The Witch's Lair

The Lawn Fawn new release includes some die-cuts to turn the Scalloped Treat Box into Christmas or Halloween houses. While I didn't get the dies, I was curious to give the idea a try. I already have the Home Sweet Home Thinlits from Stampin' Up! which I suspected might work, size-wise, and sure enough they do. The only difficulty is that the roofing pieces are meant for a narrower house base, so I had to be creative with assembly to make it work. It called for an awful lot of Big Shot'ing and figuring out how to cut the pieces apart to keep the flow even in the roofing pattern. That's where the Lawn Fawn dies would have saved me a lot of time (say, if I was to make a series of those to give out), but for this one, the piecing worked great.

I was putting vellum behind the windows and before doing the same behind the door, I decided I would have the little witch peeking behind the door with her candy bowl, so I stamped, colored and die-cut her to glue in the door opening before adding vellum behind her. The bowl is peeking out, which is a cute way to draw the trick or treaters in. I also added her broom sitting against the window frame. Then I thought I could add her cat as well and pulled out Meow You Doin'? but the image was too big to be scaled properly. Then I remembered that Christmas Dreams as a sleeping cat as well, and this one was the perfect size! It looked a bit crowded on the front, so I added it to the side of the house, and placed a Jack o' lantern on the back. A enamel dot was glued as a door handle.

See those cute bricks I've added here and there? They're the leftover pieces from cutting the window frames. Recycling and adding fun details!

Finally, a tag was added to the house using the Fall Tiny Tags dies (another item from the new release). I tied it with grey and black twine and made sure to wrap the twine only around the front handle so that the box can be opened without unfastening the twine. The sentiment reads, "Eat at your own risk."

Kelly Marie showed how the Scalloped Treat Box can hold two electric tea lights so that you can light the house. I'll definitely give this idea a try if I can find where I've put my tea lights away!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Costume Party, Christmas Dreams (Lawn Fawn), Mystérieux félin (Spooky Cat - Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Whisper White, Vellum
Patterned Papers: Beachside, Into the Woods (Lawn Fawn)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, Early Espresso
Lawn Fawn Dies: Fall Tiny Tags, Christmas Dreams, Costume Party, Scalloped Treat Box
Accessories: Home Sweet Home Framelits Dies, Copic Markers, Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals,
Halloween Night Enamel Dots, Halloween Night Baker's Twine

 

Comments

[Francine]

Cette boîte me plaît beaucoup. J'aimerais savoir où vous achetez le die pour la boîte qui a la forme d'une maison.. L'avez-vous fait venir directement de LAWN FAWN?
Ou l'avez-vous acheté dans une boutique?

Merci.
Francine