Inky Halloween Box Tutorial

Hi everyone! I hope you had a good weekend. The blog has been a bit quiet the past week and it's because I am sick with a stubborn cold, probably the same thing that Leo had earlier. It is Monday and this week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have a Treat Bag/Box theme.

I made two inky Halloween treat bags for Anton and Leo. Inking a scenic background and adding some stamps is a favourite thing of mine and I had fun doing these. I bet they will be more interested in the contents, but the boxes can double as ornaments after the gifts is taken out. I took some step photos.

I used Lori Whitlock's Sizzix Square Favor Box to die cut the box from manila cardstock. You need two pieces for each box.

 I die cut a circle from Eclipse Masking Tape and placed it on the box, as a mask for my moon.

Then to the fun part, the inking. Start with the lightest shade (Mustard Seed) and gradually add darker shades of orange. The grey hills in the foreground were inked with Hickory Smoke and Black Soot. I tore pieces of printer paper and used as a mask.

 Remove the masking tape and add some colour to it using Mustard Seed and a craft nib.

The birds come from Hero Art's The Birds stamp and die set. I love stamps of flying birds and this set is great for non-Halloween projects too. The birds were stamped with Watering Can ink and the sentiments and names with Jet Black Ink. I used the Basic Lowercase Letters for the names. Apply Wonder Tape or another strong adhesive to the flaps.

The boxes are very easy to assemble. I also added some tape to the bottom flaps. Tie with string or ribbon.

 I like the look of the birds flying in front of that big moon.

The hills were such fun to do and it is super easy. Just hold a torn piece of paper as a mask, and use a different piece for the more distant hills.

I die cut the bats with Tim Holtz Halloween Mixed Media dies, from black Paper Leather. You could use black cardstock too.

 On the sides of the boxes, there are more bats.

And some more birds and a sentiment, at the back.

 Here you can see the closing mechanism.

 Now I just need to find something to put inside these, for them to find on Halloween.

The streaks of colour over the moon add life to the scene.

I hope you will join us in our Treat Bag/Box challenge. As every week, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

If you want to, follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram, they post great stuff daily. 

Do you use Instagram ? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Sizzix BOX, SQUARE FAVOR	Hero Arts Stamp And Cuts THE BIRDS	Tim Holtz Sizzix MIXED MEDIA HALLOWEEN	Hero Arts BASIC LOWERCASE LETTERS	Tim Holtz Idea-ology ORANGE AND BLACK Jute String
Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK MUSTARD SEED	Tim Holtz Distress Ink RIPE PERSIMMON	Tim Holtz Distress Ink SPICED MARMALADE	Tim Holtz Distress Ink WILD HONEY	Tim Holtz Distress Ink HICKORY SMOKE
Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK BLACK SOOT	Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival WATERING CAN	Ranger 8.5 X 11 MANILA CARDSTOCK	Judikins Eclipse ART MASKING TAPE Roll
Sizzix PAPER LEATHER SHEETS ASSORTED BASICS 8.5x11	Ranger INKSSENTIALS CRAFT NIBS	Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS	Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS	Ranger Inkssentials CRAFT NIB HOLDER CND32915
Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET	Hero Arts SMALL BLOCK TRIO CLEAR ACRYLIC BLOCKS	Hero Arts CLEAR ACRYLIC BLOCK 3 by 3	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White	Sizzix MINT Standard Cutting Pads
Ranger Inkssentials WONDER TAPE 1/8""

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