to be "treated" are the "traditional" hershey nugget candies. I love these things and have decorated these for years. If you didn't realize it, THIS clear box fits 8 nuggets perfectly!

I used sticker sheets and stamped with the Web Notes set.

Again, so easy... fill box and add some pretty ribbon and a great label or tag. I used Spellbinders Ribbon Tags Trio Two and then added these super cute spider brads. I cut the prongs off and then attached them with glue dots.

And my last cute treat are candy corn of course. They look so festive in these pillow boxes. Again so simple. I stuffed about 1/2 cup of candy corn in the large pillow box to give you some reference. I used some extra mint covers for my tags.

And finally, here are all the treats partying up together.

Well, that's it for me here... get those Halloween favorites out and ready to go. As always, thanks for stopping by and spending some time here at Clearly iStamp.

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