Pumpkin Treat Box Garland - Tutorial & Free Templates

Thought these would make a fun Halloween garland.

Pop a few treats in the pumpkins and tie them between some leaves.

There are free templates at the end of my post. 

 

Tutorial.

Pumpkin Treat Boxes:

1) Print the pumpkin templates onto orange card

and cut them out. (I cut seven).

2) It's best to cut the slots using a craft knife & steel rule.

 

3) Ink the edges to add depth - I used Distress inks

'rusty hinge' and 'brushed corduroy'

4) Score the box base.

 

5) Fold the two top flaps forward.

6) Use a round pen to curl the box sides.

 

7) Fold up along the score lines.

Here's where you would pop a few treats into the box.

8) To close the box - feed the top flaps

through the box side slots.

 

9) It will now look like this.

10) Punch a hole through the top flaps.

 

I highlighted the features with a touch of black glitter.

Thread ribbon through the punched hole.

I used 5mm wide (1/4inch) black satin ribbon.

 

Here's the 'motley bunch'

ready to be tied onto the garland.

 

Pumpkin Leaves;

12) Print the leaves onto green card. Cut out

and score some veins as shown above.

13) Ink across the surface to highlight your scored lines

I used 'crushed olive'

 

14) Ink the edges in a darker colour

I used 'forest moss'

15) Make two holes about 10mm (1/2inch) apart.

 

16) - 17) Thread the large leaves onto a

length of string.

I threaded 16 large leaves onto about 2meters

( just over 2yards) of jute garden twine.

It all depends on how long you want your garland to be.

 

18) Pop a small amount of glue above the perforated holes.

19) Attach a smaller leaf to hide them.

 

note: You can wrap a small amount of tape tightly

 round the ends of your string to make threading easier. 

 

I decided the leaves were not Autumnal enough

so inked over again using 'barn door' & 'spiced marmalade'.

Probably should have worn gloves!

 

Tie on the pumpkins!

I spaced them one pumpkin, two leaves, one pumpkin - to the end.

 

There are two pumpkin templates:

Template one has a face on the front & back of the box,

template two the faces are on the sides.

I alternated them along the length of the garland

so faces were visible front and side view.

 

(Hope that makes sense)!

 

 

Free Downloadable Templates:

Click on the image ,

right click & save to your computer.

Pumpkin Treat Box One

Pumpkin Treat Box Two

 

Large Pumpkin Leaves

Small Pumpkin Leaves

 

 

Here it is

I love Halloween!

 

 

Thanks for popping by

Hugs,

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No Glue Halloween Treat Box

This has got to be the easiest box ever.

No gluing - just cut it out!

There's a free template to download

at the end of my post.

 

I cut a small 'X' at the centre base of the box tabs 

and fed the miniature broomstick through

to lock the box closed.

It's not necessary, just thought it added a bit of

witchy fun.

 

I have a tutorial for the broomstick

on my magic boxes blog HERE

After cutting  the box out;

bring tabs a & b together

then feed them through slits c & d

It's as simple as that.

 

I used two stamps:

1) Inkadinkado clear stamp set

'gem stone flourishes'

2) My Minds Eye clear stamp set

'Haunted' (used the spider)

Stamped using; 

IndigoBlu  'FlitterGlu' - more details later,

then applied glitter directly onto the

stamped image

 

 On my first box I used gold ultra fine glitter 

and a peach colour gem for the spider's body.

 

My second - crystal ultra fine glitter 

(I liked the 'ghosty' effect of this glitter on black card) 

with aurora borealis gemstones for highlights

 

For the one above - 'rainbow orange' ultra fine glitter

highlighted with doodlebug sugar coating 'lily white' glitter.

 

IndigoBlu 'FlitterGlu' - AT LAST

a glue that you can stamp with and it really does

hold the glitter.

 

I can't stop stamping glitter!!!!

 

I recommend you also get the stamp cleaner

especially if, like me, you don't wash your stamps

immediately after using them.

 

It works best with the very fine glitter

the finer the better.

I used Kars extra fine glitter and it picked out

every detail.

 

 

Here is the template to download;

(Click on the image to view it bigger

then right click save to your computer).

 

No Glue Halloween Treat Box

Best printer settings are UK A4 portrait

and select 'fit to page'

I've allowed for printer margins so it should 

print fully and 'to scale' 

 

The base of this box measures 45mm (1.8inches) square

and it stands 75mm ( 2.9inches) high.

 

 

 

Here I printed the template onto orange card.

Flipped the card over and printed the black & white

'cobweb lace' backing paper on the other side

 (from my previous post) HERE

 



 Thanks for popping by and have fun!

 Hugs,

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Small Gift Bag Template & Tutorial

I love working with boxes, bags and packaging.

This gift bag will hold a small present,

candy or jewelry would be perfect.

