Avoiding Halloween treats this year has already been challenging and we're still a few days out from the actual holiday! My office is filled with candy, bowls of candy are passed at meetings, and my children brought back lots of candy from last weekend's school Halloween carnival.Then there were the candy corn and jellybeans that were um, yeah, "props" for the photos I took for yesterday's blog post. I usually compound all of this sugar overload by baking pumpkin bread and spending an afternoon with my kids concocting some other kind of treat: caramel apples, Halloween cupcakes, rice krispie treats with Halloween sprinkles, etc. Thankfully, my kitchen goes under construction today so I will be able to avoid at least a few of the extra calories! There's only so much that can be done with a microwave, a toaster oven, and a crockpot.
Do you take time to make, decorate, and document Halloween treats? If not, 2010 is the year for it! Today we'll get you into your kitchen and into your scrapbook space. Read on for ideas for making treats, decorating treats, and embellishing Halloween treat layouts.
Making Treats
First up are Amy Sorensen’s secret recipe sugar cookies:
Okay, not so secret, as she’s agreed to share her recipe with us!
Download Amy Sorenson's Soft Sugar Cookies
To read more about Amy's cookie-making process, check out her recent blog post.
Decorating Treats
How cute are these cupcake toppers Candice Palmer made? If you think they’re as cute as I do, it’s your lucky day, since she’s made them available for us to download!
Download Candice Palmer's Boo Cupcake Toppers
Just print them out, grab your circle punch, and you’re set to go! (Don't you wish the cupcakes were also downloadable?)
Embellishing Halloween Treat Layouts
This simple layout by Jody Wenke gets its oomph from handcut candies elevated with dimensional adhesive. Jody cut her patterned paper to 8.5” X 11”, cut a few candies from the excess patterned paper, and then layered them over her background. I’d agree with Jody that that’s an impressive collection of Halloween loot!
Inspired by Francine Clouden’s hybrid week here at Write.Click.Scrapbook. last week, I used digital scrapbook paper (Creativity by Crystal's October '09 {Spooky} Paper Collection), the free downloadable PhotoSheet program, an apple punch, and some cardstock to make the Halloween apple embellishments on this layout:
I opened up PhotoSheet, chose a 2 X 3 collage on a 4” X 6” background, and then added six digital patterned papers. I printed the collage on photo paper to get that caramel-like sheen, punched an apple from each square, and then arranged the five patterns I liked best on kraft cardstock “sticks.” Time to do this? About five minutes!
Come back tomorrow for our weekly giveaway day and tune back in on Friday for more Halloween fun featuring quick and easy monsters!
