It's Trick or Treat Time!

The theme over on the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge is "Just add pearl".  I thought I'd go the extra mile this year and really push the boat out to make something for the (few) trick-or-treaters that we get where I live, so I made mini milk cartons into spooky candy holders to give out on Halloween.

Luckily for me, Tim Holtz has more than a few stamp sets that lend themselves perfectly to this blood-curdling season.  (Note to self for future Halloweens - Aged Mahogany Distress Stain makes excellent blood spatters!).  My milk cartons were around 2.5 inches wide, perfectly sized for several of the halloween stamps I have in my collection.

For extra shimmer I dusted everything with Perfect Pearls Pewter and also stamped some spider webs with Versafine clear ink and then brushed them with Perfect Pearls to highlight the webs.  I used an ink blending tool with Gathered Twigs ink to age all of the elements and on the playing card I used a Distress Marker to colour the "13" directly on the stamp.

So, there you have it, I'm ready for all the ghouls and ghosts that will be hammering down my door.  I say "all", there isn't really much of a tradition of trick or treat here in the UK so there won't be many.  Last year I got 2 - I've made 5 of these containers so I hope that's enough!

Supplies I used included:

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If you would like to try making some of these yourself, I've included links to the template for the carton in SVG, DXF and PNG form.

Please remember you are only allowed to download these files for your own use and can not share them or distribute them to others in any form. I spend a great deal of time creating my designs, please respect the terms under which they are shared.

These files may not be uploaded to a group, forum or website for sale or redistribution, or shared among individuals. They are expressly for the personal use of each person that downloads them from this blog.

There are 3 versions:

• An SVG version which can be imported into the Sure Cuts a Lot, Ecal or Make the Cut program and then cut out on any of the machines supported by SCAL, Ecal and Make the Cut.
• A DXF version which is Craft Robo friendly, and ready to be imported into your Robomaster software (I'm not a Robo user, so if there are any problems with this, please let me know!)
• A PNG version which can be printed from a graphics program or Word, then cut out with scissors.

Simply click on the appropriate button below to download the file!

If you make anything using one of the templates, please post a link to it here so that others can be inspired by how you've used them!

Files © dan99crafter@gmail.com 2012

Our ever-generous sponsor Simon Says Stamp is offering a $50 gift voucher as the prize again this week, just make something for the challenge and you could the winner! The winner will be chosen at random from those who enter the challenge, so why not give it a try? At the very least why not head over to the Challenge Blog to see how the other members of the design team have interpreted this weeks theme! :)

Don't forget, Simon Says Stamp have a great Facebook page too!  Check them out here!

More Studio 490 Goodness

The theme over on the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge blog this week is Wendy Vecchi inspiration and Wendy has posted a great tutorial today, see it here.

As an added bonus, Simon Says Stamp are giving 25% off any Wendy Vecchi items purchased this week, just use the code wendyart at the checkout! 

As ever, there's a $50 gift voucher for one of the entrants to this week's challenge, and don't forget, Simon Says Stamp have a great Facebook page too!  Check them out here!

Studio 490 in the big city

The theme over on the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge is "Studio 490", the range of products designed by Wendy Vecchi.  Wendy herself is joining us for this weeks challenge, how cool is that?!?  As I said over on the Challenge Blog, I had "The Apprentice" floating around in my head while making this, I'm not quite sure why.  I don't even know if it was the Alan Sugar or Donald Trump version (I watch both, sad, I know, lol).

I started out by stamping my background with the text block from Tim's Schooldesk stamp set in Gathered Twigs distress ink, then applied Spiced Marmalade, Barn Door and Peeled Paint, edging with Gathered Twigs.  I used the Subway embossing folder to apply texture to the background, before applying a light coat of Gathered Twigs to the raised parts, followed by a light brushing of white gesso.

I stamped the text block again, this time on a manilla tag, then stamped the dapper man (my absolute favourite of Wendy's stamps!) on top with black Archival ink.  I stamped him again on printer paper (with the text block too) and cut out his face, fixing it in place on top of the tag, then cut out the man and part of the text.

The numbers were idea-ology numerals, covered with tissue tape and held in place with long fasteners.  The metal piece in the bottom corner was embossed with the cuttlebug gears embossing folder and then dabbed with black paint, before buffing and sanding it.

Supplies I used included:

InLinkz.com

Our ever-generous sponsor Simon Says Stamp is offering a $50 gift voucher as the prize again this week, just make something for the challenge and you could the winner! The winner will be chosen at random from those who enter the challenge, so why not give it a try? At the very least why not head over to the Challenge Blog to see how the other members of the design team have interpreted this weeks theme! :)

Don't forget, Simon Says Stamp have a great Facebook page too!  Check them out here!