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…everything becomes an opportunity to stamp and use your stamping supplies!  I was in charge of the school’s Trunk-or-Treat again this year (and by this I don’t mean I ran a committee…I mean I WAS the committee!)  After collecting the fees and all the prizes (top 4 decorated cars/trunks get prizes with the top car receiving a “Best in Show” award) I couldn’t very well hand out plain ‘ol gift cards and gift certificates and a carboard box filled with Halloween decorations.  There’s that ancient saying, “If all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail”…well, if you are a stamper than if it doesn’t move, STAMP IT!  (If it does move, stamp it faster!)  So I took, this collection of unadorned items and turned them into things I was proud to give away!   Of course, I donated an item or two myself…the now infamous Peeps in a Jar and some gift certificates got a coordinating look with some Designer Series Paper.  The tall envelope was created using a standard envelope that’s been crimped and had the end  snipped off for the bottom.  I then took another envelope (same size), cut it in half, decorated it and used it as the topper.

This box from Staples was the only thing I found strong enough and large enough to hold all the Halloween items that were donated by one family…it’s almost a Halloween Party in a Box!  I hated to leave it plain so I stamped the images from the Batty for You set and punched them out and glued them randomly all over the sides of the box.  Finally I covered the printed labels with the words from the Creepy Crawly Designer Series Paper.

The top two prizes were dining gift cards and a gift certificate…small items but with a large dollar amount and I wanted the wrapping to reflect that.  I created a special envelope for the gift certificate complete with a medallion and google eyes.  The gift cards went into a 2-5-7-10 box that was decorated with…what else, more DSP and the Batty for You set.  Between the ticket sales, glow stick sales and a Webkins® raffle we made a little over $600 for the school last night!  Not too bad for a one woman show.

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