Halloween Treats in a Pillow Box

Hello CottageCutz friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Saturday edition of the Blog.

It's new release time!!! We have new dies in the online store. Our Christmas Part 2 release with 36 new designs is available and ready for shipment. There are 3 different bundles available. The individual dies are on sale for 30% off.  It's only for a limited time so don't delay.  You are going to love all the whimsical designs that are available in this release. There is something for everyone.

And we still have the Halloween release with 22 new designs. They are on a 30% off sale as well. So many fun and spooky designs that are perfect for your Halloween card-making, Scrapbooking or making treat boxes. The CottageCutz dies are so versatile, and the DT has been showing samples of all these different ways of crafting. 

Today I am featuring a Halloween pillow box. A friend asked if I could make a treat holder to send into her son's 2nd grade class for a Halloween party. I used an older die -the Pillow Box Plus to create the treat holder. It's retired and available at 72% off retail. It could be used for so many occasions not just Halloween. 

Design Steps:

I started by cutting the pillow box. I used various Halloween themed designer paper from my stash. The die cuts in one piece with the fold lines scored for you. You simply fold, tape and the box is done and ready for decorating. I used Scor-tape to make sure the box stays together after adding the treat. 

On this photo I turned the designer paper over so you can see the fold lines the die creates. 

This photo shows where I applied the Scor-tape to secure the box. I only taped one of the flaps so my friend can fill these with the treats.

Next, I cut images from the Potions Bottles in cardstock for my first box. I thought these bottles would definitely appeal to the boys in the class. I found some cork paper in my class and used that for the bottle corks. 

I stamped several different sentiments. This one is on a label that is part of the Pillow Box die. Some of the sentiments I stamped on labels that were part of a Halloween collection kit from my stash.  

Now I am ready for the assembly of the boxes. This is the first box design. I used one of the potions bottles, bat designer paper and a stamped trick or treat phrase. 

This is the 2nd box design. For this one I used the Cute Ghosts die and the Stitched Alphabet die. 

The 3rd design is using the Potions Bottles and a sentiment stamped on one of the labels from my stash. 

The 4th design is using the Web & Halloween Wreath dies. I just used the spider and bats from this die. 

Well, that's it for me for this post. I hope I have given you some ideas for ways to use these new Halloween dies. There is still time to order and receive these dies to make your projects for Halloween.

See you next Saturday when it will be back to Christmas.

Dies I used to create projects: