Retro Halloween Box

Hello crafty friends ~ 

 

I've been sitting on these Tim Holtz costume boxes for way too long. These came out a few years ago and I just loved the vintage / retro graphics.  He had a line of Christmas boxes as well, which I've used in the past, and I still have some.  What can I say.... I just love everything vintage!

 

Anywho... This image from Crafty Secrets (also ages old) was sitting in my stash and I thought, how perfectly they go together.  The pumpkins are from Pretty Little Studio.  I just adore their line of vintage die cuts.

 

If you peek into the box, you'll see I used some wild polka dotted paper to line the box with, and I added some cheese cloth behind the trio of trick-or-treaters.  This adds a layer of texture and softness.

 

I remember having so much fun coming up with our own ideas for creating costumes for Halloween.  Very rarely did our costumes come in a box.  They came from our imagination.  Those were the days.

 I think I'll add this project to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters ~ Anything Fall

Neglected Stuff Challenge ~ The box and image 

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Just For Fun ~ "O" is for Owl

Hello friends~

I was rummaging through my project photo's on my computer and I came across this altered child's block I made quite a while ago and never shared.  Just throwing it out there, just for fun, since it's kind of fitting for this season.

 

I've used these old child's blocks for many an altered project in the past.

 

 

 The owl and pumpkin image is from Pretty Little Studio.  I backed him up with a crepe paper medallion.

 

A bit of moss and a tissue paper ruffle along the bottom gives this little guy a soft place to land.

 

I think it's pretty cute and retro.

  I'll be adding this project to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Triple B ~ October Challenge 

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Easter Treat Box ~ Double D

Hello friends!    It's the first Wednesday of the month so that means it's time for a new challenge over at DD Challenges.  Easter is the theme for the next two weeks, so pull out your bunnies, chicks, eggs and crosses and let's get crackin' on.  (Get it?  "Eggs".... "crackin'".)  Sorry, I couldn't resist, and I digress.

 

 

 I made up a bunch of these dear little Easter Egg Boxes from Sizzix last year and left them undecorated, so when inspiration hit, I'd be ready to make them pretty.

  

Truth be told, I decorated this box last year as well, but never got around to sharing it on my blog, so I thought that this challenge was a good opportunity to share this project.  I still have 6 or 8 eggs waiting to be made pretty.

 

 

I covered the top of the kraft cardstock box with some pretty printed, vintage looking scrapbooking paper and went over the entire egg with walnut stain DOX ink.  A decorative strip of the same design paper and a length of vintage lace was wrapped around the outside of the cover. 

 

The bunny is a rub-on that I picked up from Amazon.  This set of vintage Easter images came with like 24 sheets of rub-ons and there are many images per sheet.  I will never in my life time have time to use them all.  I will link them HERE if you want to check them out. 

The flowers are a mix of flowers that I purchased from Really Reasonable Ribbon years ago.  I'm so glad to finally be putting some to good use.

 

Here's the inside of the box, ready to be filled with something sweet, I expect.

 

I do hope you'll stop over at Double D Challenges to see more inspiring work from the team and then join in on the fun.

Here's the inspiration tile:

 

And here's the prize you could win when you play along.

Thanks for stopping by!

Vintage Coby Vignette

Hello to all you creative crafters!  

 

Just thought I'd pop in with another vintage remake using an old ornament box from Coby.

 

 

 Over the years, I've amassed a small collection of vintage ornaments in their original boxes that I enjoy putting out at Christmas time.

 

 

I had this Coby box but no ornaments to put inside, so I decided to make a little winter vignette like some that I've seen on Pinterest.  I started by removing the ripped cellophane that went over the window, covering the inside of the box with a piece of snowflake scrapbook paper and then carefully attaching tiny battery operated fairy lights around the inside edge of the box using hot glue. 

  I added white batting to the bottom of the box and a healthy dose of German Glass Glitter.  I glued in some snow capped trees and this vintage deer that I think is from the 60's.  You know, the old plastic ones that were the rage back then?

I attached this large red & gold bow to the top corner of the box to finish it off.  I was happy to see that the colors of the bow matched the graphic colors on the box. This sweet winter scene casts a warm glow when the lights are turned on and this was such an easy and fun project to make.

