Bringing Back Beautiful -Beauty of gifts

Hi everyone!  Welcome to October's Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful challenge! A big shout out to everyone who played along in last month's challenge.  Check out the September True Beauties, they are featured on the Flourishes blog, each will receive a True Beauty blog button to display proudly on their blog!

Here is today's challenge: As we get closer to the season of giving, let’s take the wraps off your creativity to come up with beautiful ways to gift give. Do you have a fun template for a beautiful box? Or, do you have a beautiful presentation for gift cards? Show us what you’ve got! Link up your Bringing Back Beautiful Challenge card here (link to post) to enter. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB03. You have until October 30^th to enter! As we unveil October's challenge for next month, we’ll share our True Beauties – those card makers who wowed us with this challenge! 

OK, I'm not so sure my gift project is beautiful, uhhh maybe more like CUTE?  I made little Halloween "trick or treat" bags using the Flourishes set, Witching You a Happy Halloween.  You see, every year my neighbor makes a HUGE (too huge) Halloween bag for my boys, Ryan and Daniel.  It REALLY makes them feel special to "trick or treat" his house and have something special waiting just for them.  So, this year I made a special treat bags for a couple of Daniel and Ryan's friends.  They each picked 2 and when those friends "trick or treat" OUR door this year, they will have something special for them!

First I stamped an image in Stazon black ink on the bottom corner of the bag and set aside to dry.  You can see the cat image stamped here:

Next, I made the bag toppers by using the SU Top Note die scored in half longways.  I decorated each bag slightly different with colors, image, bling and sentiment combinations.  Here are close up shots of the toppers.

I bought a variety of creepy Halloween candy and toys (from the Dollar Tree) and filled the goodie bags.  I folded the black piece over the top and stapled it closed.  Then I decorated the white panel and glued it to the bag topper -this way the staples are hidden from the front.  Here is a close up of one bag.

So, are you ready to Bring Back Beautiful?  Check out my fellow Beauty Girls and see what Beautiful gifts they created!

Beate Johns

Becca Feeken

Cindy Coutts

Julie Koerber

Kathy Jones

Yvonne Hagane

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Deets:

Stamps - Witching You a Happy Halloween

Ink - Memento Tuxedo black, Lovely Lilac, pumpkin pie (for sponging)

Paper - Black, white, lovely lilac cardstock and misc Halloween paper from Doodlebug Designs

Accessories - Circle Nestabilities, top note die, baker's twine, rhinestones, copic markers, sponge, SU small treat bags