Halloween Co-worker Gifts

 

Looking for a little Halloween gift for a friend or co-worker?  These little treat pouches are just perfect!  We made them at my recent craft class and when my daughter saw them, she liked them so much that she wanted to make them for her co-workers.  The basic structure of the box is simple, but the design on the front of this particular box involved a decent amount of coloring and die-cutting, so we planned a Halloween crafting day!  My daughter-in-law also joined the fun!  We watched a cute Halloween Hallmark movie and made a dozen little treat pouches.  So fun!

I found the idea for this box from In the Pink Designs by Cathryn.  I can't find the video I watched now (I tweaked the measurements to make it wider), but you can see five other fun projects Cathryn made with this Spooky Halloween Suite HERE.  You can watch me make this project on the video below:

Here are the measurements in inches:

• Granny Apple Green: 5 x 8-1/2; with 8-1/2" at the top, score at 3-1/2, 4-1/2, and 8; turn so the 5" side is at the top and score 1" in from each side.
• Cut along the score lines to make the box look like the picture below.  You will need to cut in 1" on each side of the middle scored section to create the flaps (easier to understand in the video).

• DSP: 2-3/4 x 3-1/4
• Petunia Pop: 1/2 x 1-5/8
• Basic Black: scrap to die-cut the haunted house
• Daffodil Delight (left piece to put behind the windows): 8/16 x 2-1/8
• Daffodil Delight (right piece to put behind the windows): 5/8 x 1-3/8
• Basic White: scrap to stamp and die-cut the cat or dog

I used THESE mini flat velcro dots to hold the pouch closed.  I tied the ribbon into a bow and attached it with a glue dot.  We filled our pouches with candy.

I hope you give this little treat pouch a try.  I think it would be great for Thanksgiving table favors, and Christmas stocking stuffers as well!  You will find a list of supplies used at the end of this post.

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Marsha LaFroth

Product List

Spooky Halloween Bundle (English) [166199] $45.00	Spooky Sweet Specialty Designer Series Paper & Sticker Sheet (English) [167365] $21.00	Petunia Pop 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Iridescent Ribbon [166203] $9.50	Shimmer Star Foam Stickers [166202] $9.50
Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146990] $14.00	Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119683] $14.00	Petunia Pop 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [163801] $14.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.00
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885] $11.00	Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155518] $11.00	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $11.00	Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154897] $11.00
Pretty In Pink Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [163824] $11.00

Easter Treats

I made these adorable little pouches as an Easter treat for my piano students.  Each pouch holds two chocolates.  I found a big bag of Ghirardelli chocolate bunnies at B.J.'s for $10 (44 chocolates in the bag).

  

I found instructions for making the pouch from Dannie Graves here.  I had to tweak the measurements and trim two corners to make it work for the bunny size chocolates.  You can make four pouches out of one 12x12 piece of DSP.  I used DSP from the 2014-2016 In Color paper stack, and some from the It's My Party paper stack.  The words are from the Crazy For You stamp set.

Watch Dannie's video linked above to see how to score and fold the pouch using the Simply Scored diagonal plate.  These are my measurements and some general instructions:

Start with a 5 1/2 inch square piece of DSP.  I'm showing white to make it easy to see.  Score from one corner to another, then score 1/2 " on each side of that middle line.  Rotate your DSP to the left one turn, and score diagonally 1 1/2" from each corner.  Scoring is done.

Turn so the wide strip is running down the middle.  Fold the two sides in and trim the corners that go over the edge.

With the sides folded in, fold the DSP in half towards you on the score line that runs down the the middle.

Then lift at the bottom and fold it backwards on the 1/2" score lines.  Watch the video if this is totally confusing!

Punch a hole in the top and tie closed with a ribbon.  That's right, no adhesive.  Bonus!

Decorate the pouch and fill with chocolates!

December Make & Take

We made some fun projects at our Make & Take class on Saturday! Here are pictures for all the projects and instructions for the first one.  If you have any questions about the others, let me know!

Project 1--A simple yet classy gift card holder that works for men or women.

I found instructions for this cute idea HERE.  

How to make it:

1.  Take a 5" square piece of Real Red cardstock and use the envelope punch board to make the smallest envelope (gift card size).  No need to tape the envelope together, just fold it up and use a belly band to keep it closed.  

2.  Use a Basic Black strip of cardstock to make a belly band, 3/4" by 8", fasten with tear tape.  Cut a 3/4 " black square to put on top of the buckle.

3.  Punch the belt buckle out of silver glimmer paper using the label bracket punch.  

4.  Attach the 3/4 inch black square to the top of glimmer buckle using strong adhesive like tear tape.  

5.  Attach the buckle to the band with dimensionals.  The band can slide off and on so you can open the holder and put your gift card inside.

6.  Add a rhinestone to the middle of the belt if desired.

As you can see, you can have your holder face the wide direction, or flip it to be the tall direction and put buttons and buckle on the back side.  Add some ribbon to the top so you can hang your gift card holder on the Christmas tree.  Super cute and fast to make!

Project 2--Winter scene window card

I made this lovely card at a class planned by my friend, Michelle Suit, and knew I wanted to share it with my group.

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Oh What Fun

Ink: Lost Lagoon, Soft Sky, Early Espresso

Cardstock: Whisper White, Tip Top Taupe, Lost Lagoon

Other: 1 1/4 inch punch (punch out a post-it note and lay it down while sponging around it to create the moon), 2 1/2 inch punch (for window), Decorative Dots embossing folder, 2-way glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, sponges

Project 3: Wondrous Wreath Card (I'm doing a whole class around this stamp set, so check back next week for more samples)

Project 4: Another blue Christmas card.  I love blue!

Project 5: Another cute Santa project holding yummy chocolates.  This project was planned by my friend, Lorinda McDaniel.  We do this class together, with each of us planning some of the projects.  This gives our attendees variety with our different styles.

Bonus Projects!  It's Christmas so we couldn't stick to only 5 projects!  We had to add a couple extra surprises!

Ghirardelli Chocolate Treat Packets:

A fun Christmas Tag, also planned by Lorinda:

We hold our Make & Take Class the first Saturday of the month in Gainesville, VA. I hope you can join us for our next one!  It's not to late to sign up for my Wondrous Wreath class next Saturday, December 12th, at 9:30 a.m.  See pictures HERE and e-mail me if you want to come: stampwithmarsha@gmail.com.