Spooky Treat Bags

Hi Everyone,
Its time to announce another set of "Digital Doodles" stamps today. This set is called "Happy Howl-loween".  I was so excited when Kathy gave us this set to work with. I was in the mood to create some "Spooky" goodies for Halloween.  This set is incredibly adorable. It comes with three sentiments and and 4  "spooky" images.

I decided to make little "haunted"house treat bags for my project. I used the "Boo" sentiment and the ghost and pumpkin image from the stamp set. I used the "inch bag" from the"Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More" cartridge to cut out the bags on my Cricut machine. (You could just as easily use a brown paper bag, if you don't have that particular cartridge)

   I used my martha stewart lacy punch to create the roof. I distressed it all with some beige acrylic paint. If you would like to purchase this stamp set go HERE. Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you all have a fabulous week.
Love
Elizabeth

Belated Teacher Appreciation

Hi Everyone,

Happy Belated Teacher Appreciation Week! Here is a project that I made for Teacher Appreciation Week using the new "Digital Doodles" stamp release "Meowy Messenger" which you can purchase here. As a former preschool teacher, I know how hard all of our teachers work out there to help our children for very little pay or acknowledgment. So here is a great big THANK YOU to all of you who care enough to dedicate your lives to children.

So in honor of teachers, I made a school themed treat bag with the new Digital Doodles stamp this week. I also made cupcake picks to go along side the treat bags.

I began by printing out the stamp onto black paper. I took a white pen and traced along the edges of the stamp image to create a chalkboard effect. I then added glue to the edges and glitter. I die cut letters and attached them to the center of my stamp image. I then printed out the little cat and bird onto colored cardstock and attached them to my chalkboard.

I used the "tags,bags,boxes, and more" cartridge from cricut to cut out the treat bag. I attached the chalkboard to the treat bag and added some trim along the bottom edge and ribbon for the handles.

For the cupcake picks, I just cut out another piece of black paper the same size as the chalkboard and attached the toothpicks in the center.

Thanks so much for dropping by and for all of your sweet comments. I hope you all have a very fulfilling week :)

Elizabeth