Halloween Stepper Box - The Friday Mashup #273

This week at the Friday Mashup the challenge is to create a Halloween project using ribbon.  I had made this Stepper Box for one of my craft shows, and this 3D item is perfect for the challenge.
If you would like to make a Stepper Box, check out the photo tutorial on my Tutorial Blog

• The box frame was made using the Happy Haunting DSP, with the boxes and the lid made with Basic Black cardstock.
• Each of the 4 boxes and the lid had a piece of Tangello Tango ribbon adhered around it.
• On the outside of the box, covering one of the corners is a Spider web, which was quite easy to apply using the Fine Tipped Glue Pen.
• On the ribbon, I adhered a white plastic skull .
• Some Whisper White and Happy Haunting DSP was adhered to the top of the box, and then I built a Witch's hat.  Around the base of the hat I adhered small styrofoam balls covered in glack and orange glitter.  An orange glitter ball was attached to the tip of the hat.  Attached to the main part of the hat is a bat punched out of black glimmer paper.  Tiny pearls were used for the eyes.

• When the box is opened you see a tier of 4 smaller boxes (stepped from top to bottom).  Again, each box is surrounded with ribbon and instead of a white skull I adhered pumpkins..  I put a small plastic bag of Halloween embellishments in one of the boxes.
  In the background you can see several black glimmer bats, and a witch on a broom die cut from black paper. 
  
  
   
  The next picture shows the box opened with the lid sitting in front.
  
  
  
  
  
   It was a fun project to make and certainly made a lovely decor item on my craft table.
  
  
  Supplies Used:
  Papers: Happy Haunting DSP, Spider Web Doillies, Black glimmer paper,
  Accessories: Tangello Twist ribbon, small orange and black styrofoam balls (non SU), Halloween embellishments (non SU)

Halloween Stepper Box (aka Fantasy Box)

This box is easy to make and really has a wow factor when sold at a craft show or given as a gift.  I have made many of these boxes so I could probably make them in my sleep.  But for those of you who have never made one, and would like to, here is a link to a tutorial  
The tutorial indicates to cut the paper for the cover at 6 by 6".  That's too small.  Cut it at 7 by 7"

Last night I made a box for Christmas, and one for Halloween.  This is the box for Halloween.  The box is not only fun to make, but fun to decorate.

This is a close up of the decoration on the lid of the box.

The inside of the box reveals a tier of 4 decorated boxes.  The images were cut from the designer paper and adhered to the inside.  The sentiment on the front of the boxes is from a retired Halloween stamp set and so are the googly eyes.

Stamps: Fall Fest, Googly Ghouls (retired)
Inks: Tangerine Tango, Basic Black
Papers: Motley Monsters DSP, Whisper White, Tangerine Tango
Accessories: Fall Fest framelits, 3/4" circle punch, 1" circle punch, Scoring plate, Bitty Banners framelit, Googly eyes (retired), orange stampin glitter, glue gun.

Stepper Box - Challenge 199 LNS

This week's challenge is to make a gift for Christmas.  Since I already had this gift , a stepper box, made I decided to use it for this challenge.
I have sold a lot of these at my craft fairs this fall, so they are a very popular item.  Little girls (and grandmas) love these little box with the hidden boxes inside.

If you would like to make a Stepper box (sometimes called Fantasy Boxes), there is a great tutorial here

Here are the supplies I used:

• cardboard (from designer paper packs)
• designer paper (12 by 12") - I used retired
• coordinating card stock (Lucky Limeade)
• embellishment - calypso coral ribbon, Summer smooches brad
• glue stick
• double sided tape
• pencil, ruler, bone folder (all boxes are origami folded)

The lid was decorated using a ribbon rosette make using the new Jumbo sticky rounds.