2015 Halloween Treats for the co-workers

Hello and Happy Halloween!

Today's post will have a lot of pictures and hopefully not too much writing.  ((yay))  I know those are the best posts right?! ((lol))  I made some treat bags for my co-workers but this year instead of candy I put in some healthier treats.  I know it's not the same but I know there's going to be tons of bad candy being passed around so something healthy will balance that out.  Here's what I made for 2015 featuring the adorable images from The Greeting Farm & Sister Stamps.  Here are the ones I used Hallo Heroine & Hallo Hero.

I've had those paper treat bags from Jilly Beans since last year and found them the other day.  They were plain so to dress them up I used a large polka dot stamp with Distress inks rusty hinge & black soot on both sides.  Here are some close-ups:

Each image is colored with Copics.  Giving them different colors was a lot of fun.  They all look like their own special super hero.  The stitched doily is from My Creative Time, and the stitched circle, rolled rose & stitched banner are from MFT.  I hand-wrote the HAPPY Halloween and (wet) embossed the HAPPY.  Here's the back of the bags:

I punched out some tickets used a Versa mark pen to write Trick of Treat?! and (wet) embossed them in white and black.  The white ones I went over with a Copic marker to make them orange.  Now here are some ghoulish looking animals from Sister Stamps...

Here is the same concept but slightly different.  I used the sweet Buster from Sister Stamps with a slight twist of color.  Giving him a red tongue and red eyes gives him a little bit of a spooky persona, but he's still too cute to spook.

Here's the last one, this is Dixie also from Sister Stamps, she's looking like she ate a radio-active carrot.  ((hahaha))  She looks like she's glowing with that black background and red eyes.  Truly spooky, but not...  ((hahaha))  The doily, radial stitched circle & banner are from MFT and the tag is from Mama Elephant.  I hand-wrote the Too cute 2 spook and Happy Halloween on the tag and banner.  I forgot to take a picture of the back, but I wrote Trick or Treat straight on to the bag.  The last picture I wanted to share is of my team and I at work.  We decided to be bank robbers this year.   We're missing a few people but so happy there were some of us who dressed up.  

Have a safe and fun Halloween!  And oh yeah, a super awesome weekend!!  Thanks for stopping by!

KBD October Spotlight

Hello!

It's the first Monday of October and here I am back with a spotlight post here and over on the Kitty Bee Designs blog.  For this month's spotlight I decided to alter a candy bar with some fun Halloween patterned paper, and Ninja Pup from Kitty Bee Designs.

This was fairly easy to make.  I cut down the Halloween patterned paper first, used double-sided tape to glue it down, cut an orange strip of patterned paper and glued it the same way to make a band around the bar.  I cut down some circles using MFT stitched circles, more of the patterned paper and a scrap of black cardstock.  After coloring and fun-cutting Ninja Pup I popped him in to the center and the project was done.

You too can dress up some candy bars for a fun Halloween treat for your kids and co-workers.  There are tons of Halloween images at the Etsy store, click HERE to check them out.  Thanks for peeking in!!

LFF # 81 - Some Spooky treats bags

Happy Halloween everyone!!

I just got back from the first annual Hello Kitty Convention.  It was a small venue, lots of people and a few booths.  Lots of fun things to see and not so fun lines to stand in.  All-in-all it was worth taking the day off.  I'll post some pictures as soon as I go through and delete the fuzzy ones. hahaha!

I had wanted to have this post up by now, but alas I forgot to publish it. hahaha!  I guess I was too excited to get to the Con.  Here are the treat bags I made for my co-workers using the cute Spooky monsters set from The Greeting Farm.  This is going to be a short post as I'm pressed for time.  So mostly pictures.  I hope that's ok for today. :D

"Spooky" Treats... NOT!! 

The bags are from Michael's, the toppers are an old DCWV Halloween paper pad which I cut out using the top note die from Stampin' Up.  The sentiments come with the stamp set and were perfectly sized for the tags.  I stamped them with black Memento ink and cut them out freehand.  Some as banners others just in a rectangle, then I matted them to black cardstock.  Each of the "monsters" were stamped with some different colors inks and colored in with Copics.  Glad I made some time to make these.  Inside I threw in my favorite candies, Hi-Chew, and left each one at their desks so they would see it this morning.

