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

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Easter Card & Basket - Tutorial & Downloads

Please forgive me if I don't post very much over

the next couple of weeks.

Brief update:

My old computer finally died on me.

I lost my work so had to redraw on OH's laptop.

The new computer arrived, but there was a mix up

as to what I needed (my programmes wouldn't load).

It's being returned and a new one will be arriving

within the next couple of weeks.

I'll be very restricted with what I can do until then.

I'm using OH's laptop because it has Internet access, but

this is limited so I can only pop on and off occasionally.

Once I'm up and running I'm sure it will all be worth it!

SO.......

Later than I'd planned...

here are the templates and tutorial for my Easter cards and baskets.

(Sorry, the images are not great).

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The card:

1) Print the download sheet 'Easter Eggs Template'

onto plain white card and cut out your template.

2) Following the directions on the template,

position it onto an A5 half fold card blank.

3) Draw round in pencil and cut out.

note: Cutting with scissors can sometimes leave

a slightly jagged edge in places. If this happens

run gently round with an emery board to smooth

them down.

I cut the lower half again then;

1) Stamped using VersaMark and Inkadinkado 

'Bold Damask' clear stamp.

2) Highlighted with crystal glitter.

3) Wrapped a length of 5mm (0.25 inch) wide

pink grosgrain ribbon round the top.

4) Attached it to the lower section of the card.

5) The top half of the card was stamped using

VersaMark and Hero Arts 'Leaf Flourish'.

6) I finished by adding pink marabou feathers,

a paper rose and leaves.

Easter Basket Tutorial

This is a guide sheet showing details of the

flaps etc. that I refer to in the tutorial,

If you're not sure - check back here.

1) Print the download sheet 'Easter Basket Template'.

Cut out, score along dotted lines and cut the two slits

marked in red (the handle will be fed through these later).

This side is the inside of your basket. 

2) Turn your cutout over.

This is the outside of your basket.

If you want to stamp a pattern - now is the time.

note: If you are applying glitter, avoid the base

and flaps (a-d).

I didn't and it makes them very resistant to gluing!

3) Cut out the handle.

a) The template gives you the end details and

handle width - you decide how long you would

like it to be.

My handles are 270mm (10.5 inches) long.

b) To run ribbon along the handle -

anchor it at either end using tape.

Make sure you tape over and to the reverse side.

This will prevent the ribbon from being pulled off

when you feed the handle through the side slits later on.

c) Fold the ends to form an 'arrow head' - as

shown in the above picture.

4) Fold along all of your scored lines and

glue your base flaps (a) and (b) to the

inside base.

5) Glue base flap (c) to the inside base and

at the same time side flap (d) to the inside

of the basket side.

6) Stand the basket upright.

You can see the flaps in the base.

7) Apply glue to the inside lining flaps (1 & 2),

these are the ones without slits cut into them.

8) Fold them into the basket and fix in place.

9) Feed a handle end through a slit
as shown in the image above.

10) You will find it easier to feed through
if your liner flap is at right angles.

11) Open the handle end and gently pull
the handle so the tab is straight and fully positioned
to the slit.

12) Apply glue over the handle tab and
on the inner lining flap as shown.

13) Fold the liner flap into the basket and fix.
Repeat this process on the other side.

14) Your handle is now locked into position
and your basket sides are lined.

15) Finally, glue the 'base liner' into the base of
your basket.
This secures your base tags (a, b &c).

I added a paper rose and lined the basket

with pink marabou feathers.

Free Download Sheets

Easter Basket Template

click on image & open fully before saving

Easter Egg Card Template

click on image & open fully before saving

Easter Sentiments Tags

click on image & open fully before saving

Happy Easter!

Should be back fairly soon...

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Easter Card and Basket

Here's a little Easter project I've been working on.

I will be loading templates and a tutorial as soon as I can.

Unfortunately my computer is on its last legs.

It's very old and has been failing for quite some time now.

It had a major crash a few days ago and is beyond repair.

After several hours on the phone to Dell,

we managed to recover enough to chug along...

on a wing and a prayer.

Good news is - I have a new one arriving on Monday! 

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 I thought this would be a great project to do with the kids.

The dotty pattern was made by dabbing the eraser end of a pencil

onto a VersaColor ink pad 'Fresh Green'
and stamping it onto the card.

Not everyone can eat sweets
so this is an idea for an alternative.

There is a hatpin on the card and I filled the basket

with crafting goodies - three VersaColor small ink cubes

and three pots of 'Perfect Pearls'.

I'm going to try and load, at least, the templates before Monday.

I'm soooooooooo looking forward to my new computer

but very nervous about how long it will take to load everything

and get it into action.

Thank you for visiting
and I hope to be back very soon!!!!

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Mothers Day - Tulips Easel Card

Here's a slightly different approach to the 'Easel Card'.

It works using a 'pully' mechanism.

Pull the tag and the card moves into position.

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There are free download sheets for the tulips,

leaves & sentiments tags at the end of this post.

I've used three of the larger tulips

from the 'Tulips' download sheet.

Printed onto the same lightweight card

as I used for  the matting and layering.
I attached them using 'Pinflair' dimensional glue,
love that stuff!

I've also used two large and one small leaf

from the 'Tulip Leaves' download sheet.

Printed onto green paper, cut out and texturised
in the same way as the flowers.

The sentiments on the front are stamped using 

Hero Arts 'Happiness Messages' clear stamps
and VersaFine 'Onyx Black' ink pad

'Happy mothers day' is the small, large boarder 'heart tag'

from download sheet 'Mothers Day Sentiments Tags'

Printed onto yellow card.

I layered two pieces of the same card underneath

the heart so it's slightly raised. It doesn't need anything

as thick as dimensional foam pads.

When the tassel is pulled it reveals a large tag -

a perfect spot for writing your message.

I like the fact that it has a 'secret message' feel to it.

Here's a tutorial for the flowers:

Tulip Tutorial

 1) Print the 'Tulips' sheet onto coloured card

and cut out three petals per flower.

a) The outside edges of the petals have more shape

b) the inside edges have a smooth curvature.

2) Work embossed texture lines down each petal

using a medium to fine embossing tool.

I use my embossing mat from my 'Wizard' as a work surface

(Don't worry about making your embossed lines neat & tidy).

 3) Lightly run an ink pad over the petals.

this will pick up your embossing.

You can sponge to soften the ink edges.

a) For the centre petal you only need to ink the tip.

4) Flick the edges of the petals up

as shown in the image above - this defines the inner

edges & gives the flower subtle dimension.

5) Glue the front two petals together.

a) Imagine you have pinned them at this point so... 

b) you can pivot the petals to decide how wide

c) or narrow you would like your flower.

6) Glue the third (centre) petal to the back

lining up the base so it doesn't show at the front.

7) Add 'dew drop' highlights using 'Glossy Accents'

or similar.

I found it's better to put the nozzle onto the card,

squeeze a small amount & flick off. This makes more

of a dew drop shape and less of a dot.

You can see the 'dot effect' in my previous post - last image.

It's less believable but we learn from our mistakes!

Download Sheets:

Download Sheet One - 'Tulips'

click on image & open fully before saving

Download Sheet Two - 'Tulip leaves'

click on image & open fully before saving

Download Sheet Three -

'Mothers Day Sentiments Tags'

click on image & open fully before saving

Coming next - 'Tag' Easel Card Tutorial.

Thank you for taking the time to visit, it's always appreciated.

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