Sunday, April 28, 2019

Halloween Bagflips


I don't even know where to begin talking about the supplies that went in to making this bag flip. I used a normal little white lunch bag that you can find in bulk at Walmart for cheap. The supplies are a magpie's mixture gleaned from Michael's and Tuesday Morning. And that pumpkin sticker on the bottom? I purchased that 5 years ago from Target. 

I've mentioned I hoard craft supplies. I hiss at anyone suggesting I might destash my hoard. I understand that some people find it cathartic to get rid of items they aren't using anymore. In the realm of craft supplies, I do not understand. Very rarely do I throw down a craft I don't pick up anymore. It's wasteful to send it to the thrift store. Sure, someone might buy it-and someone might not, resulting in it going into the trash anyway. Come for my craft supplies, and I will come at you with my fangs.



This is pretty much a Lawn Fawn Halloween bag. Stamps by Lawn Fawn. Dies by Lawn Fan. I needed a Halloween donut, so I used my circle die to cut out two circles. I trimmed the glaze down and added the sprinkle die cuts. The raised dots are straight-up t shirt paint. I know there are brands out there that offer something similar at a huge mark-up, but I lived through the 90's: I can sniff out t-shirt paint. 



This was just too cute. I got the digis from Etsy, and I knew I wanted to make a sweeter bag with them. You know, something without blood dripping or eyeballs hanging. I used watercolor makers on them, and I think they turned out okay. The paper is from Michael's Halloween 2018 line.

It's hard to describe these finished pieces. It reminds me of ladies on Youtube trying to describe items from a shopping haul. You know, where they pick up a yellow shirt and tell you it's a yellow shirt? Would you rather hear stories, just see image posts, or do you want me to keep rambling on describing the images?

Halloween Mail Art: Mini Pocket Letters

I used Lawn Fawn stamps for the ghost and pumpkins, and I used pinking shears and crepe paper for the fringe.
Has it really only been six months since Halloween? It feels like forever. Maybe that's because I attempt to live in a perpetual state of spook. I'm the kid that grew up but didn't grow out of her goth phase. This shows up both in my almost exclusively black wardrobe and my crafting.


I really enjoy doing these fast little mini pocket letters. You can use your nice supplies without using them up (My name is Batty, and I'm a craft hoarder.), and you still get a cute result. This one went out to my penpal. These stamps are from Michael's Halloween line in 2018. They're pretty decent even if they didn't come with a die set. When I first started using stamps, I thought die sets were a waste of money. Now that I've cut out approximately a billion stamped images, I have changed my mind.


Sorry for the blurry image. I made a mini pocket letter set for download in my now defunct Etsy store with quotes from Dracula. This is one of my favorite mini pocket letters from this last year. It's grown up and elegantly spooky. I love the cutesy ghosts and batses with little fangses, but sometimes I want something elegant. The lace on the edge is washi tape. How cool is that? If anyone is interested, I might offer this Dracula pocket letter set as a free download.