More Sweet Centers

Posted on October 26, 2009 by mauistamper

I’ve seen loads of these on blogs and forum galleries and decided to try it myself. I’m here to tell you this is about as easy as it comes, and if I hadn’t needed a heap 0′ Sweet Treat cups for my Hostess Club, I would have made a rainbow of these flowers. Well, a Halloween Rainbow…Yellow and Orange…Toe-bod-butt colors.

You see, in my family, we don’t call these Candy Corn. We call them Toe-bod-butts. Please excuse our French, but that’s what we’ve always called them. The yellow part is the toe, the orange part is the body, and the white part, well, it’s the butt. That’s just what it is. Of course, when we start scouring the grocery aisle for them around August we have to remember to ask for Candy Corn. You get funny looks at Safeway when you ask for Toe-bod-butts. Go figure.

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Sweet Centers Stamp Set
Very Vanilla cardstock
Yoyo Yellow, Only Orange, and Old Olive Classic Ink pads
Two 2 1/2″ circles of cardstock (for the back to cover the bag of the Treat Cup)
Tombo adhesive, Sticky Strip, Linen Thread, Old Olive 5/8″ grosgrain and Old Olive 1 1/4″ grosgrain stripe ribbon, Circle Scissors Plus, bamboo skewer

Gotta order me some more Sweet Treat cups!

Up, Up and Away!

Posted on October 25, 2009 by mauistamper

Who’s old enough to remember that tune?

We did this card at my hostess club this past week. It was a lot of fun, and everyone agreed it had a great WOW factor. I know it’s a winner when I hear that kids and spouses really loved the card.

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The colors from this card were directly driven by the M&M’s. I also decided to use the slider technique that allows the recipient to access the candy without ripping up the card. It just so happened that there was a lot of media attention recently focused on a balloon, and with my admittedly twisted sense of humor, I decided to embellish the tag with a nod to the Boy in the Balloon:

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Sweet Centers, Teeny Tiny Wishes, All in the Family and Best Wishes and More stamp sets
Real Red, Yoyo Yellow, Brilliant Blue and Whisper White card stock; Designer Series Paper scraps
Real Red and Brilliant Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad
Real Red and Yoyo Yellow Stampin’ Write Markers
1 3/4″ Circle punch, Tag Corner punch, Sweet Treat cups, piercing template, Mini glue dots, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Super Simple Halloween Treats

Posted on October 23, 2009 by mauistamper

This is a quick and easy treatment for some simple Halloween goodies…the stamped image is 3″ square, the mat is 3 1/4″ square, and the packaging is 3 1/2″ wide x 8 1/2″ long. Punch holes in the center of everything and double punch some Only Orange cardstock to create a ring and you’re almost done. It doesn’t show in the photo, but I used the absolutely magical Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint to give it all some sparkle – a couple of drops in a small spray bottle with some rubbing alcohol and you are ready to sparkle…and it doesn’t come off the project!

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Sweet Centers Stamp Set
Only Orange, Basic Black and Whisper White card stock
Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Ink
1 3/4″ and 1 3/8″ circle punches
White Gel pen, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint, Crop-a-dile, Sticky Strip and small cello bag
Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive 1/4″ grosgrain; non-SU 1/8″ black grosgrain

These would be easy to make in quantity! Trick or treat!