Fun Digital Halloween Projects

Every holiday brings some fun craft project I'd like to complete, I enjoy the fun of it.Now if I only had time for them all I'd be a happy girl! Halloween is no different, I always want to make bag headers and fill them with candy to hand out. But that's a very costly treat for my neighborhood, there are sooo many kids.

I use my Creative Memories Storybook Creator to create many of these fun little projects; it's amazing how versatile it is and how much you can do with one little computer program. Although the main focus of this program is for digital photo albums, I design cards, calendars, name cards, even personalized gifts and school projects. I actually have two copies..one on my home computer and one on my work computer.

Today I thought I'd share a couple of fun Halloween projects that can be created with Storybook Creator.

These cute bingo cards can be adapted for many occasions, birthdays, classroom parties, baby showers, etc.  The possibilities are endless!  The directions to create a bingo card can be found here at the project center on my Creative Memories website. Go ahead click on the link and see if you can create your own.

The above treat bag toppers also have endless possibilities, the same birthday and classroom parties and baby or wedding shower favors.  Add your favorite treat, candy, cookies just about anything, and create your personalized topper.  They're so easy....and the directions....yep you guessed it, they're available to you by clicking here!

Want to check out more ideas for Storybook Creator?  Visit my website project center or contact me via my website. 

Have fun!!

No More Throwing Money In The Trash for Me!

Creative Memories Tag Maker has many different uses, not only can you decorate your scrapbook pages and hand made cards but I really have second thoughts about EVER purchasing another greeting card. 

If you're a mom of school age children, you'll totally understand what I mean when I say that you have "sticker shock" when visiting the card section after picking out one of the MANY children's birthday gifts for the MANY birthday party's your child will attend.  Then, to watch that card you spent $4.00 or more on, be tossed to the side so the child can get to the perfect gift you brought, is a little frustrating. Plus, you KNOW (cause we do it also) in a few days that card will find it's way right into the trash can.  You might as well just throw your money in the trash now! 

SOLUTION: I love this tool to add an adorable little "to/from" tag to all my birthday gifts. It will definately save you money on birthday cards, AND you'll find it handy for cards and scrapbooking too!  ps....you can create your tag with or without the hole, so you can attach it with your Creative Memories Adhesive or add a ribbon for hanging.

Take a look at this quick tag for Mom and for more creative ideas with the Creative Memories Tag Taker visit the project center at my website you'll find a whole area dedicated to ideas for the Creative Memories Tag Maker.

Making A Candy Bar Wrapper

Ever need a quick inexpensive gift? For me it's usually my teenage daughter wanting to acknowledge a friends birthday.  The other day she purchased a BIG Hershey's Dark Chocolate bar for a birthday gift. It was a good idea, the friend loves chocolate, (actually what teenage girl doesn't) but we found a way to "cute it up" a little and make it personal.

It was super easy with some of the tools from Creative Memories. The first thing and possibly the most difficult is choosing a color scheme for your candy bar. We chose the brand new Simply Beautiful palette for it's bright colors.   

We measured the width we needed to cut the paper for the wrapper, to make it easy you can remove the Hershey's paper and measure the original wrapper to get just the perfect fit.  For our project we needed to cut our wrapper from the middle of the piece of scrapbook paper as the sides were a lighter color. If you do not have this situation it is best to measure in from the side of the paper and cut at the width desired.

We used the 12" Rotary Trimmer to cut our paper. It easily fits and is able to measure accurately a 12x12 piece of paper. Lift the arm slide the paper in, there is a measuring arm for large pieces and once you measure you roll the blade along the guide for a quick, clean accurate cut.

 Measures up to 12 inches with swing out arm 

Once you are done cutting wrap your candy with the decorative paper wrapper and adhere it together with a Tape-Runner adhesive or Photo-Splits  adhesive. Make sure you choose a good adhesive as this will be holding your project together!

Ta Da! It already looks better! Next we embellish the candy, here we used a strip of paper ribbon from Creative Memories. Cut it to fit and adhere with the tape runner again.


Next we chose a couple of Paper Flower embellishments again from the Simply Beautiful color palette as they all coordinate with our paper.  (click the above link and watch a video on all the options with this palette) Everything coordinating is important because spending time choosing the perfect color match is time consuming.  I love that it all flows together!


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Adhere the paper flower with the tape runner

Layering flowers adds color, texture and dimension to your project I highly recommend it!




Again choosing from the embellishment line of the Simply Beautiful palete we picked a coordinating paper tag from the package and adhered it to the front of the candy with foam squares adhesive. 




Foam squares is a dimensional adhesive that gives a 3 dimension "pop out" look to projects.  Here we placed one square under the top right of the tag. Foam squares are COMPLETELY safe for all projects even pictures, unlike other pop adhesives on the market, you can feel comfortable placing them right under the corners of your precious pictures.

We also added a little bling to the center of the flower. We chose a Swarovski crystal but another option would be a button or colored brad, you could even just decorate it with some cute dots make with a colored pen.

Lastly, personalization is the key, my daughter added her birthday sentiment and number stickers for decoration. You guessed it...they also coordinate, we used the Simply Beautiful Birthday Additions Stickers.




In about 10 minutes we had an inexpensive personalized gift.  I loved it and so did my daughter.  You can create candy wrappers in any color scheme and for any event.  I even awoke this morning and thought...."oh! I can create Easter wrappers for the Easter baskets!"  I was so excited...and before you say it....I know, I'm a little addicted!