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Beth Kingston: Welcome to Xyron's Inspiration in Motion. You already love Xyron products
for their use in scrapbooking, but did you also know that Xyron is terrific for kids'
crafts, home decor, school projects and more. We've created some short project videos to
get your creative juices flowing. So, come on in!
Beth Kingston: Hi, I'm Beth Kingston and this is my friend Barnett, who decided to drive
me here, so I let her come. Jessica's actually very crafty and she has come up with this
Halloween goody bag beautifulness that disgusts me with its craftiness. So, she is going to
show us how to do it. You've taken some fabulous orange paper and you've created a template,
which- you're welcome everyone- she's put in print and you can find it on this page.
If you look below us, you'll see a link and you can click and get it. Thank you very much.
Jessica Barnett: Always happy to disgust you.
Beth Kingston: You are so kind. So, tell us how you go about...you just cut one piece
out of each piece of paper? How many pieces do you need?
Jessica Barnett: You'll have a total of five, it will be five sides that make up the whole
pumpkin.
Beth Kingston: Okay and you're also going to cut a strip...how wide is the strip about?
Jessica Barnett: About an inch and a half, I would say.
Beth Kingston: Okay, I'm going to run all of this through the 9 inch Creative Station,
also known as the 900 to most folks. This is a great machine. In addition to doing repositionable
and permanent adhesive, it also does laminate, magnet; today we are using the double-sided
laminate, which I love. So, I'm going to go ahead and run these through while Jessica
curls the darling little tendrils there.
Jessica Barnett: Now, these little tendrils and the handles both I specifically used a
double-sided paper because the inside you won't see as much, but the handle you will
see both sides of it.
Beth Kingston: And does it matter how thick they are or whatever you feel like doing?
Jessica Barnett: I want to say that I did like 3/8 inch. I just tried to keep them fairly
thin. I didn't want them completely huge but when I did end up tacking them on, I folded
the very edge over on top of itself and sewed through that double layer so that it was a
little stronger.
Beth Kingston: Oh, okay. So what we've done is put through our pieces of paper. It's now
laminated on both sides and the great thing about this is that it's thin enough that I
can cut through it. I'm going to leave a little bit of an edge as you can see on the bag which
just gives it a cute finish. So, while you are curling I'll be cutting. If you want actually
you can show people how you make the punch marks while I'm cutting.
Jessica Barnett: Yes, the pumpkin will already have all the measured out punch marks and
I measured them because you'll want each side to match exactly.
Beth Kingston: And is this just regular floss that you are using?
Jessica Barnett: Yes, just regular embroidery floss. I choose like a darker, like a Kelly
green actually. This fancy tool I'm using here is an upside down mouse pad. I like the
mouse pad because it has a little give for each of those.
Beth Kingston: Right and it's nice and thick so you're not going to go through.
Jessica Barnett: Right and make a bunch of holes is my table.
Beth Kingston: Countertop.
Jessica Barnett: You'll do both sides of each piece of the pumpkin.
Beth Kingston: And then you just poke holes in the handle on the bottom?
Jessica Barnett: Yes. I actually...when I was ready to do the handle, laid the whole
thing down, held the handle where I wanted it and pierced my holes that way.
Beth Kingston: Oh, okay and then you also just pierced the holes where you want to attach
the tendrils.
Jessica Barnett: Yep and those just have a little knot. For the pumpkin, I always made
sure that my knots were inside.
Beth Kingston: Oh, good idea! Good tip.
Jessica Barnett: If you are having a problem holding anything in place, even if it's while
you're punching holes, you can use a couple of binder clips.
Beth Kingston: Oh, good idea to hold everything straight.
Jessica Barnett: Because it you tried to use pins like you would in fabric, you would leave
more holes in your project.
Beth Kingston: Right.
Jessica Barnett: So, I just did this around and around and around on all of the sides.
When you get to the end, because we want it to have this shape, like a belly, like an
actual pumpkin, when you have your sides finished, you'll want to push out on them all the way
around; just to make sure that you get that even shape once it all comes together.
Beth Kingston: You know what else I like about this is how darling will this be for a baby
shower gift or a little wedding centerpieces? You can choose any colour paper, use a little
confetti in it.
Jessica Barnett: I was thinking a little gift for the teacher with a little bit of candy
in it.
Beth Kingston: For back to school. That's a great idea! Fantastic. Well, I love it as
usual. Happy Halloween my friend to you. If you'd like more information or more project
ideas, join us at xyron.com/projects. Happy Halloween!