Alrighty, have a safe and fun Halloween!!  and a fabulous weekend!!!  Thanks for stopping by!!
xoxo,
Lilo

KBD - Halloween Blog Hop!!

Hey everyone!!

Sorry about the posting, unposting, posting and unposting.  I think I got the time right now! hahaha! Enjoy!!

Today there is a special DT blog hop hosted by the Kitties & Bees from Kitty Bee Designs.  You should have popped over from Niki's blog but if you didn't no worries, you can find the list at the Kitty Bee Designs blog by clicking HERE.  I'll also make sure to add the list to the bottom of my post.  Our super talented illustrator & owner of Kitty Bee Designs, Ruth Johnson, has done it again and today we get to share her latest Halloween images with you.  Oh my everyone you're gonna love these new images! They have the signature Kitty Bee cuteness stamped all over them!  These stamps are available in the Etsy store right now.  Keep reading for a bonus coupon code you can use on your purchase in honor of Labor Day.

Did I mention there were prizes?

• 3 lucky commentators will win a digital image of their choice from the new release. 
• In order to be eligible make sure you visit everyone's blog and leave a comment (1 comment per blog please).  
• Why?  We're randomly picking 3 blogs from the hop and from those chosen we'll randomly pick a comment from each and they will be the winners for this release.
• **Now not all the blogs will get picked so you raise your chances by leaving a comment on all the blogs. 
• Hop ends a week from today, 9/7/14 at 11pm Hawaii time.  
• Winners will be announced on Tuesday, 9/9/14 on the Kitty Bee Designs blog.

In honor of Labor Day, Ruth is offering up the following coupon code:

1. 15% off coupon, use code 'Labor15' at check out. 
2. Offer good between 8/29 and 9/5.
3. Can be used on your purchase for both clear and digital stamps.
4. **Customers who spend $50 or more get a Mahalo (thank you) coupon for 20% off a future order. (Mahalo coupon expires 9/30)

How can you resist that?!  Head on over there after the hop and pick up the whole release and any new images you see there.

Ok now that all the important stuff is out of the way let's get on to the fun stuff!  Here's my project featuring Frankin Owl, and his family wishing you all a Happy Halloween!

Had some fun creating a spooky cute scene with Frankin owl.  After printing him out 3 more times I used Copics markers to give them each their own identity.  It's my very own little Frankin owl family.

The background is a MIC digi which I colored with Distress inks and used my cloud stencil.  The kawaii tree is from the Cricut Create a Critter 2 cartridge.  I used a wood stamp to add more details and went over him with Distress inks too.  The picket fence is from Whiff of Joy and the grass is actually an icicle border from CC Designs (CC Cutter).  Last was adding the Happy Halloween sentiment up top, which is from AmyR for CC Designs.  Here's a close-up of the family....

I hope you enjoyed my share today.  Your next stop on the hop is Elina's blog.  I bet she's going to make you squeal with her reveal.  Don't forget to leave a comment before you go.  I hope you have fun with the rest of the hop and don't forget to pick up some of the new stamps that are in the Etsy store right now.

Mahalo for stopping by!!

As promised the full list of the hop...

Hop Order:
Kitty Bee Designs Blog
TraceyB - Tracey's Corner Cards
Julie - I Made A Card
Taniaj - Manx Made
Katie - Katie's Crafts
Zella - Joyful Expressions
TraceyMo - Mowbray Designs
Larissa - Muffins and Lace
Mari- M and My Crazy Family
Shirl - Creations by Shirl
Michelle - Just A Nutter Stamper
Cely - Hawaii Paper Party
Niki - Stampin'HI
Leanne - Finding My Groove (YOU'RE HERE!)
Elina - Scrapbooks, Crafts, and Cards, Oh My! (Go here next!)
Kitty Bee Designs Blog

Y&FH CH #27 - Color Challenge (Reminder)

Hello!!

Today I am happy to be participating again with Team Fumi as we share our inspirations for our current challenge at Yumi & Fumi Handmade.  Here's a reminder:

CHALLENGE #27 - COLOR COMBO

Purple, green, orange & black

Create a project using the above colors. 

