box of delights

This months challenge over at fripperies and butterflies was to use the this absolutely gorgeous digital image, in your design

As soon as I saw it I thought chocolate bar.......or rather a lovely label for a gift box for a choccy bar!

 

(I'd just read the January issue of DoCrafts Creativity and there was a piece/recipe on how to make a small box suitable for chocolate bar sized gifts)

 

So I measured, scored and cut, stuck, coloured and glittered (didn't eat any chocolate, had a handful of peanuts & raisins).

 

 

Hot off the Press "Soft Nostalgia" turquoise & pink paper

doily

image

Papermania "Simply floral" paper & pastel ribbon

vintage buttons

cord from a necklace

butterfly

gold glitter 

Glam Gold pigment ink

 

Followed the instructions on constructing the box, (used thin card so it would be pliable) I then stuck the turquoise backing paper round it NB this would have been much easier if I'd stuck the backing paper to the sheet of card before I started!

Using the pigment ink I patted the pad round the edges and on top of the box, to give it an aged look.

I then cut a smaller pink backing paper up and stuck it to the top.

Had already resized and printed off the image, so I positioned half a doily underneath (coloured with pastel beige promarker to make it look more creamier) the image, then layered both onto the pink paper.

I fussy cut the roses out of the Simply Floral paper, in fact I cut two bits, its decoupaged but you can't see it in the photo., then I added a little gold glitter to the tops, just for a bit of shiny. Stuck those to the corner of the box, slightly hanging over the edge.

To balance the left side out I foraged in my BIG tin of vinatage buttons (this will be shown on a later post... my goodness its button heaven!). found 3 I liked, tied a bow using a piece of pink cord cut from a necklace I no longer wear... and I no longer speak to the 'friend' who gave it me  - karma. Stuck them on.

Used another pink butterfly (see earlier atc post) - these are actually cake toppers but I chopped the cocktail stick off, and stuck that to the other corner, because it looked empty.

 

Finally (phew - my fingers are aching) I punched a hole and added ribbon.

 

now it just needs the little gift (NOT chocolate) I bought for part of Pay It Forward 2014..... little late with that, and a quick note and I can then post it to a lovely lady I know. Hope she will like it.

 

entering into: fripperies and butterflies - use image

                      digitally sweet challenges - not a card or a layout