Every year I send little Halloween treats with my kids to school for their classmates. But I’m not a fan of sending candy, since they get so much of that today. This year, I’m sending little pretzel bags from Costco. Since I know the kids will just throw away the wrapping, I didn’t want to use good card stock or spend too much time on these, so I used some bright orange copy paper I had from long ago (think I purchased it at an office supply store) and made a little simple pouch for each little pretzel bag. But I did want to dress it up a bit so I added a 1″ thick strip of Basic Black card stock (121045) that I punched with the Scallop Trim Border punch (118402) on both edges and added it to the front of the pouch. I also used the 1-3/4″ Scallop Circle punch (119854) at the top of the pouch to make it look like a “bite” was taken out (and this also helps get the pretzel bag out of the pouch). Using Jet Black StazOn ink (101406) I stamped the Happy Halloween image from Gift Givers (123772 – wood mount) or (123774 – clear mount) on Whisper White card stock then colored the pumpkins with Pumpkin Pie markers (105115), adding color twice at the top of the pumpkins to give them some added shading. The stamped image fit perfectly with the Decorative Label punch (120907) which really added a fancy touch to this treat bag. Making 42 of these was quicker than I expected since I used the Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334) to make the pouches. If you are interested in how I made the pouches, just leave me a comment and I’ll add that information for you.