So a few days ago I shared a card I made using those colors but did not make a Halloween themed project.  Instead I made a holiday themed card.  (For more details click HERE.)  For today I do have something Halloween themed, a big tag featuring Fumi Panda.

Trick or Treat with Fumi Panda

Ta-da! (hahaha)  I had so much fun with this one.  I used some old K&Company Halloween themed paper as well as some new DCWV papers.  The antique doily is a QuicKutz die from Lifestyle Crafts.  OMG I had to shim that puppy a few times in order for all the pieces to pop out!!  But it was worth it, it's a really pretty die.  The flowers are Sizzix by Tim Holtz and I've been wanting to use it for the longest time!  Kept it simple by using some scrap Halloween papers.  You can't tell but that green flower has embossed skulls on them.  (hahaha)  Kept the sentiment simple by using a CC Designs AmyR stamp.  Stamped it with Distress embossing ink and used white embossing powder to make it pop.  I added a black velvet ribbon on top and lastly my colored Fumi Panda image.  Oh and I distress inked all the way around the tag and some of the flowers with Vintage Photo Distress ink. 

Fumi Panda

Well I hope I was able to share some fun inspiration for our current challenge.  Now remember you don't have to go all Halloween on us, you can totally use the same colors for a different theme.  I'm serious it's super easy.  Don't believe me?  Well head on over to the Yumi & Fumi blog to see the rest of today's shares by the always amazingly talented Team Fumi.  As always, Mahalo for stopping by!!  Wishing you all a fabulous Sunday!

Hugs,
Leanne

KBD - Aloha Friday Mid-Week Inspiration CH #10 - Halloween

Happy Aloha Friday everyone!

Hope you all had a good week and are ready for a good weekend.  Today the Bees and I are sharing our mid-week inspirations for our current challenge at Kitty Bee Designs:

ALOHA FRIDAY CHALLENGE #10

HALLOWEEN

We're excited to see all the cool and fun projects you've all added to the challenge.  Keep em coming.  If you're stuck or haven't found any inspiration to get your crafty juices flowing then you'll definitely have to stop by the Kitty Bee blog today!  My teammates are bringing some serious cuteness in to play and you'll definitely be inspired!!  So for my mid-week inspiration I did another treat holder but used this adorable ghostly looking bat.

Kitty Bee ghost bat - Halloween treat holder

My friend and crafty teammate from Y&FH, Kathy Dinh shared this super fun and easy treat holder on the Y&FH blog a while ago.  I really wanted to try it and this was the perfect opportunity.  If you're looking for something fun and easy to make for some Halloween treats stop by and check out her easy tutorial.  Instead of using a solid colored cardstock for the base I went with a fun double sided Halloween patterned paper from K&Company.   The rest of it came together fairly quick.  Now remember I mentioned last week about a LOL image?  Well take a look...

A googly eyed Ghost Bat

Was I right?!  hahaha!  I think the googly eyes and his cute smile make him huggably sweet!  As you can see I am really enjoying this app.  Okies dokes my friends, thanks so much for stopping by.  Hope you'll be able to make some time to play in our Halloween challenge which ends next week.  Looking forward to seeing your projects.  Have a great weekend and Happy Aloha Friday!!

Hugs,
Leanne

Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday CH #10 - Halloween

Happy Aloha Friday everyone!

It's time for a brand new challenge over at the Kitty Bee Designs blog.  Today Team Bees are sharing some cute and fun projects with our new challenge theme:

KITTY BEE DESIGNS ALOHA FRIDAY 

CHALLENGE #10 - HALLOWEEN

Head on over to the blog to see the rules and challenge details and then we hope you'll link up to win an awesome prize from Kitty Bee Design.  Looking forward to seeing some scary, cute and fun Halloween projects.  For my project I created an easy treat holder.

Pumpkin Cow treat holder

I add some fun with my new camera app again, and thought this looked grungy just in time for some Halloween fun.  I used the adorable Pumpkin Cow, a cellophane Halloween treat bag, ribbon and for the treat a couple Big Island Candies 1/2 dipped chocolate shortbread cookies.

Supplies for Pumpkin Cow treat holder

Want to know how easy this was to make?