 I'll be entering this project into the following challenges:

 Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge ~ Christmas

Polkadoodles Card Making and Craft Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Love To Craft #83 ~ Anything Goes

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Fun With Shapes ~ Double D Challenge

Hello crafty friends ~ It's hard to believe that summer is nearing its end.  The flowers in the gardens are blooming their last blooms, getting ready to rest for the winter.  But here I digress.  It's Wednesday, so that means Double D Challenge has a new challenge for you, and this one will get your creative wheels turning, as the theme is "SHAPES".

I admit to being stumped by this challenge at first.  Finally I started browsing Pinterest and found a card using flags that were rectangle in shape.  I have some of those!!

In fact, how many shapes do you see on this card?  Triangles, circles, ovals, rectangles and stars.

Crisis averted.  I love how this card came out and I hope you'll find some creative inspiration using this wonderful mood board that Darlene put together.

Here's the prize you could win when you play along:

I can't wait to see what you come up with for this fun challenge over at Double D Challenge.  It's always a joy looking at your cards in the line up.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Rejoicing With You ~ Double D Challenges

Hey there friend!  I'm so glad you popped in.  Today's card is for the new challenge starting up over at Double D Challenges.  The new theme is "Polka Dots".  Squeal!!  I love me some polka dots!  

This sweet polka dotted bird printable made this challenge super easy.

All I had to do was add some die cut hearts and a sentiment.  

Card making doesn't get any easier than that, and it turned out super sweet.

Would you like to create your own cards using this darling freebie?  Right click on the image to save it to your files and then get making!

Here's the inspiration tile for you:

And here's the prize you could win when you play along:

Now it's your turn to break out the polka dots and join in on the fun over at Double D Challenges.  As always, there's lots of great inspiration from the Design team too!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cute Little Animals ~ Double D Challenge

It's the first Wednesday of the month so that means it's time for Double D Challenges to start a new challenge.  This challenge is near and dear to my heart!

The theme is "Cute Little Animals".  

You can't go wrong with cute little animals.  Am I right?  Recently I've found so many wonderful digital images on Etsy and this Retro Easter / Spring Digital Ephemera bundle from KB and Friends found it's way to my home printer.  Oh boy did I enjoy cranking up the printer, cutting and creating with these darling images! 

I also had so much fun finding printed papers from my stash, creating different background layouts using them, and then adding the darling die cuts and ephemera pieces I had printed.

These cards couldn't have come together any easier or quicker.

So much so, that I made six cards in a jiffy!

Each one just as cute as the next.

Please check out all that KB and Friends has to offer and then check out the Double D Challenge blog.  

Now it's your turn to make something cute.

Here's the inspiration photo to help you along:

And here's what you could win when you play along:

You'll find some amazing inspiration from my Double D team mates and the gallery is going to be full of cuteness for the next two weeks, so be sure to check in often!

Thanks for stopping by!

Valentine Ornament Box

Hello friends.  Valentine's Day is on the horizon, so I thought I'd share another box ornament with you.  

I hope you don't mind seeing more of these boxes.  They're just so much fun to make!

I used an image from Pretty Little Studio for this little darling.  

Look closely and you'll see that I added some silver garland to the inside edges of the box.  I used various dies from my arsenal that are ages old.

The millinery flowers are from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  They have an amazing selection of flowers in every size and color.

While I had my supplies out I made another box ornament, as I'm trying to use up some supplies.  And, why not?

I don't even remember who made these die cuts or where they came from, but the colors matched these paper scraps perfectly and I love watching the birds at our feeders.  

Making these ornament boxes makes me happy, so I'll be entering one of these into the Cut It Up Challenge, where the theme is "This Makes Me Happy".

Do you feel like sticking around?  Here's a few more pictures of the Valentine decorations I've put up.  I cut a bunch of paper hearts from paper scraps and made this little garland to string across our mantel.

Close ups of the decor from left to right.

I made a smaller garland to add to this arched frame.

Did you notice this darling little snapshots book in the picture above?  I found it at Goodwill many years ago and it had never been used.  It has the old paper pages that you had to use photo mounting corners to add pictures.  I just love the image on the cover and it still looks brand new.

Some old apothecary jars filled with heart fillers and paper shred.

If you've stuck with me this long, I thank you so much!  I know this was a picture heavy post.  

Do you send out Valentine's Day cards?  I've got a post planned soon for some vintage style Valentine cards that I made.  I do hope you'll come back to see them.

Thanks so much for stopping by!