I went all out with Halloween crafts yesterday. I pulled out a bunch of dies, the Halloween Town paper collection and I started putting together embellishments, then I turned some of them into packaging.
One of my favorite embellishments from the bunch was this rosette. I have this white waffle flower that Stampin' Up! used to sell years ago, which I have used many times and yet still have a lot leftover on the roll. I decided to try and see if I would be able to make a rosette out of it. I used my pinking shears to cut the edge to give it a pattern, and then I layered sparkly white tulle over it and cut it in a circle to match the rosette. I LOVE this detail! I then added a Swimming Pool mini doily from Doodlebug Design. The colour was too bright, but I discovered that if I turned it around, the aqua colour was showing through but was more muted, so I used the backside to match my papers better. I then added a black foil paper circle and a patterned paper scalloped circle, followed by a patterned paper punched ticket, a little X made out of "boards" die-cut out of champagne glitter paper and my "Happy Halloween" stamped on patterned paper. The little mummy is one of the images from the 6" x 4" cut-aparts from the paper and I fussy cut it to make it an embellishment. I added little enamel eyes from one of the Doodlebug eye sticker set.
The mini pizza box is something still currently sold by Stampin' Up! I love them - they are easy to decorate, can be assembled in 15 seconds and they are a great size. I figured the size would probably work for my rosette and I was right. The boxes are white, and I colored mine using Dusty Concord and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide sprays. I then overstamped in Black Soot Distress Oxide ink an Halloween damask motif I pulled from the set From the Crypt, sold by Stampin' Up! a good ten years ago and still one of my favorite Halloween sets ever. I added the bats from the Wicked Cool stamp set in Dusty Concord Distress Oxide ink. I sprayed my box with water and dried it. I pulled out my Gansai Tambi Starry Colors watercolors and used Champagne Gold to add speckles and also to color a line of gold alongside the edge of the box. (I love how that detail turned out.)
Supplies
Stamps: Wicked Cool, From the Crypt, Mystérieux félin (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers: Halloween Town (Echo Park)
Cardstock: Black Foil Paper, CHampagne Glimmer Paper (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Dusty Concord, BLack Soot Distress Oxide (Ranger); Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories: Mini Pizza Box, Stampin' Dimensionals, 2" Circle Punch, Scalloped Circle Punch,
Ticket Duo Punch, White Waffle Flower, Mini Stapler (Stampin' Up!); Pinking Shears;
Swimming Pool Mini Doilies, Eye See You Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Design);
Sparkly White Tulle (Recollections); Gansai Tambi Starry Colors Watercolors (Kuretake);
Dusty Concord and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Sprays (Ranger)
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