Halloweenie Treat

Let's start the week out on a sweet note! Here's a fun little Halloween treat ensemble, with little being the operative word. The set includes a 3 1/2" square card--for this week's CAS-ual Friday challenge to make a mini card and this week's Crazy 4 Challenges challenge (sponsored by Creations by AR--be sure to check out the current Challenges by AR challenge, too--I'm the hostess!) to include a pumpkin on your design--and a tiny treat tube filled with fall colored M&M's.

The mini card uses the pumpkin image from the Paper Smooches Halloweenies set. It's colored with Copic markers and cut out. The pumpkin's big eyes are coated with Glossy Accents for a glass-like shine. I based the layout on this week's Clean and Simple Stamping sketch, adjusted a little bit for the smaller scale of the mini card. A strip of trendy orange houndstooth patterned paper runs across the kraft card base. I added a solid black strip at the bottom and wrapped it with black baker's twine for contrast before adhering the orange panel holding the image and sentiment.

To tie the set together, I used the same papers and accents for the test tube holder. The PDF file for the holder is available here at Creations by AR and easily assembled with the help of my ScorPal and some ScorTape. The base is cut from kraft cardstock and dressed up with the orange houndstooth paper. I wrapped a band of orange and black cardstock around the bottom of the tube holder and accented it with a black button. The tube itself is decorated with a small tag with more of the houndstooth paper and stamped with a few small images from the Halloweenies set. Too sweet! Now I need to go move the set out of the reach of Chloe the cutie--and curious--puppy. She's been eyeing and sniffing at those M&M's . . .

Materials Used:
from i {heart} papers: Paper Smooches Halloweenies stamp set, X-Press white Copic blending cardstock, Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic markers (YR15, YR16, Y35, Y38, YG01, YG13, YG17, YG25, B000, B0000), My Mind's Eye Lime Twist-Fly a Kite 6x6 paper pad, Ranger Glossy Accents, Divine Twine Black Licorice baker's twine, Sticky Thumb dimensional dots, ScorPal, ScorTape

other: test tube template (Creations by AR); Crumb Cake and Basic Black cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Sweet Mango cardstock (Gina K Designs); treat tube (Martha Stewart)