Oh, Woe Is Me....

....a pumpkin farmer I shall never be. This was the ONLY pumpkin that was produced from the 2 enormous pumpkin plants I grew this year. So I am just going to stick with an easier version of pumpkin making. The paper crafting kind.



The challenge today at STAMPTACULAR SUNDAY CHALLENGE is to make something with a tag on it. Anything as long as there is a tag somewhere. I have to say that tags aren't "my thing." I don't know why, but I have a hard time making them. That's why we call it a challenge. I ended up making 2 projects because my original tag didn't work out so well with my original project.

The first is this cute little pumpkin container that I made out of a planter from the dollar spot at Target. It is filled with a super yummy snack. Take one package of Candy Corn and combine in it with one can of Peanuts. Such the perfect blend of sweet and salty.


The second project is a "Witches broom" idea I used a few years ago for a Pumpkin Carving Party. I got the idea from Martha Stewart. You simply cut strips down the paper bag, fill it with some kind of treat, insert a stick and tie it up.

Do you want to know what's in it? Ok, honestly, NOTHING! If it had been closer to Halloween I would have made Butter Toffee Popcorn. This is SOOOO GOOOD!
I'll post the recipe at the bottom of the post.

I wanted to mention that on each tag I used a stamp from UNITY, who has so graciously donated SEVERAL stamps and stamp sets to my Blog Candy for A Cause. You can also get Unity stamps from Paper Maniac LLC.

I hope you can play along this week.

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BUTTER TOFFEE POPCORN
1 cup butter (NO substitutions)
2 cups light brown sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 batches of popped popcorn ( I don't use microwave...I don't think it would work well)
1 jar dry roasted peanuts (optional)

Melt butter, stir in brown sugar, corn syrup and salt. Bring mixture to boil; boil hard for 5 minutes without stirring

Remove from heat, add baking soda and vanilla. Stir quickly and pour over popcorn. Mix well. Spread in a roasting pan.

Bake for 1 hour in a 250 degree F oven. Every 15 minutes, remove from oven and stir to mix evenly. When finished remove from oven and spread on an absorbent paper towel to cool.

ENJOY!

What's In It?

Stamps: Fun Faces, Tasty Sweet, Unity KOTM Sept, Unity The Boo Crew
Ink: Versafine Black, Memento Black, Tango Tangerine, Only Orange, Choc chip
Paper: Black, White
Other: Copics, Nesties Labels 5 and 3, various ribbon from hobby lobby, cellophane bag, 1 3/4 circle punch, black buttons (TPS), white inkssentials gel pen