Halloween Treat Bags

Finishing up our Halloween themed week are these fun little treat bags created by design team member Suzanna.

We hope you have a fun sugar filled Halloween!!!

Suzanna Lee

Halloween Treat Bags

Hi there Imaginisce fans! Suzanna popping in today to share some Halloween treat bags that I created using my Imaginisce stash. Did you see THIS (http://imaginisceblog.blogspot.com/2015/10/spooky.html) layout I shared the other week? Well, while I was creating that layout, I used some of the same great collections to create these treat bags.

Everything was cut using my Silhouette Cameo and various cut files which I down loaded from the Silhouette store. I really liked the treat bag but wanted a "foundation" for them to sit in and create a base for them to sit in. I'm sure there is a way to delete just parts of a file but in the name of simplicity, I pushed the file off the edge of the mat for the straight edge and removed the score lines. Doing so enabled me to have a rectangular "base" but it needed scoring for easy folding. Simple, I pulled out my Imaginsce Score and Pierce tool along with a straight edge and scored my own lines!

That made for easy folding of the treat box "base"!

Then all I had to do was adhere the various decorations onto the treat boxes.

Each is slightly different for a little variety.

I hope my kids enjoy receiving these little treats as much as I enjoyed making them! Quick work with the 'B' side papers from the various collections and an electronic cutting machine!

I hope your Halloween is full of delicious toxic treats!

Supplies

Imaginisce - patterned papers; Black Ice, Family Fun, Give Thanks

American Crafts - vellum

Boo!

How amazing is this pop-up card?! We love it!!
Find out how DT member Monique used the D-stress tool & the Score-n-Pierce tool on this project.

Monique Liedtke

Boo! Pop-up Card

Hello Imaginisce fans! It's Monique today with a fun Halloween box card. I created one once before and the reactions I got were so enthusiastic that I decided to create one once more and this time for Halloween. I used the versatile Give Thanks collection and just love the result:

I found the digital cut file in the Silhouette store and used my Cameo to cut out all the different elements. Don't you just love that haunted house, the black cat and those bats?! To dress up the scene a bit more I used die-cuts, puffy stickers and enamel dots from the Give Thanks collection, like the green tree, the mushroom and the leaves. 

For the finishing touch Imaginisce's tools came in so very handy! To sand all the edges I used the cordless D-Stress tool and to pierce all the holes from the cut files I used the Score 'N Pierce Tool. 

The only question that remains is, who will be the recipient of this card! 

Supplies:

Imaginisce: patterned paper, die-cuts, puffy stickers, enamel dots (Give Thanks); American Crafts: cardstock. Tools: Imaginisce D-Stress Tool, Score 'N Pierce Tool; Other: digital cut files from Silhouette store: box card #97923.

Thank you so much for visiting our blog! Have a great day!

Monique 

Halloween Party Decorations

We've got another exciting week of Halloween inspiration!! You will love it!!!  And today DT member Marcia has a great idea that you could use for your next Halloween party!

Marcia Dehn-Nix

'Halloween Party Decorations'

I love decorating my house for Halloween... and if you're going to all that trouble you might as well throw a Halloween party, right! Truth is, I just like having a few friends over. 

This year I wanted to try printing on burlap to create a unique home decor piece. I found this digital file by Kolette Hall in the Silhouette Store. 

This was actually much easier than I thought it was going to be. You can be sure that I will be creating one for Thanksgiving and Christmas now too. 

I decided to decorate my frame with rosettes. These are quick and easy to make with the Imaginisce i-Bond cordless glue gun. I wasn't sure how many rosettes I wanted, or what size either. So I made several different sizes from black and white pattern papers I found in the Happy Traveler collection. 

I decorated my rosettes with die cut numbers "31" and puffy stickers. Don't worry, those extra rosettes will be used to adorn some cupcakes.

Supplies:

Imaginisce : Pattern Papers(Happy Traveler, Good Dog), Puffy Stickers, Enamel Dots(Give Thanks), i-Bond Glue Gun, 

Pumpkin Carving

Check out this amazing & colourful layout designed by design team member Stephanie.
Definitely not your typical Halloween themed colour scheme - but doesn't it rock?!

Stephanie Dang

Hi everyone! It's Stephanie, from paperANDi. I have a Halloween inspired layout to share with you today featuring one of Imaginisce's latest collection, "Give Thanks"!

