Halloween Goodies

I always enjoy paper crafting for the holidays.  Here are the goodies I made for members of our local scrapbook group and friends.  Many of these ideas came from pinterest.  The mini witch hat bag idea was from Carolyn C. (Northland KC Croppers group member).  If you are reading this Carolyn...Thank You, again.  When she brought me one at our BOO Crop, I knew I had to try and duplicate it. So I made several.  Now Halloween is over and I'm already looking forward to Thanksgiving projects.

Decorated Goodie Bags using Julie Nutting stamp, svg files ghost from Kadoodle Bug Designs, FabBOOlous printout, and bags from Target Dollar Spot.

Mini Candy bar nugget boxes.  

Vintage Witch image and Bingo 

card printed off my computer.

Twix or Treat Boo Bags.  

Boo Bags from SVG file over at 

My Scrap Chick, face is from a 

large Peachy Keen Face stamp.  

Twix printout from 

My Computer Is My Canvas blog.

Itty Bitty Witch Hat mini bags

Carolyn C. gave me the idea.  

There is a mini candy bar 

inside each one.  The hay is attached

 with a hidden mini clothespin.  

Chocolate Twizzler broomsticks.

Made using my Martha Stewart 

Fringe scisdors.

Bugs and Kisses

Baggie full of Hershey kisses 

and small plastic bugs.  I found the 

Bugs and Kisses printable on pinterest.

Printed it out and layered it onto bag headers.  Then stapled the bag shut.

Spooky Boo Bags

The striped baggies came from 

Target Dollar Spot.  The ghosts 

were cut using an SVG File from

 Kadoodle Bug Designs.  Then i used 

a small die and spoooky stamp

 for the little wording tag.

Here is a close up.

I also chalked her cheeks with pink

 chalk to make her look more girly.

Tombstone Boxes

These had 2 pieces of Peanut Buttter

 taffy inside.  The boxes were precut 

from the Target Dollar Spot.  I just

 glued the tabs together and added the 

embellishments to the top of each one.

Peppermint Patties scallopped cover

The scalloped images can be removed

 easily and added to a card, layout, etc. 

Mint Matchbox Covers

Used my Martha Stewart scoring board to create these.  I attached two white lifesaver mints using sticky glue dots.  Stamped the Boo Image and added eyeballs.

That's it for now... more to come.

SHELLY LYNN

Pocket Scrapbook Storage

A little over a year ago, I began my journey into the world of so-called "pocket scrapbooking" or "card scrapbooking"- using the divided pages and premade cards from lines like Simple Stories, Project Life, Albums Made Easy, etc. I quickly figured out why this format was so popular, as it really is easy, and takes a lot of the guesswork out of designing and creating a layout. It also requires fewer "crafty skills", which is a plus for artistically challenged folks like me. So, I'm officially hooked.

The only thing I don't like about pocket scrapbooking is the problem of keeping all of those cards organized. They are harder to keep organized than 12x12 paper, and I was finding myself building up unwieldy piles of cards that  I was jamming into photo boxes. It worked, but I found it cumbersome.

My friend Pinterest solved my deilimma for me when I came across a photo of an IKEA Raskog cart that had been converted to scrapbooking storage- specifically Project Life cards. If there is one thing I love in this world even more than scrapbooking, it is shopping IKEA, so I just happened to have one of those little wheeled beauties sitting in my living room, holding game consoles and accessories. After evicting the gaming supplies, I converted the cart into my version of the Raskog/Project Life Storage. There are so many additional ways to add storage to this unit that I've seen- magnetic jars, more hanging baskets- your ability to customize is limited only by your imagination and your pocketbook.  However, even with a full compliment of extras, this is still very affordable storage. All told, I have less than $50 in this system. I love the idea of having everything in one place, and having it mobile. Well, sort of mobile. Now I need to figure out how to safely transport the cart to crops!

Top down view. I put my tools and my box of embellishments on top, along with large paper/my box of pages. I had a  hanging basket for the rail system from IKEA  already, and I just hung it from the side. 

On the second and third levels, I added an Antonius insert to organize my cards.

 

Halloween Pocket Letters

Here are a few Halloween pocket letters that I mailed out this past week. I love making cutesy Halloween themed paper crafts.  

I didn't make near as many as I made last year.  But have been working on other Halloween paper crafts.  I'll post those on Monday.  

SHELLY

Pretty In Pink Flip Book

Recently one of my pocket letter pals introduced me to Flip Books.  So I created this one for her.  It's difficult to show how the tabs and pages in the booklet flips open in photos but I hope you get the idea.  The paper and images came from http://www.hunkydorycrafts.co.uk/  I left a lot of blank spaces so she could add photos or journaling once she removes the "goodies" I included.

~ Shelly Lynn ~
http://www.funstampersjourney.com/

I have really neglected the blog... going to try to post more often.  I have been very busy lately...

I signed up to be a coach for Fun Stampers Journey last summer during the KC Scrapbook Expo.  If you haven't checked out all the fun scrapbooking items that Fun Stampers Journey has to offer, you can check them out here: www.funstampersjourney.com/kccroppers  I would love to be your Fun Stampers Journey coach!

I started a local scrapbook group in June.  We meet up several times a month to crop.  If you are in the Kansas City, MO metro area and would like to join us, you can find us on facebook at: www.facebook.com/groups/NorthlandKCCroppers/ 

Our next crop will be on Halloween from Noon to 5 pm in Gladstone.

~ Shelly Lynn ~