Well it took me longer to color up Pumpkin Cow than anything else.  Once I finished coloring and fussy cutting my image I took the candy corn cellophane bag and trimmed the bottom off.  Next I tied off one side using a piece of ribbon to and pulled the ends of the bag apart.  The cool thing about that bag is that it's very flexible but holds when you manipulate it.  I added the cookies (which are my favorite and super ono-licious, but of course you can use any treat you want) then tied off the other end with the same ribbon and fluffed it out.  As my last step I added 2 clear adhesive dots to the back of Pumpkin Cow and gently adhered him to the front of the treat bag, did not want to crush the cookies inside!  (haha)

Having fun with new camera app

Hehe, I had some fun with my new camera app again, doesn't the cow look like a round ball?  hahaha!  Wait until you see my mid-inspiration image.  It's sooo darn cute and will make you laugh out loud.  Hope you'll find some time to play in our bi-weekly challenge.  Remember to check the rules before linking up, we'd really hate to have to remove it if you didn't.  Mahalo for stopping by today!  Have a great Aloha Friday!!

Hugs,
Leanne
Challenges:
Card Makin' Mama - Trick or Treat

Happy Halloween Treats

Hello and Happy Halloween!!

Popping in real quick to share some treat tags I made using the cute Meoples Witches & Goblins from ATS.  They made the cutest little tags for some gummi candies I picked up at Disneyland.  I purchased the digital images instead of the rubber stamps because I wanted to be able to shrink them down to small tag sizes.  I made 12 in all. 

Please disregard the mess. I didn't have time to beautify the scene as I was already a little late for work. (lol)  Each tag is different from other.  I was able to use my SU punches for some of them and only had to use a couple Spellbinders for the bigger ones.  I handwrote Happy Halloween on all of them.

Here's a little close-up of the treats and tags all in a row.  And below is another picture of the treats at work.  Yes, that one little girl has candy corn hair! hahaha!!

We are having a fun challenge over at the Lollipop Crafts blog and the theme is Halloween Treats Anything but a card.  These tags definitely qualify and they were super easy to make. 

Have a safe and fun Halloween and becareful while driving especially tonight.  Mahalo for stopping by!!
Hugs,
Leanne



Lilo's Fun Friday #43 - Trick or Treat!

Happy Aloha Friday everyone!!

Ho, I'm really late in posting, but couldn't be helped.  Had to come in to work super early and didn't get a chance to pre-post.  I have a little bit of time right now so this might be a short post!  Anyhoos, I hope you are all having a fantastic Aloha Friday!  For LFF #43 I'd like to share a treat bag tag I made last night. 

My first attempt and although the colors clash I don't think it's too bad.  Especially with Yoko as the image.  That green piece of paper was left over from a project that I finished and was the only one that made Yoko pop.  Yoko is one of the older Sister Stamps and one of my favorites.   I thought it would be fun to show her "fishing" for candy corn! hahaha!!  Well that was the only treat bag theme I had.  Looks like she's caught a big one too! hehehe...Aww, it's too cute to eat! hahaha!!  Yes this was a Copic marker creation.  Used two different markers and a multiliner and added Stickles for fun.   

Here's a close up of the tag.  I fussy cut Yoko after coloring her with Copics.  I sniped off the string and origami crane and replaced it with black floss and my handmade candy corn.  I rounded the corners and distressed the edges of the card.  The sentiment is handwritten with a black Copic marker. 

I'm hoping to send this to my Secret Sister for October just gotta find some good treats to stick inside.  If you were my secret sister what kine candy would you like?  Leave me a comment with what choice of treat you would like if you were my Secret Sister for October and I'll randomly choose someone to get a treat from me.  Nope, that's not a trick. :)  Unfortunately if you don't participate you will not be counted so if you'd like a chance to win play along.  I'll post the winner on Monday.

Have to say I had fun creating this Halloween project with a non-traditional Halloween image.  If you'd like to order Yoko from Sister Stamps click here.  Alrighty my friends old and new, that's all I have for today.  I hope you have a fabulous Aloha Friday and a terrific weekend!!  Mahalo for stopping by!!

;)

Hugs,

Lilo