Just a pretty little box

"Keep love in your heart. 

A life without it is like 

a sunless garden when the flowers are dead."

Oscar Wilde

I enjoy making boxes and  putting  little  RAK  items in them and  sending them off fro Happy  Mail and this is a great way to  use up  the  stash which makes me  happy too :) 

Most the products used are  from my stash,  but the  flowers are  new and available on our etsy store.  and the Flying Unicorn Adornments.

Adding Cheesecloth softens everything up and little trinkets between the  flower clusters adds dimension and  interest. 

Off to make a matching tag or card !

Pretty Packaging and Flying Unicorn November Kit

“Gifts of the heart can't be claimed by anyone except the 

giver.” 

― Nicholas Sparks, The Wedding

Sometimes its not only what is inside the package, but the package itself too that counts!  As mom always said its all about the presentation, and that is a lesson of life I have carried from the  kitchen, to  my home and  in my crafting.. if you are going to do it  .. make it  beautiful!

I used the November Kit of the Month to create this  box along with handmade roses and the leaf die -  maybe my  most  favorite  of all time too... yes I  have  lots of  #1's .. but  don't we all  - its a Cheery Lynn die- Flourish leaf Strip and the bird, a handmade resin piece

A box

"A box without hinges, key, or lid,

Yet golden treasure inside is hid." 

-- J.R.R. Tolkein, The Hobbit:There and Back Again

I am  running on the forums a Use your Stash Challenge - and  we  all need to use up what we bought once upon a time ago -  and a  little  box I  created  to store some  little  goodies that  I need to send  off to a  special  friend  using Hope Chest paper collection by Pink Paislee. The flowers are   from Flying Unicorn, the  frame is a handmade resin piece  and the  little bows  have been in my stash  I think forever!  I have  taken  something old and  made it new -  and you can too!  So come  join us this month as  you  use up  your stash! 

Trash to Treasure

"Art is making something out of nothing"

frank zappa

The child bought new headset that came in a little pull box - and as he was throwing out the  box - I had to stop him .. it was too cute and too perfect  - that it needed to be altered.  It is 4"x4" and a  perfect  size to hold some of the handmade resin pieces I  have  made and  need to gift . 

The frame is a handmade resin piece - painted using 13@rts paints

I used  Pion Paper - A Day in May Collection for the base with black paint from 13@rts and on top the antique gold rub n buff to color the edges and corners . Using the Prima Ingvlid Bolme distress tool I removed some of the gold  to to give it that  used shabby, vintage look. 

Lots of  diecuts from my stash and  handmade flowers that the edges were inked with Ingvlid's Bolme Chalk Inks- Pastel Brown. These inks regardless of the  color are  my most favorite  of any inks out there.   If you have some, put them  near your desk and use them ..  you too will fall in love .. If you do not - they are  inexpensive - last  for a really long time and are  truly perfect for masks, distressing, stamping etc.  

I also used  the ballerina dress from the  High Tea collection of the Flying Unicorn Adornments and used the  13@rts gold pearl paint and  heat set it ... using heat directly on it causes little bubbles and when cool to the  touch I press it  down adding a vintage distress look.  

PION PAPERS - A DAY IN MAY

RUB N BUFF - ANTIQUE GOLD

HIGH TEA - FUL ADORNMENTS

13@RTS PAINT - MATTE GREEN/ RASPBERRY/PINK/GOLD

DISTRESS TOOL 

CHALK INK -PASTEL BROWN

Postcards from Paris II

A  little sweet treat using the new paper collection by Webster's - Postcards from Paris II 
A folding card with a drawer to  add little goodies inside ...