Altered Matchbox-Halloween

 Happy Halloween!

Just a super quick post to show you an altered matchbox that I made for a swap hosted by JoAnne of Vintage Dragonfly.

All of the papers used for the project are from the Creating with Vintage Halloween CD4 from Crafty Secrets.  The faux cabinet card on the lid is an image from Paper Whimsy.

I used scrabble tiles for feet on the bottom of the box.  The matchbox is the 300 count size box.

Halloween Matchbox Swap

I joined my first matchbox swap hosted by the lovely queen of swaps Vintage Dragonfly.  Here are the cool things sent to me from Michele aka askaboutantiques.

Caution: Lots of pictures ahead!

 She transformed the lowly matchbox into a really cute haunted mansion.

 The bottom pulls out to reveal a stash of goodies.

 She cleverly labeled each treasure with a letter that when put together spells out the word Halloween.

 In addition to the goodies in the matchbox she included an accordion book, some earrings and a fun witch's broom.

 And this spooky little banner.

 One (out of many) things that I love is this personalized label for me to use on a bottle for my apothecary. Cool isn't it?  

Thanks, Michele. I love each and every piece of Halloween fun.

This is what I sent Michele.  

 In case you missed this in an earlier post, this is the matchbox that I altered.

 Inside the matchbox  I put these goodies.

 Everything ready to be boxed and sent.

Inside the sheer Halloween bag in the picture above was a Kumihimo bracelet that I made out of leather and silky ribbons. Inside the stamped muslin bag was the witchy picture seen in a previous post. The other item is a book of witchy pictures and fun Halloween images.

If you stuck it through to the end of this post....thank you and join a swap...they're fun!

Halloween Altered Matchbox

I had so much fun making this altered matchbox for a swap hosted by JoAnne of  Vintage Dragonfly. 

 I used a large (300 count) matchbox for my base and covered it with black cardstock and papers from the Crafty Secrets new CD - Creating With Vintage Halloween CD#4.

 I used TH hitch fasteners for feet and a magnetic fastener for ease in opening and closing the box.

 Here you can see 3 of the 4 papers that I used to cover the box.

 The 4th paper is the music sheet with a beautiful scalloped lace border.

 On the top I arranged sheer black ribbon (heat distressed), vintage tinsel trim, orange paper flowers, tiny black roses and a few pumpkin embellishments.

Hope my swap partner likes it! I may have to make another just for me!!

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