Gift/Treat Bags - Mark's Finest Papers Halloween Harvest Hop Day 3

Welcome to the Mark’s Finest Papers a Heinrich Co. Halloween/Harvest Hop. We have some great tutorials for you to make some fun and easy projects for this Halloween/Harvest Season. We will be giving away two stamps sets during this hop, so two lucky people will go home with both of these fabulous stamp sets. Be sure to comment on all the designers’ blogs. Our hop will run from September 24^th-27^th. Our two winners will be announced on September 28th. 

September 24th - Treat Holders

September 25th - Polished Stone

September 26th - Treat Bags

September 27th - Holiday Table Setting

All our tutorials along with many more are available on MFP SpeedyTV.  The company blog has direct links to the tutorials! http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com

Be sure to check out all of our designers who participated in our hop. The more you comment the more chances you have to win one of these great stamp sets.

Thrifty Stamper

Trudy Harris-Thomas

Bonnie R.

Jane C.

Thanks for stopping by! We hope we were able to inspire you with ideas for your Halloween/Harvest season.

I have two projects to share with you today - one for traditional Halloween gift giving and one for birthday's.  You can find the tutorial here on SpeedyTV for creating your own Halloween/Harvest treat gift bags.

My first project is for traditional Halloween gift giving and was made by stamping my ghost from What A Scream in memento black onto white card stock before coloring with a prismacolor marker.  Once the coloring was finished, it was set aside to be cut out and adhered later.  Then I stamped the candy corn background on BOTH the orange and black layers (in matching ink) before over stamping the saying in memento black, filled my bag with candy and adhered the bag topper by stapling it together.  Then I took the cut out ghost and adhered it to the candy filled bag using glue dots.

Now if you don't want to give out candy due to food allergies, or personal preference, another option is to hit the $1 store or dollar bins and fill a gift bag with one of those treasures like this candle from Michael's. 

My next project I made as part of a birthday present using my step-sister's birthday as inspiration.  Since Darla's birthday is actually on Halloween, and she doesn't celebrate it, I needed something fitting more of a fall theme.

After stamping my main images from Autumn Splendor in memento tuxedo black onto white card stock and coloring with prismacolor markers, I cut out those images and set them aside to add later once my gift bag was assembled.  Then I stamped both layers of the bag topper in matching ink before filling my bag and adhering the topper with a stapler.  Taking the cut out images, I then adhered those to the stapled topper using glue dots.  Here's a close up of the gift bag. 

Since I had already made my step-sister's birthday card, it was just time to add it to the ensemble.  Here's the blog post and instructions on making the matching birthday card since I used ten (10) different sets to make it.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team blogs to leave some love for a chance to win this week's featured sets.

Stamps:  MFP What A Scream, Tree Selections Mini, Tree Greetings, Scenic Selections, Birthday Mini, Halloween Selections Mini, Celebrate Mini (birthday card inside)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Pumpkin Pie, Always Artichoke, Basic Grey, Burnt Umber

Card Stock: MFP White, Stampin Up!

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brushes, Dimensionals, Cellophane Bags, Candy, Coffee & Creamer Singles, Stapler, Staples, Glue Dots

Just A Note - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 4

   October Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
 

Big City Featured November 27 

Amaryllis Definition Featured November 28

Mountain Selections Featured November 29

Just a Note Featured November 30

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on December 1, 2012 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday November 30, 2012.

As you all know November is the time to gear up for Christmas shopping. So many sales and crowds, well stick with us we have some great deals for your Holiday Shopping needs.

 

 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"Winter Scenes"

Patty P.

Lois

Vicky

Jane C 

Debbie 

Pam 

Pat G 

Thrifty Stamper 

MariLynn 

Karen K 

Bonnie 

Kathy B 

Angela B 

Cathy C 

Toni 

Sue W 

Kelli H 

Janine B 

Tammylee 

Janis L 

An'jenic 

Kate Z 

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Continuing again on the quick, easy and inexpensive Christmas/hostess/birthday gift ideas, I have two more to share showcasing today's featured set. 

 

Now I love shopping in the store dollar sections, or just a plain dollar store to find a lot of my ideas.  So my first project today is a quick and easy gift using some of the coffee bricks you can find each year during the holiday in the Target $1 spot along with some matching candy. 

