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Cricut Imagine Halloween Treat Bag Happy Hauntings, Best Friends & Nursery Rhymes

Cricut, Cricut Best Friends, Cricut Cartridges, Cricut Happy Hauntings, Cricut Imagine, Cricut Nursery Rhymes, Crop A Dile, Halloween, Shrinky Dinks Shrink Film, Stickles

Wow! I imagined a bag of candy. Then it came true! 😀

I used my Cricut Imagine to create all of these images except for the stamp.  The “Ssss…weet” sentiment is from my Lots of Pun stamp set.  It worked perfectly for this bag of sweets that I’ll be giving to my friend and neighbor.  I also used Shrinky Dinks in my Imagine to create the pumpkin.  I’ll tell you more about how I did that tomorrow.  😉

I used the Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge (on the left of the machine) to create the haunted house.  I just varied the colors by choosing from the Cricut Imagine’s Nursery Rhymes palette.

I like being able to choose different colors and prints and just use white paper.  I look forward to the Imagine having even more functionality.  I’d like to have more control over the parts of images that can be colored.

One thing that AMAZES me about the Cricut Imagine is its ability to cut really small and intricate things so precisely.  It does a better job of cutting out tiny things than the Expression.  Just look at the tiny windows it cut out of this haunted house.  The cutting ability has impressed me more than any other function of this machine.

Honestly, I don’t think I’d bother to print and cut a piece of yellow paper, unless I didn’t have yellow paper.  It was a little painful to have used ink to create that yellow paper and then cover it with yellow Stickles.  Oh well.

I used the Cricut Imagine’s Best Friends cartridge to get that image above for the background.  I didn’t change the colors at all because they worked well with what I had created.

I used my Crop a Dile Big Bite to attach the eyelets to the sentiment that I stamped.  I also used Zip Dry, pop dots and my ATG gun to glue everything down and to the bag.

Here’s a Video I Made about How to Use a Crop a Dile.

And now… I have a treat bag all full of Ssss…weet candy!!  Here it is up close:

I love using my Cricut Imagine or Expression to decorate gift bags.  It’s such a fun way to personalize a simple bag.

Here’s a link to a gift bag I created using Create a Critter.

Here’s a spider gift bag I made using Doodlecharms.

Don’t forget to leave a comment on yesterday’s post to be eligible to win a Cricut Vinylology DVD!  And guess what?  At the end of October, I will pick 5 winners who’ve left a comment on any non-give away post on Joy’s Life during the month of October. Those 5 winners will win some crafty surprises. FUN!  So, you can leave a comment on all the give away posts AND on non Give Away posts and still have a chance to win.

SEE YOU TOMORROW for More Crafty Ideas!

October 2, 2010 ·

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  1. clairbear3 says

    October 3, 2010 at 12:06 PM

    Awesome!!!! I wonder if I have time to make them for all the kids in my daughters Kindergarten class!
  2. SherriC. says

    October 3, 2010 at 1:27 PM

    super cute bag, I like the news that you think that the Imagine cutes better, very interesting.....
  3. amandawoodau says

    October 3, 2010 at 1:42 PM

    Cute!! I need to get busy on my Halloween goodies. I just need to figure out what I want to do first. :)
  4. finecrafter says

    October 3, 2010 at 1:48 PM

    OK, stop giving me excuses to buy the Imagine! I love your bag and how you can print out any color on to the images on the non Imagine carts, that is really cool. My DH is gonna hate you!
  5. lois says

    October 3, 2010 at 3:10 PM

    what a cute bag, great idea. I think I may do this for my grandkids treat bags, thanks
  6. Christina says

    October 3, 2010 at 4:51 PM

    Cute cute cute!
  7. 7524kes says

    October 3, 2010 at 4:54 PM

    Definitely impressive cutting. Very cute. I'm curious if one ink color ends up emptying more quickly than the rest, requiring early replacement. I've only owned one printer that had a combined color ink cartridge. The waste really ticked me off, and I never bought another one.
  8. missingnojo says

    October 3, 2010 at 8:14 PM

    I love this. It would look great on any card.. Thanks for all your great ideas.
  9. Tanaz says

    October 3, 2010 at 9:05 PM

    I missed when you got your Imagine. I would be happy to get an expression soon. love the stamps. I must get them too. Tanaz
  10. Tanaz says

    October 3, 2010 at 9:05 PM

    I need to buy your stamps. Cute idea. Tanaz
  11. jsdobmeier says

    October 3, 2010 at 9:29 PM

    its cute enough to be used as a princess castle too. my lil girl wants it on her wall. stickles in all. do they sell stickles in bulk. Oh my!!!!
  12. Katsews says

    October 4, 2010 at 3:55 AM

    Love your gift bag and can't believe we can cut shrinky dinks and have them all colored in at the same time. Kathy Katsews at Gmail dot com
  13. rdjewels says