You start out with a bold patterned base layered with a solid color card stock (white). I mixed up some Imaginisce's milk paint, but diluted it with water to make it more similar to watercolors. Using a die cut machine, I cut out lots of pumpkins using papers from Imaginisce's "Give Thanks" collection. 

Then I took a few of the die cut pieces from the Give Thanks collection, and started to move them around my pages until I found a spot where I like to place them. I added my final touches by using the i-Rock tool. 

Hope you love my layout and give it a try! Happy Autumn everyone! 


 Supplies: 
Imaginisce: "Give Thanks" collection (patterned papers, die cuts, stickers, & sentiment stickers); i-Rock tool with hot rocks; Milk Paints. American Crafts: White card stock.

Spooky

Our Design Team have some more amazing Halloween themed projects to share with you this week.
Starting off the week is DT member Suzanna with this spooky layout!!

Suzanna Lee

Spooky With Imaginisce

Boo! Did I scare you?! So this year Imaginisce didn't release a Halloween collection but that doesn't mean you can't still scrap Halloween using Imaginsice goodies! Check out how I mixed a little of this, with some of that and some new goodies to create this spooky layout!

That bulk of the black product came from the Black Ice collection and created great contrast to my Halloween colors. The Invitations from this collection made a great place to journal.

I layered embellishments for some additional color on the bottom of my journal spot. The colored foam tape from Imaginisce was sublime for "camouflaging" the raised layer. I just love being able to have some depth to my embellishment clusters but not having the height stick out like a sore thumb due to white foam dots. Especially on the black background!

This is what that same cluster looks like form above;

I love the Silhouette cut background with the bats peeking through the vertical side strip! Just a hint of purple beside it for the color contrast and pop!

Are you ready for Halloween? We have picked pumpkins and they are ready to carve! My favorite part of the festivities, the carving!

Supplies

Imaginisce - Patterned paper: Black Ice, Family Fun, Give Thanks; Invitation: Black Ice; Button: Family Fun; Die cuts: Give Thanks; Enamel Dots: Family Fun; Word Stickers: Give Thanks

Halloween Treats

We've got another great 'treat' container idea for you to today.
So let's get 'sugared' up!!!

Jodi Wilton

Halloween Treat Container

I absolutely love Halloween, and I love to be able to give some treats to my kids teachers. Today I created a treat container using non-traditional Halloween Paper, and the lovely May Arts Ribbon (with the i-magicut). 

I purchased a container at my local craft store, and used two different patterns for the Black Ice Collection to create the Black and White pattern at the bottom. I then used my pumpkin punch and punched one green pumpkin and one orange pumpkin.  

I cut off the the stem of the orange pumpkin and adhered it to the green pumpkin to create the perfect pumpkin. I made several of these and added them with foam tape around the treat container as my main embellishment. I tied the ribbon onto the handle and used the i-magicut tool to quickly and cleanly cut all the ribbon that I needed to complete my project. 

Imaginsce: Black Ice, i-magicut

Other: May Arts Ribbon, Stampin' Up Stamp, Rangers Industries Ink, Martha Stewart Pumpkin Punch.

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A "Boo-tiful" Halloween

Making your own Halloween decorations can be quite fun & inexpensive. There are so many ideas out there now which really helps the creative process as well.

Today we have design team member Marcia Dehn-Nix sharing this fabulous wreath.

'Boo-tiful Wreath'

I was dying to make a Halloween wreath this year after seeing some really spooktacular ones last year. Imaginisce tools make it easy. I cut up some tulle into strips using my CutBright rotary cutter and tied it around a styrofoam wreath that I painted black. 

Then it was ready for embellishing. I attached my bow and picks using wire, but to make sure they wouldn't slide, I used my i_Bond cordless glue gun. The raven and skull were also glued on with the i_Bond. I love that this glue gun is cordless! 

I created my Boo Banner using papers from the Black Ice and Bushel O' Fall collections and some cardstock and strung it together using some bakers twine. 

My i-Rock and some metallic hot rocks give my Boo banner some elegance. It really helped to tie it together with the bow and picks I selected. 

They matched perfectly! i-Rock hot rocks and gems come in so many different colors that there is sure to be one to coordinate with your projects. 

