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Halloween Treat Pocket Tags

Sep

As far as I’m concerned, one can never have too many treats ready to share for Halloween, which is why I’m sharing another quick and easy project today – Halloween Treat Pocket Tags! What, you’ve never heard of a pocket tag? Well, let me show you!!

Halloween Pocket Treat Tags by Wendy Sue Anderson by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "Spooky Boo!" Collection by @PebblesInc.

It’s literally an oversized tag, folded into a pocket, and filled with treats! They are so fun and easy to make – and even though it looks like I used three different patterned papers for each pocket tag, it’s only ONE paper! Let me show you how I made them!

First, I cut an over-sized tag from patterned papers (aren’t these Spooky Boo! papers so much fun?). These are about 4″ wide and 11″ tall. You can cut them by hand, with a die, or even a digital cutting machine. As you can see, I chose papers that had a fun “tear away” strip – one that could be used upside down and still look okay. Here’s the back and front of one tag:

Halloween Pocket Treat Tags by Wendy Sue Anderson by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "Spooky Boo!" Collection by @PebblesInc.

The next step is to fold up the bottom. See how that makes it look like three different papers? I love how the front, back, and tear-away strip all coordinate and work perfectly together for these tags :

Halloween Pocket Treat Tags by Wendy Sue Anderson by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "Spooky Boo!" Collection by @PebblesInc.

Next, I used my sewing machine to stitch around the folded portion to create a pocket. Don’t worry if you’re not ready to pull out your sewing machine – you can just glue the sides together with strong adhesive if you want!

Halloween Pocket Treat Tags by Wendy Sue Anderson by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "Spooky Boo!" Collection by @PebblesInc.

Now that the pocket portion is complete, it’s time to embellish!! I chose to use various printed die cuts, stickers, 3×4 cards, and ribbon! Of course you can embellish as much or as little as you like!

Halloween Pocket Treat Tags by Wendy Sue Anderson by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "Spooky Boo!" Collection by @PebblesInc.

I started by tying ribbon through the top of the tag. Next, I placed the 3×4 card (slightly trimmed) over the pocket portion. Next, I added the cute witch die-cut. Finally, I used foam adhesive squares to add the “boo” printed die-cut.

Halloween Pocket Treat Tags by Wendy Sue Anderson by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "Spooky Boo!" Collection by @PebblesInc.

Now it’s time to fill ‘er up! Since I’m making some of these for my co-workers I opted for some flavored water packets…but of course, I had to embellish them a little bit with these cute puffy stickers! See how perfectly they can be tucked into the treat pocket – with a cute paper straw just for fun, of course!

Halloween Pocket Treat Tags by Wendy Sue Anderson by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "Spooky Boo!" Collection by @PebblesInc.

If you prefer to give a delicious chocolate treat, that’s an option too!!

Halloween Pocket Treat Tags by Wendy Sue Anderson by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "Spooky Boo!" Collection by @PebblesInc.

These treat pockets are so quick and easy, it would be easy to whip up a batch for your co-workers, neighbors, students, or even for your kids’ entire class! Seriously, they are that easy!

Halloween Pocket Treat Tags by Wendy Sue Anderson by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "Spooky Boo!" Collection by @PebblesInc.

What do you think? Do you want to give these Halloween Pocket Treat Tags a try?

Halloween Pocket Treat Tags by Wendy Sue Anderson by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "Spooky Boo!" Collection by @PebblesInc.

Be sure to share a link or tag us when you share yours!

Halloween Pocket Treat Tags by Wendy Sue Anderson by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "Spooky Boo!" Collection by @PebblesInc.

Happy Treat-o-Ween!

Wendy Sue

Supplies Used:

Spooky Boo Stickers
Spooky Boo Ephemera
Spooky Boo Puffy Stickers
Spooky Boo “Boo Stuff” Patterned Paper
Spooky Boo “Trick or Treat” Patterned Paper
Spooky Boo “Bad to the Bone” Patterned Paper
Spooky Boo “Sweet Tooth” Patterned Paper
Spooky Boo “Falling Leaves” Patterned Paper

Hawaiian Luau Party Decor

Jul

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Aloha everyone, Heather Leopard is here and with summer fully upon us here in the States, I’ve been daydreaming about Hawaii. I figured why not throw a little Hawaiian party on a random Friday?!?!

