Monday, October 18, 2010

Trick or Treat!

I have another Halloween project for you today - I decided to make a little matchbox candy holder with a surprise! Here's the outside of the box, top view:

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I used Send Me A Sign Bugg, altering her a bit for Halloween! Using Photoshop Elements 8, I erased out the solid white portion of her dress and layered a spider web design behind it (the web was a freebie from the Tiddly Paper Craft Planet group), then I added a sentiment with a little hanging spider. The font is SNF Goody and the spider is from DB Boo Ya.

I colored her with Copics, Stickled her wings, and added a few rhinestones also colored with Copics. Lastly she was cut out and mounted with foam boosters.

Down at the bottom you can see there's a handle to pull the drawer out, and here's what the front of the handle looks like:

SendMeASignBugg1b
I cut out a bone from DB Boo Ya 2 times with my Cricut and glued them together for strength. Then I fashioned a handle from a thin strip of black cardstock and glued the bone to the front.

And here's the surprise on the inside: a little ghost pops out when you open the drawer!

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I have to admit that the idea wasn't mine - I came across a pop-up match box while blog surfing!

I cut out a ghost also from DB Boo Ya (love this font!) 3 times, putting 1 through the printer to get the "boo!" on the bottom (also using SNF Goody), then glued all 3 together. Since it's going to be repeatedly shoved into the box, I wanted it to be really strong. Next I cut a strip of acetate 5" x .5" and scored it every half inch. I accordian folded it to make the pop-up mechanism and glued it into the box bottom and to the back of the ghost.

The whole thing was designed in Make the Cut. I also designed the divider to hold the 2 pieces of candy away from the pop-up portion.

This project is for the following challenges: I hope you like it and TFL!

17 comments:

  1. This is absolutely brilliant, adore it!! A wondeful project! Thanks for joining us in our challenge over at SFTW and good luck! Kate x

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  2. Maureen this is soooo SWEET LOVE this treat box and that darling image!

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  3. very cute! I love the stitching on this! :) Thanks for entering the digital tuesday challenge!

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  4. So fun! Love the pop up idea! Thanks for playing along at Cupcake Inspirations this week!

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  5. Wow - there is so much awesomeness in this one project I can hardly believe it!! Love how you've added the spiderweb to the Tiddly Ink Bugg's dress! I love the font with the spider - I LOVE the drawer handle and that ghost that pops out is pretty stinkin' cute too! Wow love this - thanks for joining us at Tiddly Inks!
    melissa

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  6. Gorgeous creation i love the pop up ghost. Thanks for joining us at the OSCC this week. luv gina xx

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  7. Such a darling treat box! Love the shimmery wings!

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  8. Such a cute image. I love the way the inside of the box is created. I'll have to "borrow" this idea. TFS!

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  9. OMG!!! How cute is that!? Thanks for joining the Tiddly Inkers this week. xxD

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  10. So cute and I just love the pop out ghost. Thanks for joining the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge.

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  11. OMG! SO cute!! and snickers bars on top of that cute image!YUM!!LOL!! Thanks for playing along with SS!

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  12. What a sweet and fun box!! Love that image and your design!
    hugs,
    Chris

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  13. Eeeek! This is brilliant! Love it! The way you modified the image, the bone-shaped handle, and the "surprise" ghost inside---so fun and so perfect! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  14. Fabulous projects Maureen, thanks so much for joining in with our Halloween challenge at OSCC this week!
    Chrissie

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