31 Spook Street

Spooky season is here! Let's visit one of the houses on Spook Street, number 31. I love the new Houses and Tombstones set from Alpha Stamps; they inspired me to make this tin. The houses are perfect for a scary facade on an Altoid's sized tin, especially if you add in some Tiny Scalloped Shingles and the Mini Window for Haunted Houses (for this project, I trimmed the six pane windows down to 4 panes). I cut a door out of the "Signage & Doors for Tin Covers" collage sheet, and used some foam tape raise it up a bit from the house. The stones on the house are made from a cardboard egg carton, painted and cut up, then glued down individually onto the house facade. A full tutorial for this technique can be found here. 

 

 

It's obvious that the spooky family in this house has been getting ready for Halloween: they have carved some jack o'lanterns, and invited a little rat friend to come visit. A skeleton waves from the roofline, and a bat has fluttered by to check out the fun. Inside, a friendly ghost announces a fun spook party, and you're invited! Hooray for Halloween!

Let's trick or treat! While the ghost on the left is glued to the top of the inside of the tin and is flat, the elements on the right are layered with different heights of foam tape, giving lots of dimension, which unfortunately does not show well in photographs. 

When I went to attach the facade to the front of the tin, I had to have the tin lean a little in order for it to stand up on its own. From the side, it looks like this:

 

I hope you enjoy this spooky little tin. New to altering tins? Here's a tutorial on how I do mine. Happy Halloween! For a complete list of supplies, click here!