Tricks or Treats by Jean Okimoto

Need last-minute Halloween ideas? Make treat wrappers for the tricksters, lunchboxes, backpacks or co-workers. Or convert these into tags, eat the candy and create quick cards. The friendly ghost, bat and BOO are from the new Pumpkin Kisses Clear Stamp and Die Set, stamped with Nocturne and Summertime VersaFine Clair. The cat is from the Poppystamps trio of Ghostly Cats.

These tags contain Ghirardelli squares or snack-size Heath Bars. Many other Hershey snack-size bars fit too – chose your favorites and enjoy the extras!

Here are the general instructions for finishing the 3 wrappers. Add 1/4″ dots punched from gold and green Festive Glitter Pad 6×6’s. Attach the candy with doublestick tape. Tie them with orange cord.

Need instant-stripes? Diecut the cover of the Sunrise Solid Core Cardstock Pack with the 2″ wide Cinched Frame. Score and fold a 3.25″ x 8.5″ strip of dark orange cardstock in half. Place the bottom edge of the 3″ wide Fan Stitch Scalloped Frame die 1/8″ below the fold and cut the folded strip. Cut black cardstock with a Wild Leaves die. Stamp the ghost and dry the ink, then cut it with the die from the set.

Score and fold a 9.6″ x 3.25″ strip of black cardstock in half. Place the bottom cutting edge of the Fan Stitch Scalloped Arch below the fold and cut the folded cardstock. Score 1/4″ away from both sides the center fold to form a gusset to hold the snack-size candy bar. . Cut the 2″ wide and 1.5″ wide arches with orange and yellow 6×6’s from the Sunrise Solid Core Cardstock Pack. Stamp the bat. Cut the Poppystamps Ghostly Cat from black and white cardstock

Cut very dark orange cardstock with the second-largest Wrapped Stitched Slim Rectangle die. Score and crease it in half. Cut light orange cardstock with the third-largest die and trim it to 3-3/8″ long using an edge of a larger rectangle from the set. Stamp BOO with Summertime VersaFine Clair, dry the ink and cut it with the die from the stamp set. Attach strips of white cardstock and orange and yellow cardstock from the Sunrise cardstock pack. Stamp the candy corn ghost, dry the ink, and cut it with the matching die. Cut the black leaves from the Wild Leaves set.