Graphic 45 Trick-or-Treat Blog Hop - Day Five

In honor of the Halloween Rejuvenation Challenge the designers at Graphic 45 are going to "treat" you to a fun design team blog hop all this week!

Each day you'll see a sneak peek of a fantastic Graphic 45 trick-or-treat bag designed by the design team members. Make sure you hop along each day, September 26-30! Today you will visit:

Melanie Forbes

Gloria Stengel  -  YOU ARE HERE!

Edited to add: I will draw ONE winner from my comments to win my card, shown below, and a small prize pack - to help you make your own bag! (Sorry the treat bag is the property of Graphic 45 and not up for grabs!) I will draw the winner on Monday, October 3. Leave a comment to win!

Here is my treat bag, which I originally created for Summer 2011 CHA. Each team member created a bag, and Graphic 45 had them all displayed in their booth at CHA. I am so happy that we get to show them to you this week as part of this FUN blog hop! I think you will be amazed at how creative the team was with simple, brown paper bags!

I went with a traditional black and purple scheme, my favorite Halloween colors!

I covered the bag with Magic of Oz paper, and then created a flap using the Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur and LF-161 Grand Labels die templates.

I covered the sides of the bag with images of the witch, in more yummy purple. This is Wicked! paper.

The tag is made using Spellbinders die template S4-318 Fleur De Lis Squares. I love how the edge has a Gothic look to it when cut from black cardstock.

The best part of the bag is my house...which fell on the witch! I covered a chipboard house with paper, then accented it with Imaginarium Designs chipboard, a Graphic45 metal tag and chipboard, and a bingo number. I witch must live at #31, right?! I fussy cut the witch feet out of the paper and stuck them under the house. Wicked funny!

I also created a matching card:

I love the Graphic 45 stamps! This witch is so fun to color. I sat one day and colored a bunch just to use on various projects!

I used some lace, flowers, and pins to keep the vintage look alive!

Remember, Graphic 45 is offering two awesome Magic of Oz gift packs as prizes this week! Want the opportunity to win? Just click on over to our featured design team members' blogs each day and leave a comment. We will choose two random winners from our design team members' blog comments and announce them on Friday, September 30th! Sound like fun!? You bet it does! Check out this amazing prize! A Magic of Oz 12x12 paper pad, Chipboard Button Staples, 3 chipboards from Imaginarium Designs, and some beautiful bling by Want2Scrap! Remember, there are two chances to win this week! Wow!

In case you can't make it every single day this week, here is the schedule for our design team member blogs. This shows you who will be featured on what day so you can check out all the fun! Don't forget to leave comments for your chance to win!

Monday
Lynette Carrol
Jane Tregenza

Tuesday
Laura Denison
Robin Shakoor
Tara Orr

Wednesday
Sherry Cheever
Jack & Cat Curio
Nicole Eccles

Thursday
Nancy Wethington
Hilde Janbroers
Yuka Hino

Friday
Melanie Forbes
Gloria Stengel  -  YOU ARE HERE!

And one more big announcement! All of our submissions for the Halloween Rejuvenation Challenge are now in and it's time to vote for your favorite! Venture on over to our Facebook - Halloween Rejuvenation Challenge album and click "Like" on your favorite Halloween/Fall-inspired altered object. The two most "liked" submissions will win the grand prize of our entire Christmas Emporium collection! The winners will be announced this Friday, along with this week's blog hop contest winners! That's 4 winners to announce in one day! Amazing!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill, Neenah, Stampin' Up
Graphic 45 Paper: The Magic of Oz (Magic of Oz, Journey to Oz, Goblin Gazette, There's No Place Like Home, Wicked)
Stamps: Graphic45 Magic of Oz 3, Hero Arts Happy Halloween
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Clearsnap Colorbox Chalk Gray Whale, Blackbird, Copic Markers
Chipboard: Graphic 45 Magic of Oz Tags 1 and 2, Imaginarium Designs (fence, birds), Maya Road (house)
Embellishments: Metal Tags Graphic45, Twine May Arts, Bingo Number and pins Maya Road, Flowers and lace Wild Orchid Crafts, Ribbon Really Reasonable Ribbon
Tools: Grand Calibur Machine by Spellbinders, Die templates by Spellbinders (LF-161 Grand Labels One, S5-029 Nested Lacey Pennants, S4-318 Fleur De Lis Squares, S4-324 Ribbon Banners, S4-190 Labels Four, S4-309 Labels Four Small), Square punch by Creative Memories
Adhesive: Tape by Scotch 3M, glue by Tombow