There's a downloadable template at the end of this post

The bag measurements are:

90mm (3.5") high x 85mm (3.3") wide x 40mm (1.5") deep

CLICK ON IMAGE FOR A CLOSER VIEW

You will need; 

One A4 sheet of paper.

Glue

Two lengths of ribbon or cord.

If you are using a printable backing paper:

Print the paper.

 Flip the sheet over & return it to your printer.

Print the template on the reverse.

Making the bag:

Cut out and score along the dotted score lines.

Set the folds by folding them forward & backward

so the folds will work both ways (mountain & valley).

'Setting' the base folds

1) Pinch the diagonal, base folds

2) on the reverse - fold them in and press

3) open out, turn the paper over,

repeat the folds on the pattern side

Bag top

4) open the paper and fold the top back

5) turn the paper over and use the guides

to punch holes through the two layers

Bag sides

6) Fold the top flap back to the inside

and fold the sides as shown above.

7) Glue along the inside of side flap a

8) the glued side a slots over side b as shown above
9) Flatten the bag to make sure the sides are glued

together in the correct position.

Base fold

10) Bring the base up (there is a score line to help)
and place a finger on the outside base

11) pushing the inside folds down & pulling

the edges c upwards

12) Flatten edges c inwards & d outwards

13) Apply glue to the first flap and

press into position as shown

14)  Apply glue to the second flap

15) and position it over the first.

16) A crease is visible at the base of one side of the bag

17) but not on the other.

 Thread cord or ribbon through the punched holes, 

on either side of the bag, and tie inside to fix them

Download Sheet One

Small Gift Bag

click on image & open fully before saving

 Below is an extra sheet.

I have sized the decoupage down and included

some blank circle sentiments tags

so you can stamp a message of your choice.

Download Sheet Two

Blank Tags, Small Butterflies & Dragonflies

click on image & open fully before saving

Thank you for taking the time to visit.

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chocolates decoupage sheet click here

Pop Up Exploding Cube Card Tutorial

CLICK ON IMAGES FOR A CLOSER VIEW

This card folds completely flat and fits inside a half A4 envelope.

There are two sheets to download at the end of this post.

The first is a template for the pop up cube base.

The second is a positioning & cutting guide

for an A5 acetate sheet.

To make this card you will need:

one A4 sheet of card for the cube base

one A5 sheet of acetate for the centre pop and acetate strips

(Strong acetate is needed for this project I buy mine from

Joanna Sheen or use recycled packaging where possible).

one A4 sheet of paper for the positioning & cutout guide

Numbers, stars & sentiments tag from the download in my previous post

Hole punch, jump ring, glue, scissors, sticky tape, craft knife,

metal rule and cutting mat.

Print the first download sheet (at the end of this post)

onto an A4 sheet of card.

After cutting out you will have 11 pieces as shown above.

1) Piece A - score along the dotted lines and fold into a cube.

2) Piece B - score along the dotted line, fold and glue inside the open corner of  A to lock the cube together. 

3) Score and fold piece C as shown above.

4) Glue into position in the centre of the cube

as shown in the diagram.

Print download sheet two, at the end of this post,
onto an A4 sheet of paper.
This is a positioning and cutting guide for the centre pop up.
Position an A5 sheet of acetate over the top of the guide.
Cut out the numbers (from the download sheet in my previous post) and glue them onto the acetate,
following the printed guide which shows clearly through the acetate.
Cut out along the red lines.
The base of your acetate cut-out has a slit forming two flaps A & B
Glue flap A onto the front of the centre strip (piece C) in your cube
and flap B onto the back of your centre strip (piece C).
The centre strip is visible in the image below - number (3)

Here's a photograph looking down on the cube card.
Cut out the stars you want to use in the explosion and glue each one onto a strip of acetate about 5mm wide

and no longer than 16mm.

These can be attached to the inside front, back & sides of the cube.

Vary the heights & angles to make the explosion more interesting.

When you have finished glue the inside panels D to K to the insides of the cube.

They cover and anchor your centre acetate (flaps A & B)

 and all of the acetate strip (stars) ends.

(1) in the above image shows the acetate fixings uncovered

(2) shows after a panel has been glued to the inside cube.

note: before you finally anchor the acetate 'star' strips

close the cube card to check they don't over-run the envelope dimensions.

The sentiments tag is attached to the cut out centre of the zero
using a jump ring,
There are hole punch guides marked out for you.

Download Sheet One - Pop Up Cube

click on image to open fully before saving

Download Sheet Two -
Acetate Positioning & Cut Out Guide

click on image to open fully before saving

I'll be developing this idea over the next few weeks

so there will be more projects to come.



I know it doesn't look it but this is a very simple pop up.

I hope I haven't made the instructions too complicated.

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