Imaginisce Supplies: Pattern paper: Black Ice and Bushel O' Fall; i-Rock; Metallic Hot Rocks; i-Bond; CutBright Rotary Cutter and Mat

The Twinery: bakers twine in charcoal; 12" styrofoam wreath; black spray paint; Celebrate It: Halloween Wired Ribbon and picks; Raven and Skull; Cricut Expression; Art Philosophy and Paper Doll Dress Up cartridges; wire

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We'd love to see your Halloween projects using Imaginisce products so please feel free to post them on our FB page as well as leaving us a link here on our blog.

Only days away ...

... Our 2014 Design Team call deadline is this Thurs., Oct 31st.
Only a few more days left to get your submissions in.
For more details & info on the call go HERE.


And .... Halloween is in a few more days!  Do you have some excited little ones running around your household eagerly anticipating this day of dress-up and candy eating?!  I certainly do!

We are carrying on with our Halloween theme from last week and we've got some great Halloween inspired projects to share with you these next few days.

Adora Concepcion

Candy Cones

Today I created this halloween cone shaped candy bags. Kids love it and it's also great as a halloween decor.

Making a paper cone shape is easy. First cut out a semi circle shape, then pull one corner of the paper towards the center and roll it inside so that the paper makes the shape of a cone.

Supplies used:  Monster Mash and Black Ice paper collection.
Other: Twine, Candy

Mary Pat Siehl

"Boo!"

Halloween is my favorite holidays. I am more of the cute than scary person at Halloween and I wanted to capture that feeling with my layout.  I wanted to make my photo the center of the layout and at the same time add those cute embellishments and Imaginisce is always so perfect with those.  I also used some of the fabulous tools from Imaginisce.  I created my own "flair" by using the I Top and I added just a hint of bling with the I Rock tools.

a close-up view

supplies:

paper-die cuts-chipboard- imaginisce

tools- i rock - i top

i top brads- small, medium and large

hot rocks

cardstock- core'dinations

sand it 

martha stewart score board

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Thanks ladies! These are great projects!
Join us again tomorrow.

Halloween Inspiration

We've got another day of inspiration for you and some treat bag ideas too!

Fleur Smith

Halloween Gift Bags

I love Halloween, one of my favorite times of the year!  We usually go all out and that includes giving my friends some spooky treats.  I made these cute little treat bags and will fill them full of their favorite Halloween candies.  For the two black bags I used the Black Ice collections to make the bags and used Hot Rocks to make a blinged out ghost and to add some eyes to my bat and some bling to the clothespin.  For the orange treat bag I used the new Bushel of Fall collection and added some of the beautiful fall die cuts.

Supplies: Patterned Paper and die cuts- Imaginisce Bushel of Fall and Black Ice, Imaginisce I-Rock and Hot Rocks, Die Cut Machine – Silhouette, ribbon – May Arts and Offray

Sara Zenger

BOO!!!  It's just about that time and I am getting all my treats ready for my tricksters.

I am not a big fan of spiders but this one is kind of cute!  Our new Black Ice collection is perfect for Halloween projects like this.  

I added some bling with the iRock to make it shine a little. 

This project was quick and easy and perfect - when filled with candy!

Supplies:

Imaginisce - Black Ice Paper, Outdoor Adventure Paper, Foam Tape, iRock, Gems

Other - Adhesive, MayArts Ribbon

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Thanks for joining us this past week. We will be continuing our Halloween Inspiration next week as well so please stop by.

Join us tomorrow for our Saturday Share - Project Life feature!

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If you've ever wanted to be a part of the American Crafts family than this is your chance!!!

There's less than a week left to get your submissions in.

Deadline is Thurs., Oct. 31st, 2013.

More details HERE.

Halloween Inspiration

So have you been enjoying the ideas & projects that our Design Team members have created this past week?
We sure hope so.


We have another great project to share with you today created by design team member, Guiseppa Gubler. This is a perfect & fun way to give treats out at a party.

Treat Boxes

There are so many fun treat boxes and containers that are perfect for dressing up.  Halloween is particularly fun holiday to make these.  I had a couple of extra plastic containers that I wanted to save for this occasion.  I cut the ghost tag out using my Silhouette and added some Hot Rocks to the eyes using my I-Rock.  The rectangle pouch has a Halloween life card attached to dress it up, also cut out using my Silhouette.  I know my daughter has some friends that would enjoy these cute treats!

Imaginisce Supplies: Black Ice Patterned Paper, Good Dog Patterned Paper and Childhood Memories Patterned Paper