Lisa Storms

halloweek: owl treat boxes

Next up for Halloweek is a printable to make my owl treat boxes featured in the October issue of Scrapbooks Etc. magazine.

Page 1 of pdf template is here.

Page 2 of pdf template is here.

Print the design onto the back of your cardstock (so the lines will be hidden inside). Cut on solid lines.  Score and fold on dotted lines.  

Check out the entire party here at Scrapbooks Etc. for lots more Halloween ideas such as bat straws...

... and fun spool crafts...

... and best costume ribbons ...

... and invites and decorations.  See you tomorrow for more Halloween fun =).

halloweek: jack o' lantern smiles

It's Halloweek here on my blog!  I plan on sharing an easy Halloween project each day this week.

So you may know that I have an obsession with mustaches on sticks.  I can't explain it, but I own it.  This has led to an obsession with just about anything on a stick.  I've done Santa mustaches and  snowman noses for holidays before and figured for Halloween a Jack O'Lantern smile would be appropriate =).

These sticks are fun for parties or photo props.  I'm including a printable here in case you want to get in on the sticky fun.  You can either trace it onto black craft foam as I've done here or print the solid version straight onto white cardstock to cut out.  Then just glue to a thin wooden dowel.

Solid printable pdf here.

Outline version pdf here.

And as always, feel free to email me if the download doesn't work (first try hitting refresh) and I'll send it to you directly.  See you tomorrow! =)

skulls and skeletons

Here are a couple of not-so-scary skeleton crafty things good for the kids.  

First up is a skull treat cup I designed for parents.com.  It's hard to be scary when it's half made of hearts! You can view directions here.

And here is a fun set of skeleton magnets I designed for bhg.com you can download to create your own.  Free printable template can be found here. 

October certainly is rolling right along!  I'll have more Halloween fun to share soon...

using up scraps

I have accumulated quite the collection of paper scraps over the years.  

So I challenged myself to create some scrapbooking layouts using up only my scraps for embellishments.

It felt great to not only use up some scraps, but to challenge myself creatively in the process.

You can view full photos, tutorials, and tips at my newest article up at Fiskars here.

paper leaves

I was excited driving into our tree-lined neighborhood yesterday noticing the leaves are beginning to change.  Living in Oregon I try to soak in the beautiful leaves as early as possible because the rain makes them fall way too quickly!

Here is a story opener I created for Scrapbooks Etc. magazine (before text was added) featuring diy paper leaves.  They have directions over on their blog on how to create these leaves yourself. 

halloween costumes

I've always loved making the kids' Halloween costumes.  The more kids I have, and the busier life gets, I've had to learn to take short cuts!

Starting with a premade base, like a hoodie, just lets me spend more time doing the fun part of embellishing.  I'm sharing this year's costumes over at Fiskars.  You can see the full article and photos here.

And while you're at it, take a peek at last year's costumes here.