Halloween gift box by ~*Arwen*~

 Hi peeps ❤

Are you in the Halloween mood yet?

For me, Halloween is 365 days a year - I just love it spooky ❤❤❤💀❤❤❤

Today I have a Halloween style gift box. Below you will also find instructions on how I made the box.

when light shines through the lid from behind

 

And that's how I made it:

1.) You need 2 sheets of cardboard. 1x DIN A4 for the box and 1x 23.8cm x 15.1cm for the lid.
Fold the sheet for the box all around 1x at 3cm and 1x at 6cm.
The sheet for the lid is folded at 1.5cm and 3cm - again all around.
Then cut away the unneeded cardboard as shown in the picture.

2.) Before the lid is folded, we need a second piece of cardboard the same size as the top of the lid. In this case it is 17.5cm x 8.8cm. I cut the piece 1mm smaller on each side so that I could fold the lid more easily at the end.
Now you choose a punch of your choice - I chose a bat. You fix the cut cardboard on the inside of the lid, position your punch, fix it too so that it doesn't slip and hop through the punching machine.

3.) Now you need something transparent to put between the two layers of cardboard.
Here I took a solid foil and embossed it with a spider web.

4.) Now the foil can be adapted to the cutout in the lid and glued in place. Leave enough margin. Then stick your second piece of cardboard on the inside of the lid and you have a cutout that looks equally beautiful from the outside and inside.

5.) Now everything can be folded and glued. This template is a double-walled box. This means that you first glue the small tabs to the sides and then glue the remaining 4 sides to the inside. The box is ready and can now be decorated according to your preferences.

All stamps, I used:

- Spider web in tree branches

- Cemetery

- Rats in Pumpkin 

- Spider

Other supplies:

- Cardstock

- ScorPal

- Bat die

- Embossing folder

- Staz on

- Versafine Clair

- Distress Reinker

- handmade watercolors

- Watercolor paper

- Ribbon

- Charm

- Foil

See ya soon *mwah* 

Biohazard gift box by Arwen

 Hi peeps ❤

Here I am again.

Today, I wanna show you my gift box, which I created for today.

And that's the way, I made it

First, I choose black cardstock to build my box and fold it:

 2nd step is glueing:

The 3rd step is, I choose a piece of cardboard and some fabric - both for the top of my box:

The 4th step - I used Brusho to create some background paper:

5th step - after spraying my fabric with colorspray, I sticked it onto the top of my box:

6th step is to wrap my piece of cardboard into my background paper and stamped with my chosen images:

7th step - I cut my background paper in pieces of equal size and stamped with my chosen image:

Last step - glueing all pieces together and finished the box:
 

All stamps, I used:

- Biohazard 

- Warning

- Jagged chain link fence

 

Other stuff: 

- Cardstock

- Cardboard

- Exacompta white cardstock

- Brushos

- Staz on

- Scor Pal

- Fabric

- Dylusions Color Spray

- Ribbon

- Scrappers floss

- Charm

I hope, you like my project - see ya soon with more creative stuff 😻

A little Gift box ► Majo

Hi Folks!

Majo here today to show you a gift box I made for my friend’s Birthday.

 

I have used the stamps from Plate 916, a very versatile set, which I love very much, since I always love flowers J

This is the little box I upcycled:

I will give this to a friend who borrows sentiment stamps from me all the time, now she will have some of her own.

I cut my panel according to the size of my box, scored the lines and applied distress ink in 3 different colors. I didn’t take pictures of this process, you all know this works.

 When my panel had dried up, I started stamping my flowers. I didn’t want to use black ink; it would’ve been too hard in my eyes, so the “Watering can” from Ranger was right down my alley.

I wrapped the panel around the box, added a ribbon and ready!

I must say, this was a fun project, the size of the stamps enabled me to stamp really close together, I have a few more projects on my mind already.

The flower stamps I used:

 

Plate 916

 

 Thanks so much for taking the time to stop over!

Happy week and happy crafting ♥

Guest Designer Sandy

Today I welcome back Guest Designer Sandy!! 

Sandy has brought us a wonderful gift set, a necklace and coordinating gift box!!

She used the Fly and Einstein's Tongue from plate827 as well as Time Flies and the Wasp from plate893

Sandy says "For project #2, I used the same stamp plates as I did in project #1, but used Albert Einstein from Plate #827 to create a domino necklace in an Xmas theme and "Time flies" and flies from Plate #893 as the stamps on the accompanying pyramid gift box.  Al was stamped on a domino that had been soaked in bleach, dried and then stamped using Ranger Ink's Archival Ink in black.  Image was then dried with a heat tool to set the ink before coloring.  Red tongue and edge of domino was colored with a red permanent Sharpie marker.  A Tim Holtz eye screw was attached to the domino to thread the ball and chain also from Tim Holtz's Idea-ology parts and a little holly berry cluster was glued to Al's forehead using Ranger's "Glossy Accents" dimensional adhesive.  The pyramid box was cut from black card stock using Stampington's "Pyramid Box" template - for template and instructions, go to www.Stampington.com, scroll down to the bottom of the home page, click on "Project How-to's", next click on "Tempting Templates, and last click on "Pyramid Box."  I added four additional triangle pieces cut from green cardstock and stamped sayings and flies using Staz-On's Jet Black solvent ink to complete my gift set.  Very merry, I think"

Thanks so much for being our guest designer Sandy! We had a lot of fun seeing your projects this month♥

Halloween Treat Boxes - Free Pattern!

