Card and a Box Set | Sizzix Post

Hi friends !!

It's mid-August already !!! Where is this month heading so fast ?!

It's Tuesday and I'm back with a new post at sizzix.co.uk blog. Today. I shared a card and altered a pillow box with the help of the following  :- 

Sizzix Big Shot Express Only (White and gray)(660850)

Sizzix Thinlits die set 2 pk- Free Bird by Prima(661242)

Sizzix Thinlits die- Loyal Cherish by Pete Hughes(661065)

Sizzix Thinlits Die set 7 PK - Hello Doily by Lori Whitlock(661096)

Sharing a sneak peek here :-

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Would love to know how you liked my today's post. :)

Also, I'm so happy to see so many of my blogger friends and crafters  participate in my Blog Celebrations.  Uptil now, three events have been announced, if you missed seeing any of these, click on the respective links below:-

1. Blog Giveaway (Open uptil 31st August)

2. Blog Challenge- Friendship Card Making Challenge(Open Uptil 31st August)

3. Contest - Scrambled (Closed)

Event 4 coming soon. ;) I'm sure you'd enjoy this a lot.

Make-over Magic

Heyy Everyone,
Hope you all are doing great. This time, I pushed myself to try something new and came up with an idea of altering a box.

CAUTION: PICTURE HEAVY POST.

Pictures are as follows:

I think this picture is self-explanatory:--

....following are the steps to explain the make-over process.

 

1. Applied a layer of homemade gesso over the box.(Sorry, forgot to take that picture)

2. Stuck black paper all over

3. Stamped the BG stamp from prima londonerry collection using Versamark ink and heat embossed it using Lindy's mistletoe EP( Since I don't have a heating tool, I used a sandwich maker to heat it, and it worked just fine)

4. Inked the edges using Memento dew drop inks(angel pink, lulu lavender) and stuck the card stock pieces over the black base.

5. Decorated it ( phew!!! it took me over 10 days to finish decorating it....but no worries, atleast I managed a decent attempt at something that's not my style ..lol)

All the roses are handmade and inked using memento dew drop inks. The silver embellishment that you see in the top left corner is from one of my broken hairclips. Stamped the Tilda on a cardstock and coloured using watercolours. Have stuck some slver glitter along the edges.

The white lace is from my stash and I have stitched to to give a ruffled look before sticking it along the ttree sides of the box. Stuck some pearls over the lace.

Made a flap for easy opening of the box by using the border punch and patterned paper from DCWV stack.

Punched a couple of butterflies and covered them up completely using powdered glitter. Stuck them  over the front facing panel.( Thanks to this powdered glitter, my home is SPARKLING now :P)

On opening

On the inside

Finally added a 'Best Wishes' stamped tag. Now the box is ready to be filled with homemade chocolates and that would make a fantastic gift for a loved one, isn't it? :)

How do you like my attempt at this style? Thanks so much for stopping by. 

Linking it to:

Lulupu 2nd Birthday Special --3rd Category-Altered box

L-Lace, Lindy's Embossing Powder

C-Card stock

P-Patterned Papers, pearls,punches

T-Tilda, Tag

CCC-Glam with glitter( Used powdered glitter over punched butterflies and along the edges of the stamped image)

Altered Eclectics-March challenge