I know, I know, I AM LATE!!! I am always late these days....I hate that!!! I didn't have a ball for the spiders body so I had to run to Michael's to find something. I wanted a large black pom pom but couldn't find one big enough so I found a styrofoam ball which I painted. Anyway, the challenge details can be found HERE and here is my box ~
It's funny because when I look at the box in this picture, it looks kindof dumb!! LOL!!! Oh well, too late now!!! LOL!!! The box was made out of 5 of the 50 million 4x4 chipboard coasters I have been hoarding for years now!!! I covered 2 of them with THIS decorative paper from Imaginisce and the other 2 with just Basic Black cardstock that I ran through my Cuttlebug using my spiderweb embossing folder. The bottom coaster was covered in plain Basic Black cardstock. The way I adhere my paper or cardstock to the coasters is with a glue stick. It has worked great for me! Anyway, once the glue dried, I lightly sanded the edges and then punched the holes. After the holes were punched, I glued 1 side at a time to the base coaster using Elmer's glue. This took a little while because I had to let the glue dry. After I got all 4 sides glued on, I tied eggplant grosgrain in a knot on the bottom holes and black grosgrain knots on the top hole.
The spider body is a styrofoam ball that I painted with shiny black acrylic paint. I was going to add flock but the styrofoam added it's own texture so I didn't mess with it (I know, this is a shock!). I added the pom poms for the eyes and the googlie eyes on top of the pom poms (used Elmer's glue to adhere these). I used a pointed stick to make a hole through the styrofoam and then ran the black pipe cleaners through and then arranged them how I wanted them to be in order. To get the spider to "stand" I punched 1/8" holes (4 on each side) and then stuck the feet through and it held in place perfectly. BEFORE I put the spider on, I filled a medium sized cellophane bag with Halloween M&M's which I stamped with the spider trail stamp from Inka using Black Stazon ink. I then added some purple fill and was done.
Here is a different angle ~
It still looks dumb!!! LOL!!! You must admit, it IS different!!! LOL!!!
Have a great evening and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!!!
~Lynda
Just darling Lynda, worth waiting to see.
Posted by: Cindy | October 12, 2008 at 10:09 PM
Hahahahaha Lynda that's soooo cute! I'd love to get your little "Spidy" in my mail box!
Posted by: Betty aka ZacksNana | October 13, 2008 at 12:35 AM
Great job on your spider. tfs
Posted by: Bev James | October 13, 2008 at 09:26 AM
Lynda, this is adorable! Love the little spider and the box is awesome! Don't you just love an excuse to go and buy more stuff?
Posted by: Laura (scrapnextras) | October 13, 2008 at 03:09 PM
Are you kidding, girl?? This is adorable!
Posted by: Amy Sheffer | October 13, 2008 at 07:39 PM
This is adorable. What a cute idea. You did a great job on this. TFS
Posted by: Rhonda K. | October 13, 2008 at 07:43 PM
Lynda, This is FANTASTIC!!! :) LOVE the fun spider and what a darling box! You are such a clever and creative designer!!
If your spider box needs a good home, please keep me in mind! :)
Huggies, Jennifer :)
Posted by: Jennifer Meyer | October 13, 2008 at 08:52 PM
This little guy is so NOT dumb looking! Absolutely adorable! And I love the spider web on the box itself... so cute!
Posted by: Stephanie Lanzalotto | October 14, 2008 at 07:38 AM
very cool!
Posted by: Maria Levine | October 15, 2008 at 08:11 PM
You're hilarious! It does NOT look dumb! He just looks like he's guarding his stash!
Posted by: shel9999 | October 15, 2008 at 09:53 PM