    October 4, 2010 at 7:09 AM

    Great demo for the Imagine. I have a love/hate going on with it. Stil on the fence. I'm trying your in a pinch Imagine thing the next day or two. It the changing of the design colors that has me ticked off!!! Especially for the money!!!
  14. Amerika says

    October 4, 2010 at 10:37 AM

    So cute!! The more I see what you do with the imagine the more I want one :( Not sure I can talk DH into buying me one though.. LOL
  15. maryjocreech says

    October 4, 2010 at 11:06 AM

    What a cute idea...I might just get some plain bags to start using for gift bags, instead of buying expensive already fancy ones. I have a few plain bright color ones in my current stash and I may have to jazz them up a bit :)
  16. papermemories4u says

    October 4, 2010 at 11:26 AM

    Love the goody bag and stickles. Just LOVE stickles. Thanks for the inspiration.
  17. mjrick says

    October 4, 2010 at 12:54 PM

    Great idea! I love the haunted house. Thanks for much for sharing and for all the chances to win. Marilyn mjrick1224 at yahoo dot com
  18. CraftingOnHat says

    October 4, 2010 at 12:59 PM

    I love your "cute" haunted house! Carla jcaonhat at whidbey dot com
  19. cruella63703 says

    October 4, 2010 at 2:14 PM

    That is a very cute haunted house, love the paper. tfs
  20. burffrau says

    October 4, 2010 at 2:57 PM

    Neat. Really wished I had a halloween cart. TFS
  21. cy_ethier says

    October 4, 2010 at 3:35 PM

    that is such a cute castle!
  22. Whineybutt says

    October 4, 2010 at 4:31 PM

    you're so creative. great idea
  23. Heidi S. says

    October 4, 2010 at 6:18 PM

    Love this Joy. Really cute. I do have question. It seems to me that everything I see printed and cut with the Imagine is sort of on the pale side. Is it just the way it photographs?
  24. KarenMN says

    October 4, 2010 at 11:56 PM

    You have the best ever ideas and your directions are easy to follow. Thanks for inspiring all of us!
  25. Janet Licari says

    October 5, 2010 at 8:57 AM

    Very nice bag. I agree about the ink. Wish they had gone with the single color cartridges for the inks. When you use up all the yellow...just replace the yellow. quilt 4 fun 2 at hot mail dot com
  26. otrbanks says

    October 5, 2010 at 10:34 AM

    Love it, I do not have an Imagine but this could easily be duplicated with the Expression! Thanks for the great ideas. Tammy
  27. jenleisen says

    October 5, 2010 at 10:38 AM

    You're posting so many great ideas! I'm definitely going to do one of them for my girls for their school treats....but WHICH ONE?!?!?
  28. Lemondrops says

    October 5, 2010 at 11:18 AM

    I am really going to have to try the whole shrinky dink thing...I have not used that since I was a kid. What fun projects you share. Thanks!
  29. CONNIEK says

    October 5, 2010 at 12:42 PM

    WOW!! My Imagine arrived yesterday!! This may be a good start! Now if I only had the time! Thanks for sharing.
  30. ksinmt says

    October 5, 2010 at 12:59 PM

    I didn't really think I needed a crop-a-dile--have to rethink that now! Kathy
  31. mimicaro says

    October 5, 2010 at 2:07 PM

    Finally got through to leave a comment on this post. I love the treat bags. Can I have what's inside of them!!! LOL
  32. tbirkhead says

    October 5, 2010 at 2:12 PM

    Great idea - TFS :)
  33. AnnaCM says

    October 5, 2010 at 7:51 PM

    Thanks for all the great ideas. You rock!
  34. LoveToCrop says

    October 5, 2010 at 9:21 PM

    I'm imagining an Imagine appearing at my door..... Hmmph. Nuthin! Oh well, I imagine I had a good time here anyway!! :) Amy :) www.lovetocrop.com
  35. Jessica Gabriel says

    October 7, 2010 at 10:54 AM

    I never would have thought of using those colours for Halloween!
  36. Joydee1963 says

    October 10, 2010 at 8:53 AM

    Too cool,love it,Joy
  37. Rita says

    October 11, 2010 at 8:13 AM

    I have both SCAL and MTC software. SCAL is too confusing...still trying to figure it out. MTC is not quite as confusing, but still trying to figure it out also. Printed off most of the pages of the manual (I have to read instructions). Would be nice if I could find a complete tutorial (so many websites to sift through) that I could download and refer back and forth to learn the software. I'm not that computer literate and all the "mumbo jumbo" they have makes it difficult to learn. But, I'm patient. Just need a little help. That having been said, I think I'll like MTC better once I can "master" it. If anyone knows of a link (YouTube or otherwise), please post. Thank you. P. S. Love the Halloween sign.
  38. Littlen says

    October 23, 2010 at 12:16 PM

    Very cute. I don't have the Imagine. Not sure if I'm ready to make that investment just yet.
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