I’m not a big fan of horror stories, scary films, haunted houses and the like. They make my heart pound and I scare pretty easily. Maybe that’s why I prefer the spooky but fun approach to Halloween.

When I saw the Eyes Inside Pumpkin stamp from Viva Las Vegastamps! it made me chuckle. The design comes in two sizes (#10871, #10880), so you can use it to create a suite of projects that complement one another. Combine it with Halloween Glitter Stripe paper from The Robin’s Nest and Purple Grandeur paper from Core’dinations and you’ve got all you need to make these three spooky Halloween treat boxes and tag.

One sheet of Halloween Glitter Stripe paper gives you enough strips to decorate about 9 boxes and a couple of tags. One sheet of Purple Grandeur will make all three boxes. I cut in to a second sheet to make the tag. Miracle Tape from Viva Las Vegastamps! makes it fast and easy to secure pieces when making the boxes.

Embellishments

To create the pumpkin embellishments, I stamped the Eyes Inside Pumpkin stamps on orange glitter paper from Colorbok’s Autumn Glittler pack with StazOn Jet Black ink and fussy cut them. I touched up the stamped lines with a black sharpie. To make the eyes really pop, I used a drop of Inkssentials White Enamel Accents by Ranger for each eye. After that cured, I touched the center with a black Pigma Micron Pen (0.3 mm) from Sakura. I applied green chunky glitter to the stems using Crystal Lacquer as an adhesive.

The two Happy Halloween sentiments are #7737 and #8709 from Viva Las Vegastamps! I stamped them on scalloped ovals and rectangles cut with deckle scissors.

Window Treat Box

Here’s a free pattern in PDF format to make the window treat box. I stamped the inside with Happy Halloween from Viva Las Vegastamps! This box makes a great container for candy, jewelry, a key, tickets, etc. I filled mine with Reeces Pieces because I love the colors they come in!

Triangle Favor Box

Triangle Treat Box Pattern

Start with a piece of cardstock measuring 6” x 4”. Score it down the center (3”) along the long side. Then score it from the center of the short side (2”) to the center of the long side as shown. Punch a 1/8” hole ½” down and ½” over from the each of the four corners. Fold along the score lines; fill it with candy or a small gift and threat ribbon through the punched holes to tie the box together. One mini candy bar fits just snug.

Triangular Tube Kiss Box

The kisses container is a breeze to make and could easily be mass produced. Start with a piece of cardstock measuring 5½” x 4½”. Score it at 1”, ½” and 4” along the short side. The finished piece will be a triangular tube that is 5½” long. Fold at the score lines, adhere the ½” piece on the bottom and you’re done! Anchor the end kisses with a glue dot don’t so they don’t fall out when you pick it up. The tube holds 6 kisses.

Halloween Tag

If you’re giving someone something too big to fit in a favor box, just attach a Halloween tag to it! I started with Purple Grandeur paper cut to fit the tag and dry embossed it with the Pumpkin Harvest Cuttlebug embossing folder by Provo Craft. Adhere it to the tag and then lightly sand it to make the embossed design pop. Add your embellishments and your tag is ready to go!

You can see more of my projects on my blog at Create & Craft.

Joe Rotella

Skeleton Card & Spooky Take-Out Box

Happy October!!! My name is Susan and this is my first featured project for the VLVS Blog! I am sharing two projects - a Skeleton Card and Spooky Take-out box, both "Halloween" theme. The card features Viva Las Vegastamps "Skeleton Dancing" #7778 using the emboss resist technique. The background began as a section of a painted book page, then I stamped & embossed with VLVS Ultra High Gloss Clear embossing powder. I finished by blending in various distress inks with a makeup sponge. I inked the top hat and cane with a permanent black marker and finished off with pearl Dew Drops and glitter stickers.

Now for the Spooky Take-out box... I just had to make this using "Glitter Ghost Camo" Halloween paper and Dew Drops from "The Robin's Nest". The paper is soooo cute. The vellum round metal rimmed tag is stamped using VLVS Cat, Bat & Pumpkins #2886 Stamp and hand-colored. The box has mini skulls for feet, faux barbed wire for the handle and a little bling with orange Dew Drops. The "Boo" accent was a button that I clipped the shank off of. This little box came together very quickly with my new best friend...Miracle Tape!!! It's ease of use and versatility make this my must-have adhesive - not to mention it is quite easy to remove the backing {which is a real pet peeve when it comes to adhesives}.
Here's a couple detail photos to get a closer look...I would also to like to invite you to play along with the VLVS Theme Challenge for October. Submit your "Halloween" theme creations using Viva Las Vegastamps for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate at the VLVS online store. CLICK HERE for info on submissions. I encourage you to take some time to browse around the Viva Las Vegastamps store - there is something for EVERY occasion and theme...and even some that will make you laugh out loud.

Thanks for visiting & if you would like to see more of my creations please visit my blog, sbartist : painting in the dark HERE.