Sunday 21 October 2012

Poisonous Pillow Boxes!





Yesterday I was at my monthly Stampin' Up class and the teacher was selling off some retired products. I bought a great pillow box die and thought I would have a little play by making this very silly make! Hallowe'en comes but once a year so I must make the most of it with these little trick or treat sweetie bags. I cut them out of mustard and brown Core-dinations cardstock and then embossed them with the Poison part of the Tim Holtz Hallowe'en and Poison Alterations texture fade and sanded them a little. I had some tiny scraps of the card left so I popped them under specific areas of the texture fade such as the raven, spider web, and skull to make mini tags for my recipients.



I then made some shrink plastic bottles and some extra embellishments from the Apothecary set from Artistic Outpost, which I love. You can get the stamps direct from them if you are in the US, or from Happy Daze if you are in the UK.
 
I think the pillow box would be lovely done in a more feminine style for those who make their own jewellery to give as gifts. I can see lots of my friends wanting to borrow it so I think it will have been a good purchase!
 

14 comments:

  1. Very creative and fabulous little pouches of Halloween loveliness.
    hugs {brenda} xox

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  2. Fab pillow boxes, Lucy. And those shrink plastic bottles look ace!

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  3. Wow - wonderful pillow boxes and how creative to use them for Halloween. They'll be perfect for many things - a great buy indeed!

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  4. Loving you pillow boxes and little tags Lucy but those bottles are fabulous, xx

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  5. Love what you did with the box. Its a fabulous project, thank you for joining us at FSC this time.
    Yvonne/Meggymay

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  6. Wonderful pillow boxes! Love the addition of the shrink plastic charms! Thanks for playing along with us at Artistic Outpost!

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  7. Great project Lucy! I really love the bottles!!! :)

    On another note, thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving such a nice comment!

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  8. This is brilliant - just don't hand it to the kids when they knock the door 'Trick or Treating'. xx

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  9. Such a fabulous idea, a wonderful Halloween project. Thanks for joining us at Fashionable Stamping Challenge this fortnight.

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  10. A wonderfully spooky, fun and practical creation Lucy.
    Thank you for sharing with us at FSC this fortnight.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  11. Just popped back to say thanks for linking this to Fashionable Stamping Challenges Halloween challenge.
    Hugs {brenda} xxx

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  12. Lucy, this is just such great fun and how clever to use those pillow boxes! Love the Halloween theme and those little tiny bottles! Thank you for playing along with us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges! Hugs!

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  13. Great idea with these little boxes, love the extra details.
    Thanks for joining us at FSC
    Avril x

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  14. Love the boxes- the brown looks like Chocolate....! Love the great shrink plastic bottles- it is so fun to make Halloween projects!

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