The new My Bright Life collection has the perfect mix of colors to pull this Hawaiian Luau Party off. The decor I created includes garland I cut and strung, cupcake holders and toppers to resemble a pineapple and a few goody bags. Let’s take a look at how it came together

Lei inspired garland

The backdrop features a lei inspired garland. To get this look, I cut plumeria flowers out of two different patterned papers as well as palm leaves in two different sizes and then large yellow circles. I created 7 garland strips each containing 10 pieces (a mix of flowers, leaves and circles). Once I had 10 pieces for each strand, I ran them through my sewing machine with a straight stitched until I got to the end. I repeated that process 6 more times.

Pineapple cupcakes

So I cheated with store bought cupcakes and they’re a mix of chocolate and vanilla – not pineapple but I dressed them up as pineapples. Using a cut file I purchased, I simply cut cupcake wrappers and pineapple toppers using my electronic die cut machine.

The wrappers have little cuts in them and when you bend them back slightly, it resembles a pineapple.

The pineapple toppers can be inserted right into the icing. So easy and oh so cute!

Goody Bags

Since Hawaii is known as the rainbow state and “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World” by Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo`ole is one of my all time favorite songs, I made Rainbow tags for the goody bags.

They are cut into squares and feature a scallop circle and “Mahalo”, the Hawaiian word for Thank You. I decided to add some palm leaves and a flowers as well.

I hope this mini Hawaiian Luau party I am hosting for my girls this weekend has you daydreaming of Hawaii as well.

Mahalo,

Heather

Supplies:
My Bright Life Stitched Flowers Patterned Paper(733859)
My Bright Life Field of Flowers Patterned Paper (733879)
My Bright Life Bright Stripes Patterned Paper (733869)
My Bright Life Flower Rows Patterned Paper (733862)
My Bright Life Fresh Picked Patterned Paper (733875)
My Bright Life 12×12 Paper Pad

Thanksgiving Gifts | Party Favors

Nov

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Hello everyone. Heather Leopard is here and while my Thanksgiving guests usually leave quite stuffed, I like to send them off with a treat so show that I am grateful they chose to spend their day with us. This year, I’m sending them home with a Thanksgiving gift – some delicious home baked bread and since I don’t want you to feel left out, I’ve included the recipe below.

Let’s start baking!

Gather your Thanksgiving gift supplies and follow the recipe to make your very own delicious zucchini bread. Set it aside while you prepare your packaging.

Let’s get crafty!

The Heart of Home collection has the best tags and die cuts for these delicious bread gifts. They are especially great because they already have sentiments pre-printed on them so it makes this project easy peasy! Pick your favorites and start layering them.

Wrap it up!

Once the bread has cooled, insert them into cellophane bags, wrap some twine and add your tags. Now you have a delicious Thanksgiving gift to treat your guests to.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have a blessed week!

Heather

Supplies:
Heart of Home Family Tree 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733744)
Heart of Home From Me to You 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733745)
Heart of Home Wild Daisies12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733755)
Heart of Home Ephemera (733769)
Heart of Home Dimensional Stickers (733765)

DIY Art Party Birthday Invitations and Party Favors

Nov

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Hello wonderful Pebbles friends. Heather Leopard is here sharing DIY Art Party Birthday Invitations and Party Favors I made for my daughter’s birthday. The Happy Hooray collection was a perfect match to this art themed rainbow party!

Gather your supplies

8.5″ x 11″white cardstock
5 – 6 colors of patterned paper or cardstock for the paint colors
adhesive
My free painter’s pallet cut file for Silhouette
Printer or pen to write the party details (mine were left blank for privacy reasons)

DIY art party birthday invitations tutorial

These are incredibly easy to make if you have a template for my free cut file. Let’s walk through the steps…

Determine the size you want to cut your invitations and then you can either print your party details on the cardstock before you run it through your die cut machine or leave enough space to add the party details later, like I did. I was able to cut two at a time from one 8.5″ x 11″ cardstock paper.

