Sunday, September 6, 2009

Fall/Halloween Treats


It's September 6, the day when the Limelight DT brings you fabulous inspiration for your Fall and Halloween Treats! :) For my project, I created a pumpkin basket for holding treats! I cut nine 1" x 12" strips of paper from the new Pink Paislee Twilight collection for the basket. Eight of the strips are hole-punched in the middle and fastened together with a brad. The ninth strip is the piece you see around the top, holding the basket together. I reinforced the inside of the basket by attaching a cardstock circle with the brad holding the pieces together. I then added a Large Harvest Bean Seed leaf-shaped felt piece to each side, held on by glittery Pink Paislee Bella Brads. The handle is made from two twisted pieces of kraft shipping filler that I received from our recent Unity Stamp Company shipment! Gotta love recycling. ;) Especially when it's cute! As you can see below, the pumpkin basket is filled with the Halloween assortment of peanut m&m's.... Mmmmm...... Ahem! Doesn't it look like the parts of a real pumpkin?

Let me know if you'd like a tutorial. I'm sure I could get that going for you! :) Can't you see so many possibilities for this basket, other than pumpkins?


Be sure to check out the projects created by my team! Their blogs are listed in my sidebar. Have a happy Sunday! We are off to a morning of worship and then straight to the NC mountains for an apple festival, swimming in the lake, and gem mining! I'll update with pictures, for sure!

Paper: Pink Paislee Twilight - Dusk. Accessories: PP Twilight Bella Brads, Large Harvest Bean Seeds, Kraft Filler Paper.

10 comments:

Lorie said...

Ummm...wow! That is absolutely fantastic Mandy!

~amy~ said...

Mandy, this is absolutely adorable!!! I love it!

*Alison* said...

This is AMAZING!! I LOVE IT.. I would love a tutorial on it.. HUGS

Anonymous said...

Mandy this is so freaking awesome! LOVE this so much!!

Ashley Newell said...

Thud! This is FANTASTIC! Looks like something out of Martha Stewart magazine! You go girl! This is my FAVORITE thing from you so far!

Mandy said...

super cute mandy! i would love to try this!

Teresa Kline said...

oh my this is adorable, thanks!

enjoy *~*

JenMarie said...

Mandy, I totally LOVE this!!

Lee said...

OHHHH absolutely Mandy!!!! I'd LOVE a tutorial!!! That pumpkin basket is the cutest ever!!!

Lisa H. said...

this is fabulous, seriously! lov those papers, my fave part of this is the handle, it looks so cool.