Scor-Pal Pinspired

Hi everyone!

I'm the Pinspired hostess this month on the Scor-Pal blog. I found a really cute box that holds three nugget candies, and thought it would be fun for Halloween treats.  Here is Gloria's post that 'Pinspired' me:  

I linked this photo to Gloria's post, so if you click on the photo, it will take you there.

Here are MY finished boxes:

These were pretty easy to do, and I hope that you give them a try! 

I used my Scor-Pal Eighths, 1/4" Scor-tape, and 1/2" Scor-tape for this project.

Here we go....

Cut cardstock to 5 1/4" x 6"

On the 6" side, score at 3/4", 1 1/2", 4 1/2", and 5 1/4".

On the 5 1/4" side, score at 3/4", 2 1/4", 3", and 4 1/2"

Following this diagram, cut out all of the pieces that are marked with an X.

Your cardstock now looks like this:

Round the top two corners, and burnish all fold lines

On this side, add Scor-tape to the two side flaps (only the outermost flap, as shown).

Flip your box over, and add Scor-tape to the four tabs*.

Peel and remove protective piect from your tabs, fold them inwards, and bring your side flaps up.

Now, remove the protective cover from your side flaps and press them firmly to the inside of the box.

Your box flap should fold in and stay closed nice and firmly.

Here is the finished box.

*The one thing that I did on my finished boxes, was the punch a small 1/2 circle from the front edge of the box, to make a place for your thumb to lift the box flap.  You definitely want to do this prior to adhering your box together!  Here is a close up photo, so you can see the little half circle.

We hope you will give this a try!

That's it!  I made all of these boxes in one evening, and you can too!

Thanks to Gloria for some great 'Pinspiration'!

I hope you'll give this box a try. Don't forget, you still have time to enter the Monthly challenge at Scor-Pal!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Fall fun....

Hello, and Happy Monday!

I have a bit of 'fall fun' to share with you today.

First up is a card that I made for a challenge at The Outlawz.  

The CAS Challenge this week is to use limited fall colors.  

We were to choose 3 colors to use, from Red, Brown, Yellow, Green, and Orange.

Hero Arts: #K5574 Big Eyes, Amuse Ink: French Roast, Kaliedacolor Ink: used only orange, sorta blended the brown and orange for the leaves.

I used Brown, Orange, and Yellow for my card.

I sponged on the yellow, orange, and finally brown inks, directly onto the stamp, then turned the stamp over and stamped directly onto patterned paper from last year's DCWV Autumn Mat Stack Pad.

Using a Spellbinder's die, I cut out and embossed the owl, adhered it to my card front, and used a brown Sharpie marker to 'stitch' around the edges.

Looking at this on the screen, I think I will 'stitch' around this too - looks a bit bare :)

For the inside, I used the piece of DP that the owl was cut from, and just put some white CS behind it.

Now, onto project(s) two through thirty!

A couple of years ago, I had seen a Frankenstien like this on-line someplace.  I don't know if it was someone's blog, SCS, or in a magazine, but I sketched out the basics and stuck it in my notebook. So, I sincerely apologize for not being able to give rightful credit!  If you are the original creator of this cutie patootie, let me know, and I will edit this post immediately!

Anyway, I created thirty of these to send to my DD's workplace. Hopefully, they will brighten up the office for a day or two.  What's fun is that their office is so cool - their color is this bright green!  So Frankie will fit in just perfectly.

Hope your week is a good one! It's a beautiful, fall day, here in Missouri!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Where has the time gone?

So...help me out here - where in the world has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday, Iris was asking me to be on her first ever design team. Suddenly, today is my last assignment for her! Honestly, the older I get, the faster the days fly by :)

The challenge today that Iris has issued is "Anything But a Card". I've created a little pizza box from a piece of double sided cardstock, wrapped some nuggets, and voila!!! Talk about fast and easy - 15 min. project!

All stamps are The Angel Company

I hope that you continue to support Iris in her challenge - I know that I plan to! It's been fun, and I will miss chatting with this wonderful young lady! Thanks Iris!


Thanks for stopping by!


Hugs and smiles!!!
Patti J.

Teeth of the Wicked Witches....

Good morning, and happy Saturday! I think I'll start this morning with another amazing image from Nina at "There's Magic in the Air".

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Each Monday morning, Nina posts a new free digital image that she encourages us to grab, create with, and enter into her weekly challenges.

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I don't normally like 'rodents', but this little guy very quickly made me smile!

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Really..... he looks like he's saying "Hand over the chocolate and no one gets hurt"! Hmmmm...maybe if it's a rodent, he's looking for the cheese, who knows???

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Anyway, he was so adorable, I just had to play!

Supplies: DCWV CS, DP scrap from my stash, Martha Stewart edge punch, brads from my stash, Kooh-I-Noor Pencils and LOMS, and I used some Marvy and Stampin' Up inks to stipple around the scene. The sentiment is TAC.

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This next project was made for Gina K.'s 'Candy' Challenge at Stamp TV this week. I am also submitting it to Three Clover's challenge, which was also to make a Halloween Treat Box!

I created an ornament box from the downloadable pattern by Jennifer Carter, on TAC's website.

I did not have any Gina K. Halloween stamps, but I downloaded all of my DP from the Freebie's on Stamp TV.

Maybe this will count on the challenge as using GKD supplies!

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The box is pretty self-explanatory.

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I found these adorable glass ornaments at Hobby Lobby, and decided that I shouldn't save them all for Christmas!

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I thought they'd make a cute Halloween treat as well.

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However, when I found this wonderful purple candy corn, I quickly discovered that they would not fit into the ornament opening. (very sad face here).

So....I decided to cut them in half! When I began cutting, I realized that they resembled rotten teeth, so I'm calling them "Teeth of the Wicked Witches"...

Thanks for stopping by today to look!

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I'm off to do a few chores, and will be back in a little while to check out all of your blogs to see what beauties you have created!

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Have a good day!

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Patti J.

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Things to be happy about:

falling in love

laughing so hard your face hurts

no lines at Wal-Mart!

Here I Am!

So...I'm sure you all thought I had disappeared! I really didn't, just had tons of business to take care of! I'm back, and ready to work on some items.

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Before I post my silly little things, please be sure to check out the top order of business on my sidebar. This blog candy is not 'just your ordinary' candy. This is candy for a very special cause.

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Today's project is a little something that started as just the candy treat. DD is having a booth on Saturday at Farmington's Fall Festival to try to sell some of her wonderful photo cards. I was working on some little colorful treats to put out in a "free with purchase" box. I finished the little candy treat, and thought, golly, that would make a cute tag too! So I played around with a tag. Of course, one thing led to another, and I then freehanded the large monster on the brown bag.

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Candy package, side view (showing candy corn)

Tag!

Bag, Tag, and Candy Treat!All in all, it turned out kind of cute. It will be something to offer on Saturday if someone buys several cards from DD!

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I'm going to use it for a couple of challenges as well:

Macabre Monday: Perplexing Pigment Play (use only green, white, black, orange, and purple)

Stamptacular Sunday (anything but a card).

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Hope you like it - Thanks for stopping by!


Patti J.
No matter how old you are, there is always something good to look forward to. ~Lynn Johnston