Halloween Invites

Happy Friday everyone!! Just a really quick post before we head off for our shopping trip.  Last week I worked on the kids Halloween invitations and I figured that I better get around to posting them. Can you believe that Halloween is just over a week away? Anyone else working on a Halloween party?

I started with these wooden boxes from Michaels.  They were on sale and came to around $10 for 6 of them.

I spray painted them black on both the inside and outside and then added some black glitter paint to the outside.  I added some vinyl to the front that I cut out on my Silhouette and a 3-D sticker that was left over from last year's Halloween projects.  If you don't have a Silhouette you could easily just add stickers or stencil on the front.

I used Scrapbook paper for the bottom of the coffin (from Echo Park) and added the invite information to the front of the coffin.  This was just created in a word processing document and I created a template to use so that it would fit in the box.  I inked all of my edges and "dirtied" up the paper a bit before gluing it onto some orange matting.  And, of course, I had to add a little baker's twine {my new favorite product!}

Once it was completed, I added some Halloween goodies because everything is just SO much better with chocolate!

Now to work on the actual party!!

I linked up with Itsy Bitsy Paper, Silhouette Blog, Lolly Jane, Crafty Scrappy Happy, Tidy Mom, 30 Handmade Days, Whipperberry, The Shabby Creek Cottage, Delightful Order, Southern Lovely, Tip Junkie, Today's Creative Blog, Under the Table and Dreaming, Craft-O-Maniac, The DIY Showoff, CRAFT, I Heart Naptime, Be Different Act Normal, Tatertots and Jello, The Letter 4 and Young and Crafty.