Archives for November 2013

Pumpkin Pie Favor Box Tutorial

You can make these pie slices as party favors for your holiday guests or as a hostess gift. It looks adorable, fun, and has a sweet surprise inside! You can fill it with just about anything: popcorn for the kids, a gift card for a holiday birthday, or a wonderful thank you note.

No fancy tools needed for this project. I started by making my own template for the paper pie slice. You can make your template any size that you prefer.

This template is used for both the top and bottom slices of the pie. So, once you have made your template, you’ll need to cut out two pieces from either cardstock or pattern paper. I’m using white cardstock as the base for my pie slice and then I’ll wrap it with the pattern paper I chose. I did it this way because I wanted to use a pattern paper from the Thirty-One line and did not want the skulls on the reverse side to show inside the pie.

I added the adhesive on the flaps that I folded in and put it all together.

Now I have a top and a bottom that fit perfectly together.

I wrapped the bottom piece of the pie using the orange chevron pattern as my pumpkin filling. I wrapped the top piece of the pie using the book pattern as my whipped topping.

I cut out some leaves from a variety of pattern papers. Then, I striped, dotted, and painted the leaves using Zazz! Glitter Glue for some pretty sparkle.

I attached a Mini Clothes Pin and an “I’m thankful” sentiment banner along with the leaves to the top of the pie. I tied it all up with some Glitter Ribbon.

Supplies:
From Me to You Written (732263)
From Me to You Mini Clothes Pins (732279)
Front Porch Breezy (732316)
Front Porch Book Club (732325)
Front Porch Phrase Cards (732330)
Thirty-One Dreadful (732297)
Thirty-One Eerie (732300)
American Crafts Zazz! Glitter Glue Set (27421)
American Crafts Coffee Glitter Ribbon (58666)
American Crafts Precision Pen .08, Black (62331)
American Crafts White Cardstock (71259)
American Crafts This to That Adhesive Dispenser, Dots (AM617-13)

Thankful Frame

Nov

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Today we’re celebrating Thanksgiving with guest designer Erin Stewart.

Erin is a long time friend. She’s served on the design team of our sister company, Crate Paper and currently designs for our parent company, American Crafts. She graciously agreed to celebrate Thanksgiving week with us on the blog and is sharing some wonderful projects…

Check out this incredible thankful frame featuring the Front Porch & From Me to You collections.

Supplies:
Front Porch Photo Frame Hang Tags
Front Porch Cards and Pockets
Front Porch Phrase Stickers
Front Porch Icon and Phrase Stickers
Front Porch 12×12 Paper Barefoot
Front Porch 12×12 Paper Flower Pots
Front Porch 12×12 Paper Picnic
Front Porch 12×12 Paper Lazy
Front Porch 12×12 Paper Porch Swing
Front Porch 12×12 Paper Breezy
From Me to You Mini Envelopes

We absolutely love the beautiful page layout Erin created to celebrate her family…

Supplies:
From Me to You 12×12 Paper Hello
From Me to You 12×12 Paper Thanks
From Me to You 12×12 Paper Greetings
From Me to You 12×12 Paper Written
From Me to You Thickers
From Me to You Icon Stickers
From Me to You Library Pockets
From Me to You Journaling Cards
From Me to You Frame Hang Tags

And check out this sweet thank you card featuring From Me to You…

Supplies:
From Me to You 12×12 Paper Thanks
From Me to You 12×12 Paper Mail
From Me to You 12×12 Paper Hello
From Me to You Chipboard Shapes
From Me to You Gold Rub On Transfers

Thank you so much for joining us today Erin!

DIY Feather Headband

Nov

DIY Feather Headband

With the current feather and tribal trend, when would be a better time than this Thanksgiving to dress your kids (or yourself!) with one of these? Especially when our beautiful paper from Pebbles are screaming to be cut into feathers?

First thing first, let’s make the headband. Cut paper to 3.5” wide with the length you need. (I left mine at 12”.) Score at 1” and 2-1/4” as shown: