Trendy Twine.....I break for bats!

Good Morning Everyone!

Jessica from Chick-n-Scrap here!

Can you believe Halloween is just around the corner?? Time to start thinking about whipping up those treats for class parties and your trick or treaters.

Today's project is perfect for that using my featured products of the month

Grape Licorice Trendy Twine and the Skinny Candy Bags

To make these treats, I used the Skinny Candy Bags and filled them with some purple, white and black chocolate jewels. 25 fit in each bag perfectly! I then used my Silhouette and cut out a cute bat. I eliminated the eyes so I could add some fun googly eyes and stapled the tops of the candy bags onto the belly of the bat.

Next I went ahead and scored the wings so I could fold them over to give the look that they were holding onto my sentiment as well as act as a cover to hid the staple holding the candy onto the bat. The sentiment (from My Creative Time~Trick or Treat set) was stamped onto to banner die from My Creative Time's Just Simply Live set. I added eyelets to each side of the banner then threaded the gorgeous Grape Licorice through to tie a bow onto each side.
Super cute and so much fun to make!!!!

Here is what I used from Annie's Paper Boutique:
Grape Licorice Trendy Twine

Skinny Candy Bags

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To My Lil' Pumpkin.....{Pumpkin Treats!}

Good Morning Trendy Twiners!!!!

Jessica here from Chick-n-Scrap 

and I am so excited to be sharing another project with you all!

For my project today I followed the current Trendy Twine Challenge going on right now

and made some adorable pumpkin treats.

The challenge is....

Boo-tiful Treats recipe:

Halloween treat packaging with a tag

& 

Trendy Twine**

And here are my lil' pumpkins!

 These little guys are so cute and were so fun to put together. Plus they can be filled with some small candies or even sized larger and filled with more. 

Here is how I made these.... I used a file I bought in the Silhouette Store called the 3d Pumpkin Petal Box and re~sized it  to make them mini...These measuring about 2". Once all the pieces were cut out, the box and the stem, I stamped onto the front my PK face. I added some big pink cheeks and some white gel pen doodles and placed these aside to work on the tags.

For my tags, I used the die and stamp set from MCT. I stamped it onto some white cardstock and for some added color to top of the box I die cut a leaf in the same green color as the twine. To put the tag onto the box, I wrapped some Lime Orangesicle Trendy Twine around the closed box on the stem. A sweet bow and the ends tied and my boxes are ready to give to my Lil' Pumpkins.

Isn't this twine color AWESOME? I just LOVE the ones with the added white twist. In my opinion this is one of the MUST have for all of your fall projects! Remember Thanksgiving is coming up and this would look super on all those projects as well!

So there is my inspiration project! I sure hope you will join us in this month's challenge! You have 1 more day to great crafty and enter to win!

**Trendy Twine is a brand of twine, not bakers twine in general.

If you do not have Trendy Twine, use hemp, jute, 

embroidery thread, or yarn only; ribbon does not count.

(no other brands of bakers twine)

Deadline is:  11:59 pm, Fri., Oct. 24th.

-Project must be new for the challenge.

 -No back linking.

-Only one entry, please.

 -Must  follow directions for the challenge.

-Mention the challenge in your post.

Projects not qualified will be unlinked without notice.

(including wrong twine)

Before I say goodbye for today, make sure to stop by and have a look at the gorgeous twine and so many other fun items in the store HERE

While you are there make sure to look at all the gorgeous Halloween twine colors!!! There are tons of specials on all the mini sets.....

Halloween Trick or Treat Mini

Original Halloween Mini Set

Totally Halloween Mini Set

Halloween Sweet Treats Mini Set

and the

Halloween Tidbits

PLUS all the full rolls are on sale as well...

New to Trendy Twine??? Check out the other places where we share our projects .....

Trendy Twine Blog~ HERE

and the

Trendy Twine Facebook page~ HERE

Don't forget to visit the 

 new and improved, packed with tons of product

 Store HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by.

 I hope you have enjoyed my project and have a great Thursday!

~Jessica~

Planner Friday - October

Hello, I am Amanda from She's Eclectic and I write a monthly Planner Friday post here on Twine it up with Trendy Twine.  I think that prettying up your planner pages makes it easier to stay organised.  If my pages were plain I wouldn't refer to my Filofax as often during the day and then I would forget things and get myself in a muddle!  

I went with a cupcake theme this week, you can see the products I used in the photo below.  A couple of strips of washi tape and some Trendy Page Dot reinforcements and my diary pages are much more colourful and fun!

Pictured: At Home Planner Stamp Set

School Days Planner Stamp Set

Pastel Rainbow Stripes Trendy Page Dots Reinforcements

Washi Tape

Ink Pads

I have recently started using the School Days Planner Stamp Set, it is incredibly handy now I have two children in school and one in nursery/preschool!  The school year only started three weeks ago here in the UK but I have already had lots of events going on at the school.  There are also lots of after school clubs and activities going on that I need to remember, I have one child who has joined the school choir and football team and another who has joined the chess club and the school play.  Thankfully the one in nursery wont be joining any clubs for another year or two but either way this stamp set will keep me organised!   

School Days stamps in action

I don't have any cupcake stickers that would match the colours of the Trendy Page Dots and washi tape I have used this week so I am just drawing some, copying the ones on the tape.  They're not perfect but at least they all go together well! 

My week so far

I couldn't write an October post without showing you what I have planned for my Halloween week at the end of the month.  I love these Spooktacular Trendy Page Dot reinforcements and I used some Trendy Twine to make the bunting too.  

Pictured Spooktacular Halloween Set Trendy Page Dots Reinforcements

Trick or Treat Trendy Twine Purple & Orange Bakers Twine

Washi Tape

Used but not pictured At Home Planner Stamp Set

I haven't used the School Days stamps on this week because it will be half term so the school is closed.  If it isn't a super busy week then I will have lots more room to decorate the pages.  I just don't know how much I will have on until nearer the time but without all the school reminders I should be able to fit in some more spooky bits and pieces!  

If you want to see how the Halloween week looked when it was all filled in let me know in the comments and I will show you in my next Planner Friday post.  If you fancy decorating your planner for Halloween then stop by the store and see all the scarily good things on offer!

See you next month!

Amanda