Trick or Treat! – Halloween Box with Eileen Hull Sizzix Dies

Hello Eileen Hull fans! This month all the designers on Eileen's Teams have been making a variety of project with fall and Halloween themes! We've had so much creative inspiration to share. For my make, I used the Slotted Treat Box Die as the shell for my Halloween diorama. The festive outside opens up to even more festive party inside…

Front

Back

I wanted to focus on a vintage Halloween party vibe inside. Eileen's Slotted Treat Box Die (a Plus die) is so roomy I could fit all sorts of fun bits and pieces in it.

I cut an extra piece of mat board and glued it in to make a shelf. The little banner is cut using a retired die set of Eileen's - the Banners & Pennants set.

Another look at the outside:

I don't have too many photos of the process because I got in a groove and went to town. Here are a few peeks though.

I cut all my box parts out of mat board first and then covered the box with patterned paper afterwards. Usually it's easier to adhere the paper to the mat board and then cut the pieces, but I used so many different papers that would have been very tricky!

I built up layers with die cuts and foam tape.

It was so much fun going through my stash of Idea-ology and other bits to decide what to put inside. I love making little scenes! =)

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to keep an eye on Eileen's blog for more inspiration from the Educator and Inspiration Teams.

Supplies used:

Eileen Hull Plus Die - Slotted Treat Box Die  ( Sizzix, SB )
Eileen Hull Die Set - Banners & Pennants, 660329 - retired
Tim Holtz Die Set - Retro Halloween ( SB, FJ )
Tim Holtz Die Set - Spider Web ( Sizzix, SB )
Sizzix Die Set - Winter Nature ( Sizzix, SB )
Sizzix Die Set - Halloween Silhouettes  ( Sizzix )
Tim Holtz Stamp Sets - Halftone & Rings, Halloween Cutouts

Sizzix Mat Board
Distress Collage Medium - Matte

Distress Halloween Mica Stains
Distress Paint - Spiced Marmalade, Twisted Citron, Wilted Violet
various Distress Ink pads
Graphic 45 patterned paper - various Halloween collections (Midnight Tales is one)
Tim Holtz Idea-ology - lots of older bits from my stash
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Halloween Confections
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Woodland Tree Lot (bottle brush tree)

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Halloween Pumpkin Diorama - BOO!

Hello there Halloween fans! I'm getting a jump on the season and was inspired to create this fun scene when I got my hands on the new Tim Holtz Myron Colorize Die Set. Take a look:

I love Myron, he is so funny!

and of course it has Tiny Lights!

I do enjoy creating little scenes! The setting for this one is a foam craft store pumpkin I cut a window in.

One more view and then you can check out the in-progress photos.

First I started by creating Myron and a bunch of toadstools. The small ones are made with the die set and I sketched out and hand cut the larger mushrooms.

I drilled a hole in the back of the pumpkin to thread the lights through. The backlit word and monster face are die cut into cardstock and then backed with alcohol colored Frosted Film (retired Idea-ology product).

A glue gun is your friend!

HOT TIP! You can tint your white or colored Tiny Lights with alcohol ink. The green Halloween lights are more of a cool green and I wanted a warm swampy green for this scene. I just dripped some Butterscotch alcohol ink onto each bulb. Easy!

Layers and layers…

I love those crazy little ghosts too!

Spooky!

Myron and bits of lichen here and there finished off the scene. Thanks for stopping by and stay tuned for more Halloween projects in the future!

Supplies used:

Tim Holtz die set - Halloween Bold Text

Tim Holtz die set - Myron Colorize

Tim Holtz die set - Moonlit Owl (retired)

Tim Holtz die set - Tangled Twigs (retired)

Tim Holtz die - Vault Series Halloween 2021 (retired)

Tim Holtz die - Frightening Faces (retired)

Tim Holtz strip die -Tapered (retired)

Distress Ink - Vintage Photo, Rustic Wilderness, Black Soot, Forest Moss, Pumice Stone, Ground Espresso

Distress Spray Stains - Old Paper, Brushed Corduroy

Distress Glaze - Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint

Ranger Emboss-It Dabber

Alcohol ink - Butterscotch

Tim Holtz 2021 Halloween Mica Stains - Bubbling Cauldron, Hocus Pocus

Distress Collage Medium Matte

Idea-ology Fringe - plain

Idea-ology Halloween Tiny Lights - green

Idea-ology Frosted Film

foam pumpkin

lichen