Saturday, October 6, 2007

Happy Boo to You: Booglie Box


This box was super easy to make. I just...

1) Printed the easy template on the (white) back of a piece of black designer paper that I'd cut to measure 8.5" x 11 "
2) Then, cut along the solid lines & scored on the dotted lines.
3) Stamped on it-The web stamp is from "Web Wishes" and is embossed in silver embossing powder.
4) Punched out the holes (which are marked right on the template).
5) Put it together with wire.

It is the perfect size for an empty Epicure fruit dip jar filled with mocha beans (for a grown up Halloween treat!) The fruit dip part is important since the garlicy dip jars retain the smell and who wants garlic-y chocolate?

Here's the top of the jar with a circle of cardstock and the embossed phrase from the S.U. "Booglie Eyes" stamp set:

The spider is also from the "Booglie..." set. He's embossed in black and coloured in with a blender pen. His legs (on the stamp) are really hard to cut out attractively, so After stamping 2 spiders, I've made legs this way:

Used black floral centers (or butterfly antennae) from the dollar store for legs...

1) Cut the floral centers in half.
2) Stuck 8 halves onto the back of the spider with double-sided tape.
3) Cut out an extra spider for his back (to cover the legs & tape).
4) Coloured it dark black to obscure the eyes.
5) Adhered the extra spider on the back over the stuck on legs.

He is on a wire that is just stuck inside the box (with double sided tape and cardstock to cover.) There's googlie eyeballs on the top of the jar too.


(this will likely need to print
on borderless printing to fit)

with score lines:
Download PDF on Acrobat here

or click this picture, then right click
& select "save as PNG" (or "all files" for JPG):



with NO score lines:
Download PDF on Acrobat here

or click this picture, then right click
& select "save as PNG" (or "all files" for JPG):





with no score lines no dots:
Download PDF on Acrobat here

or click this picture, then right click
& select "save as PNG" (or "all files" for JPG):


Happy Boo to You!


Mel

8 comments:

Angie said...

Guess I'll have to break out that set again. Just when I thought I didn't need it anymore. Very cute.

Anonymous said...

halloween already seems like it was just christmas last year nice work, love M.R.G.

Corie said...

Cute box -- love the spider!!

~* Tracy *~ said...

hehehehe I love how you make the booglie spidey's legs! How neat is that?

Kim Etherington said...

Cool idea..I love how you make the little paper pieces for gifts. Help me do it!

Anonymous said...

You need to put a 'clever' comment button on these ones. Very cute.
Kat

AWG said...

could I pls have the template for this project, too?

Anonymous said...

Hi! Love your projects. Would be to impossing to ask you for the template?

Thank you

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