No Glue Halloween Treat Box

This has got to be the easiest box ever.

No gluing - just cut it out!

There's a free template to download

at the end of my post.

 

I cut a small 'X' at the centre base of the box tabs 

and fed the miniature broomstick through

to lock the box closed.

It's not necessary, just thought it added a bit of

witchy fun.

 

I have a tutorial for the broomstick

on my magic boxes blog HERE

After cutting  the box out;

bring tabs a & b together

then feed them through slits c & d

It's as simple as that.

 

I used two stamps:

1) Inkadinkado clear stamp set

'gem stone flourishes'

2) My Minds Eye clear stamp set

'Haunted' (used the spider)

Stamped using; 

IndigoBlu  'FlitterGlu' - more details later,

then applied glitter directly onto the

stamped image

 

 On my first box I used gold ultra fine glitter 

and a peach colour gem for the spider's body.

 

My second - crystal ultra fine glitter 

(I liked the 'ghosty' effect of this glitter on black card) 

with aurora borealis gemstones for highlights

 

For the one above - 'rainbow orange' ultra fine glitter

highlighted with doodlebug sugar coating 'lily white' glitter.

 

IndigoBlu 'FlitterGlu' - AT LAST

a glue that you can stamp with and it really does

hold the glitter.

 

I can't stop stamping glitter!!!!

 

I recommend you also get the stamp cleaner

especially if, like me, you don't wash your stamps

immediately after using them.

 

It works best with the very fine glitter

the finer the better.

I used Kars extra fine glitter and it picked out

every detail.

 

 

Here is the template to download;

(Click on the image to view it bigger

then right click save to your computer).

 

No Glue Halloween Treat Box

Best printer settings are UK A4 portrait

and select 'fit to page'

I've allowed for printer margins so it should 

print fully and 'to scale' 

 

The base of this box measures 45mm (1.8inches) square

and it stands 75mm ( 2.9inches) high.

 

 

 

Here I printed the template onto orange card.

Flipped the card over and printed the black & white

'cobweb lace' backing paper on the other side

 (from my previous post) HERE

 



 Thanks for popping by and have fun!

 Hugs,

 X

 

 





Free Halloween Backing Papers & Labels

 

Sorry it's been a while since my last post.

Things got a little busy but I'm back now!

I've been working on some papers, labels and

tags for Halloween.

There are some free downloadable sheets

at the end of this post

 

I made some dinner table name cards

for a Halloween celebration we're having next month.

They measure 70mm square.

 

For the card fronts I used the blank 'Gothic

Labels' (at the end of the post).

I opened the jpeg in my photographic programme

and used my 'add text' to write the names of

my guests.

 

For the mount;

I cut a 70mm x 35mm strip of the 'cobweb lace'

backing paper (downloadable at the end of this post)

Mounted it onto a 70mm x 40mm length of black card

and attached it to the place card using double sided tape.

 

I then added the label using 3mm foam mount pads

 

I used the 'Gothic Labels - Happy Halloween'

for the back of my cards.

 

There are four small gemstones glued onto the

the four 'flourishes' around the label.

 

I filled the letters 'Happy Halloween' using

a quickie glue pen and crystal glitter and also

ran a fine glue line along the black mount,

top & bottom, and applied black glitter.



The card opens to reveal a Halloween question

and answer (again at the end of the post)'

 

I couldn't resist adding a couple of small spider punch outs.

 

Hope you have fun with the papers

 

(Click on the download you want.

It will view bigger.

Right click and save to your computer). 

Here are the downloadable sheets;

Gothic Labels 'Happy Halloween'

 

Gothic Labels Blank

(These labels are a little taller than the first sheet

to allow more space for stamping of writing)

  

Spider Lace - Purple

 

Spider Lace - Black/White

 

 

Spider Lace - Green

 

 

Spider Lace - Orange

 

Halloween Questions & Answers

 These are just fun questions but if you wanted

to do something a little more 'grown up'

you could include Halloween trivia.

This is a great place to find info and ideas:

HALLOWEEN.COM

 

 

Thanks for popping by

I'll be back very soon with more Halloween papers and tags.

 

Hugs, 

  X