I decided to alter a paper mache box that I have had in my stash for a while and use one of the soon to be released Paper Pretties stamps sets: Warm Winter Wishes. I thought this little box would be perfect to hold a bunch of different hot chocolate mixes. I must by psychic because I made this project a few days ago when it was much warmer outside but now there is a definite chill to the air. Definitely perfect weather for some hot cocoa like the kind I put in this box. Hmmm... wonder if anyone would notice if one of the mixes went missing?! Hee hee!
A few quick details: I colored the image with Copic markers and then trimmed with paper snips. Next I coated the whole image with VersaMark and then heat embossed with Crystal Clear embossing powder. For the main background I cut a square of brown felt to the same sized as the base piece of designer paper. I took a pair of pinking shears I have for cutting fabric and pinked the very edges of the felt. This way the designer paper below would peek through. I machine stitched the edges with white thread and added some jumbo brads to each corner! I did the same for the layer immediately beneat the main image. To finish I cut a sentiment and used a small corner rounded on the edges to round them. The sentiment is from another of the stamp sets releaseing on October 1st!
Registered: May 15, 2005 Location: Arlington, Washington Posts: 30400
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 @ 8:02 PM
love love lovin this! fantastic coloring, love the look of embossing the whole piece... darling little box... someone will be very happy to recieve this special gift!! tfs..
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Judy
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