 

I started out by stamping two coordinating layers of card stock with Just A Note using Tim Holtz pine needles and fired brick distress inks.  Then, taking a scrap piece of snow storm, I stamped various Christmas Selections images in memento black before coloring with koh-i-noor pencils and a blender marker.  Once my coloring was finished, I stamped the saying from All Is Calm then stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink around the edges.  Here's a close up of the finished gift bag topper.

 

Then taking a glassine gift bag, I added some pre-shredded paper to the bottom before adding two Ghiradelli© Chocolate Peppermint caffe bricks, some Ghiradelli© Peppermint Bark bars tied up with green/gold bows, and then some Hugs© Candy Cane kisses before stapling the bag top shut and then adding my gift bag topper using staples to make sure it stays shut.  This gift only takes about 10-20minutes to make depending on how detailed, and how much stuff you want to add inside the bag.

 

My second project uses an acrylic photo frame I picked up at Michael's in the photo section (again dollar stores work just fine) took out the paper insert and traced onto snow storm card stock the size of the insert before trimming it down 1/4inch.  Then I inked up Just A Note in memento black, stamped it on the trimmed down card stock, and layered onto masonary red card stock.  Then taking the birdhouse from Tweet That, I stamped the birdhouse in memento black onto snow storm, colored with prismacolor markers before stippling with tumbled glass distress ink then layering and re-inserting into the frame.  Turning the frame on it's "back", I added a small set of post it notes for messages and  - PRESTO! My own handmade notepad to keep by a phone.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team blogs to leave some love for a chance to win today's featured set.

 

 

Stamps: MFP Just A Note, Christmas Selections, All Is Calm, Tweet That

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Pine Needles, Fired Brick

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm, Masonary Red, Evergreen, Scarlet Linen

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Stipple Brushes, Acrylic Frame, Post It's, Glassine Gift Bag, Stapler, Candy, Shredded Paper

 

 

 

 

Gift Bags - Christmas In July Blog Hop

Welcome to Mark’s Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company’s Christmas in July blog hop!  We are so glad that you joined us.  We hope that you will enjoy the tutorial each day and the projects on each of the blogs.  The blog hop will run 23-29 July, with a new tutorial and project each day of the hop.  Please note, if you are not a member of Speedy TV you will need to join the site before you can view the tutorials.  Joining is quick, easy and FREE, just click the tutorial link below and it will take you right to the home page where you can join.  The sign up button is on the right hand side of the page.

    Monday July 23rd —Christmas Cards in a Gift Box

    Tuesday July 24th —Stocking Stuffers

    Wednesday July 25th—Gift Bag

    Thursday July 26th—Gift Card Holder

    Friday July 27th —Ornament with Shrinky Dink

    Saturday July 28th —Glass Block

    Sunday July 29th —Decorated Tissue Box

Below are the designers participating in the hop. Some may have a tutorial, or project, each day and some may not.

SPEEDYTV TUTORIALS

Debbie

Lois

Patty

Bonnie

Sue W

Kathy

Tangii

Jane C

Thrifty Stamper

Kate Z

Pat G

Kelli Jo

 

One of the best things about being crafty is saving money by making my own gift bags to use.  Today I am sharing with you an easy project using Tim Holtz carved ornaments die, Christmas Cardinals stamp set, designer paper, and some yummy ribbon.

I started out by die cutting some Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company snow storm smooth heavy card stock using my Tim Holtz carved ornaments before stamping the images from the Christmas Cardinals and colored with prismacolor markers.  Once all of my coloring was finished, I pulled out some red/green plaid designer paper from my stash, cut it to size, and adhered it to my gift bag using some scor-tape.  (TIP: I highly recommend using scor-tape or something just as strong since the bags handles will cause any other adhesive to "give way".)  After I was finished adhering the designer paper, I added my cardinal ornaments using the same scor-tape, and then added some pre-made ribbon bows left over from last year from Wal-Mart.  A die cut poinsettia embellishes the top left corner for a little extra "something".  My final touch was to add a die cut tag with a thin strip of ripened tomato satin ribbon along with some Michael's $1 bin white/silver organdy ribbon after stamping a cardinal on the tag using Tim Holtz fired brick distress ink and edged with pine needles distress ink.

Here's a close up of some of the details.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the rest of the designers blogs to leave some love.

Stamps: MFP Christmas Cardinals

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Fired Brick, Pine Needles

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth Heavy, Designer Paper

Accessories: Gift Bag, Prismacolor Markers, Big Shot, Tim Holtz Carved Ornaments Die, Scor-Tape, Spellbinders Poinsettia Dies, Glue Dots, Ribbon, Gift Tag, Black Marker