Mon Amie

Is it time for another WMS Blog Party already? Has it been a month since the last party?! Kinda scary how fast time flies but there you have it! Might as well hop on and enjoy the ride. The July Blog Party is about "The Great Outdoors" and this month we've spent a lot of time outdoors, most ambling about aimlessly but occasionally we've done some purposeful prowling. For my project I'm drawing on the many happy moments spent gallivanting at garden centres, hoping, dreaming, wishing my horticultural aspirations would someday allow me to boast a floral yard, instead of conjuring up fancy names for pretty weeds. Oh well, that day may well come but until then I'll stick to what I can do. And for now I've made this box, adorned with flowers I wish were real and from my garden. It's loosely based on a box I made for my MIL'S birthday gift.

That teeny tiny bit of patterned paper is from NitWit Spring Collection.  This flip-top lid box measures 3"x3"x1.5".

The pale green pearlescent base layer of the lid and the patterned paper are cut out with Spellbinders labels 16 die.  The sentiment is from WMS Fancy Phrases. In keeping with the floral paper, I added paper flowers ... mulberry paper roses, to be precise. Stitching and some pearls complete the delicate look I was after. 

Here are some vertigo inducing, neck breaking views of the box.

In these 2 photos you can see the flip-top lid in action.

Here's the view from the back when the lid is flipped over in full. For the sides of the box I embossed strips of the pale green pearlescent CS with Cuttlebug's Swiss Dots folder, wrapped around with some sheer dusky pink ribbon and tied a bow in front.  

Here's a closer look at the sentiment  (love that elegant script). I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black, sprinkled some Snowflake EP  and zapped it with the heat tool. I was after a subtle shimmer without being too glitzy. Of course, there's stitching ... my life would suck without stitching. Try singing that, Kelly Clarkson! ;-) 

Since I'm all for having a good time, you'll catch my box partying all night long at Alota Rubber Stamping #87 "Box It Up",  Scrap It Girl "Good Things Come in Small Package" and Cupcake 201 "Le Tour de France.

I've enjoyed making this box. Could this lead to a new obsession? Possibly. Very likely. I'll keep y'all posted. In the meantime, thanks for dropping by and have grand Wednesday.

Beijinhos!




Blogged to:
Cheese on toast, coffee and