Treat Boxes

I believe I've mentioned my weakness for tins and boxes. I can't tell you why I originally bought this little set of 4 paper mache boxes or even if I did buy them. They may have been gifted to me. In any case, I decided they had sat in their package long enough.

I had some pumpkins sitting around and they fit just perfect on the lids. The two bright orange ones are plastic buttons and the others are chipboard. The chipboard was embossed with copper embossing powder.

I just used black Dylusions paint on two of them. I didn't bother with the inside. I attached the plastic buttons with multi medium then detailed them with Liquid pearls.

The other two boxes I gessoed first then painted with Dina Wakley acrylic. I added a touch of yellow paper behind the chipboard pumpkins to make the faces stand out a bit more. I just added rubber stamping details to those boxes. I used StazOn ink in purple and green. The circles were just an old Inkadinkado set. The flower was from a set from Rubber Stamp Tapestry. I really love their peg stamps to do backgrounds. These stamps are small enough to look really nice on such small projects.

These are cute little treat boxes. I hadn't thought of it at the time but if I had one more, I'd be able to have a set that matches that little poem/story, "Five Little Pumpkins". I may have to keep that in mind for next year!

Stay tuned for more Halloween projects!
-Wy
"Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate. The first one said, "My, it's getting late."