Iridescent Treat Bags for Halloween

 Hello & Happy Saturday, Friends!

Hope the start of your weekend is off to a great start!

The sun is shining and we are in for a lovely day here in south central Pennsylvania!

Before I get into anything crafty I just wanted to touch base quickly on the deadly shooting that happened here this past week where 5 police officers were shot. 3 of which have passed away and 2 others are hospitalized. This happened very close to us (a few towns over) and that day is one that people will never forget. So sad & so senseless these shootings. My thoughts & prayers are with the families of these officers. I just cannot fathom what they are going thru. This has sat heavily on my mind these last several days and just added to the grief I have been feeling the last few weeks. I am one who has always been a worrier and this incident has just added to my worry. The last few days our weather has been absolutely gorgeous which usually puts a spring on my step but I have felt defeated. I'm trying to pour my heart into crafting but it's just been tough. My hope is with time it will get easier to move forward. Please keep these families in your thoughts & prayers as this community has suffered a terrible loss. 

Today I am sharing with you another Halloween treat that I whipped up recently using the Iridescent Treat Bags from the Stampin Up! Online Exclusive list. I have had these since maybe July and waited for the Halloween candies to hit the shelves before I decided what to do with them. I found at Sam's Club a box of the Halloween Oreo cookies and put a pack of them inside each bag. I decorated them and have 20 of these for sale. Audrey loves these cookies to give to the little ones so I know she will want a bunch of these. Here is what I made and I know my pictures are a little rough because of the Iridescent on the bags but they are pretty cool and quite different from anything that we've ever had before.

Project Details:

Stamps: Party Celebrations (Online Exclusives), Fright Night (Online Exclusives)

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Memento Black

Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Petunia Pop, Basic Black, Basic White

Accessories: Iridescent Treat Bags (Online Exclusives), Fright Night Dies (Online Exclusives), Foam Stars (Online Exclusives), Petunia Pop Iridescent Ribbon (Online Exclusives), Handheld Hole Punch (retired), Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Another quick & easy project with the help of the cello bags!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

~Wendy

Party Celebrations

 Good Morning & Happy Saturday, Friends!

I hope you had a nice July 4th holiday!

Our weather was so nice, we got in a walk around the neighborhood then after supper we went on a bike ride at the rail trail. That was the first time we had the bikes out since May of 2024. Surprising neither of us have sore legs today! LOL

This morning was suppose to be my Stamp Day w/ Friends get together but I ended up cancelling it last evening after noticing my kitchen counters have been invaded with ants! I usually go thru this every spring and had ant traps out to solve the problem which the last 3 weeks there have been none. Yesterday we noticed ants like we have never noticed before, in droves! We put out more ant traps and took everything off the counter tops. My kitchen is a wreck at the moment and I have been having my stamp get togethers at the kitchen table the last few times we got together. From what we are hearing many people are having ant issues this year as well but that being said I was not comfortable serving food to the girls with ants being everywhere so I cancelled. I hated to do it because I was so looking forward to seeing them but hopefully soon we can reschedule it. I really think our crazy hot, humid & rainy weather is causing it. It's just a frustrating issue that hopefully will solve itself soon!

Anyways, today I wanted to share a card I made using a new stamp set from the Online Exclusives called Party Celebrations. I wished this set came with matching dies but it does not. This is what the stamp set looks like...

This is my card...

Card Details:

Stamps: Party Celebrations (Online Exclusives), Humble Home (sentiment)

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive

Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Basic White, Gold Foil Paper, Need For Tweed DSP (Online Exclusives)

Accessories: Stylish Shapes Dies, Square Layering Framelits (retired), Circle Layering Framelits (retired), Gold Ribbon (Online Exclusives), Low Profile Gold Dots (Online Exclusives), Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Stampin Seal Adhesive

I mostly got this stamp set to use the bat & jack o'lantern for Halloween cards and the first thing I reached for was the bell in the set! LOL It turned out ok, I'm not too crazy about it. I was going for the 3 panels across the front but I could not fit another bell panel on it without it looking too busy. I do really like the Need for Tweed DSP though! I think it would be great for masculine cards!

Well, now that my day has freed up I may just spend the day stamping!

It's to get hot & humid again today so not much else to do.

I'm so bummed...

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful day!

~Wendy