Halloween Treat Box, by Trudee Sauer

How about a fun Halloween project for a teacher, family member, or friend? These wooden "gift bag" boxes are found at Michael's. You can decorate them, and then fill with a cello bag full of goodies!

First, give your box a light spray paint for any areas you will not be covering with paper. For my box, I actually rubbed a Ranger Black Soot distress pad on the sides, and inside the handles. Set aside to dry.

To begin, I traced the box on some Memory Box "Spooky" cardstock, tracing on the back side of the dotted print. I cut it out, then adhered to the front with Ranger glossy accents. I also cut a piece to fit on the inside of the box, to give it a finished look.

I used the Basic Grey file set to sand off all the edges, making them clean and flush, then ran my Black 100 Copic marker around all edges.

For the tag, I chose another coordinating print from the Spooky paper pack, and cut the tag with my Spellbinders die. I lightly sponged around the edges with Black Soot ink, and stamped the "To: From:" in Memento black ink.

The Lockhart Itty Bitty Witch's Hat was stamped with Memento black ink on Cryogen White cardstock, then colored with lemon, orange, and melon Copic Spica glitter pens, as well as the black 100 Copic marker. I cut out the hat, and adhered to the tag on dimensionals.

The triangle eyelet is retired SU!, and was a bright orange color that did not match the project. I simply colored it with the black Copic marker and heat set to speed up the drying time. (TIP: when coloring or airbrushing an eyelet, punch a hole in some lightweight chipboard and place the eyelet in the hole. This helps to keep it steady!)

To finish off this easy project, I tied some May Arts ribbon across the front, and added a bit of May Arts butterscotch gingham to the tag. A row of 4 A Muse bling accent the tag. Attach the tag on dimensional tape.

Comments

[SueB]

This is really adorable, T. Since I have to go to Michael's today I'll see if they have any of these adorable boxes. Thanks for the great tip about how to dry a painted eyelet.

[-mary]

Trudee, this project is adorable. Don't you just love Halloween? I ordered the IB Witch’s Hat, Potions and Spells, and Witch's Legs stamps from Ellen (along with MB Sparkle paper pad and a zillion other goodies). Simply cannot wait for the package to arrive so I can begin playing with my new stuff...
-mary

[Debbie Olson]

Love this, T! Great job on that very cool tag too!

[Kimberly Gajewski]

This is just darling Trudee! Love the tag! :D