Cut the painter’s pallet from the cardstock. Make sure you measure and line your cut file up so it cuts around your party details where you want it to cut. NOTE: I included cut lines so you could insert a paint brush so keep that in mind when you are printing and cutting.

Cut the paint pieces from your patterned paper or colored cardstock. Adhere them around the edge and around your party details.
Insert a toy paint brush and deliver to friends. By the way, I found a package of 30 paint brushes in the party section of my local hobby store. Great buy with coupon!

DIY art party birthday party favors tutorial

Each little artist will walk away from the party with their own painting but here’s an idea to keep their creative juices flowing – watercolor party favors. You can whip these up quickly and easily are their are sure to be a hit! You can even have the birthday honoree write personalized thank you cards and all you have to do is insert them in the water color cases.

Cut a strip of patterned paper to fit inside the lid of the watercolor case.
Write a thank you sentiment and print it out on white cardstock
Add a solid colored frame around the sentiment to help it pop against the patterned paper strip
Adhere the frames sentiment to the strip and insert it into the watercolor case
Add some cute tags and a personalized note to the package. Tie with a ribbon.

With that, you’re all set for for your DIY art party birthday. Follow me on Instagram (@heatherleopard) and I’ll post the rest of the party decorations later this month

Thanks for stopping by today.

Heather

Supplies:
Happy Hooray Hooray (732337)
Happy Hooray Rainbowtastic (732391)
Happy Hooray Balloon Animals (732393)
Happy Hooray Make a Wish (732531)
Happy Hooray Party Animal (732534)
Happy Hooray Eat Cake (732580)
Happy Hooray Party Time (732588)
Happy Hooray Celebrate (732615)
Happy Hooray Enamel Sprinkles Stickers (732625)

DIY Indoor BBQ Picnic

Jul

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Hi everyone. It’s Heather Leopard and I am sharing a DIY Indoor Picnic Idea with you today. I don’t know about you but I love picnics. We do them as a family all the time but they aren’t always a normal picnic at the park. We also picnic in the front and back yard but what my girls really love to do is picnic in the house. We basically layout out blankets and/or towels in a room other than our dining room and there’s just something really fun and special about it.

DIY Indoor Picnic

I surprise my girls with an indoor picnic every couple of months because sometimes it just seems like the fun thing to do. Just don’t plan to do it on spaghetti night due to the fact that it can be a mess. While you can certainly use your normal dishes for an indoor picnic, I figured we should make it fun by creating a picnic caddy for the house. As a result, it’s basically everything we need in one little package.

Create a picnic caddy

You can use a box or a crate for this, an upcycled fast food drink tote or almost anything you’d like. I had cardstock and my die cut machine therefore, I chose to make one out of paper.

This is great for utensils, condiments, straws, napkins, you name it. While it’s not carrying anything especially heavy, it holds up pretty good. You probably don’t want to load it up with drinks unless you really reinforce it.

Add some custom plates

I wanted to create custom plates so I bought clear plastic plates and lined them with patterned paper. Simply trace the center of the plate on your favorite patterned paper, cut it out and adhere it to the bottom with mod podge. NOTE: only apply the mod podge to the bottom of the plate. I’m pretty sure you don’t want to eat from a mod podged plate since it probably has chemicals you may not want to ingest but maybe I’m wrong?!?!

Picnic themed invitation

Next, create a cute little apron card. I downloaded this one from the Silhouette store. Isn’t the grill set cute?

This can be an invitation to the picnic, a menu (on the inside) or just a cute piece of decor in addition to whatever else you have planned.

Ready for the picnic

So there you have it… a fun DIY Indoor Picnic that’s as cute as can be. Just add your favorite food & beverage and dine in style.

Supplies:
Sunshiny Days Ephemera Die cuts (733609)
Sunshiny Days Daydream (733598)
Sunshiny Days Flower Garden (733603)
Sunshiny Days Fresh Squeezed (733605)
Sunshiny Days Flip Flops (733599)
Sunshiny Days Cardstock Stickers (733608)