A Box of Zinnias

Hello!  One of the challenges at Creative Confetti this month is All Boxed Up-put your image in a boxed shape/layout for graphic punch.  So what I did was to put an image of Zinnias in a box that I created with Patterned Paper. On white cardstock, I stamped the Zinnias from an older set designed by Marcella Hawley and colored with Copics.  Then I added my box that I designed from patterned paper and stamped the sentiment from the same set.  Finished with a card base of another patterned paper with glitter that coordinated with the box. 

Challenges:

Creative Confetti Challenge: Always boxed up.
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Always about using patterned paper. 

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Cards and Card Box for Mother

Box Made for Cards

Box Opened with Cards Inside

Today, I am showing a Christmas project that I made as a gift for my Mother... a box of Christmas cards using a box that I recycled that contained a gift of nuts. The inside of the box folds out revealing the space I used  for the cards, stamps, and address labels. Since my Mother is a quilter, I designed the top like a quilt square piecing squares of paper that were embossed for texture. Used die cuts and brad in center. Added DP to sides.

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly: Anything goes with option to make a gift for Christmas
Scrap Creations: Anything but a Card
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: Theme is Christmas
PaperPlay Challenges: Christmas is Coming.
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday:  Create  An Altered Christmas- All you need to do is create anything that isn’t a card for Christmas. Did a box of Cards.

Supplies for box:
Recycled Box
Papers: Green, Yellow, and White CS, Authentique DP, Red Foil Paper
Cuttlebug Assorted Embossing Folders
Cheery Lynn Build a Flower Die
Brads

Cards Inside: Made with a photo of a Quilted Wall Hanging that my Mother made. I printed cards on GKD white CS using Photoshop and embellished  the front with gemstones, tiny ribbon bows and dry embossing with Cuttlebug Wicker Weave EF's.  Took a while to tie 35 bows.





Close up of Card

Inside of Card

Thanks for coming by. Theresa

Another Christmas Mini Box

Hello...back for a second post. I had so much fun making a mini pizza box using Selma's directions found here that I had to make another one. This one is also made with BasicGrey Figgy Pudding papers for the box and band. I made the ornament with a Cuttlebug Die and Embossing Folder "For You" from Cranberry Tart and Green CS. Cut some branches from Gold Metallic CS with Sizzix "Branch" Die and attached to back of ornament. Finished with some Gems and Gold Metallic Ribbon Bow.
I know I will be making more of these neat boxes.

Challenges;

Joan's Gardens: Use Selma's new technique for creating a box, use a band around the box, use Christmas Paper (Graphic 45 if possible), decorate the pull off band. Did have any 12x12 paper from Graphics 45.

Wee Memories: Challenge is handmade gifts, tags, and boxes.

BasicGrey Challenge: Anything Goes. Used paper from Figgy Pudding.

Thanks for dropping by.
Theresa

Gift Box for Christmas

I had fun making this mini pizza box for Joan's Garden challenge. I just love this box that Selma showed us how to make in a tutorial  last week. Thanks for sharing this with us, Selma.  Check it out at Selma's Stamping Corner here. I made this box using Basic Grey Christmas paper from Figgy Pudding.  I stamped a GKD Poinsettia stamp from "A Year of Flowers"  twice with Versamark and embossed with Gold EP. I cut out the 2 flowers, shaped a bit and stacked with pop up dots. The band was made with a strip of GKD Cranberry Tart layered with a strip of the same paper as the box but reverse side. A Flourish cut with Cheery Lyn Die Fanciful Flourish  was layered on the band . The Poinsettia enhanced with pearls on the cyathium was placed on top. This box will qualify for several challenges.

Challenges:
Joan's Garden: Challenge is use Selma's new technique for creating a box, use a band around the box, use Christmas Paper (Graphic 45 if possible),and  decorate the pull off band. I did not have Graphics 45 paper but mine is Christmas.

Craft Your Passion:  Challenge is Bingo. I used the top row - Flowers, Pearls, Use a Punch.

Papertake Weekly:  Anything goes plus a bit of bling. Used pearls as bling.

Bearly Mine: Anything but a card.

Cooking It Up With Katie: Ingredients are: A-Anything, B-But, C-a Card. All together the challenge is Anything but a card.

Crazy 4 Challenge: Theme is wrap it up!

BasicGrey Challenge: Anything Goes.

Thanks for stopping by. I love to read your comments. Theresa

First Birthday Card of the New Year

Welcome to my first birthday card post of 2011. I made this card and matching box using some new stamps that I received for Christmas. The new stamps are Heartfelt Creations HCPC2262 Grandiflora Rose and HCPC3319 Stems. For the card,  I stamped 3 roses of varying sizes using Versamark on GKD Lipstick Red CS and heat embossed with Clear EP. I cut these out with Nesties Blossom Dies that I have had for awhile but never used. I shaped the flowers and layered together using scor-tape. Added some glitter around the petals using Sakura Glitter pen. I stamped the leaves on green CS scraps also using Versamark and Clear EP. Cut these out and attached to the rose. I stamped the Birthday sentiment from GKD Fanciful Tags by Nina using Memento Rhubarb Stalk and SU Handsome Hunter inks. Cut this out with Spellbinder Fancy Tags but trimmed off the fancy ends. Assembled the card following Annabelle Sketch Challenge ABSC033 for January. Used GKD PL Ivory and Lipstick Red CS and Basic Grey Jovial Patterned paper for layers. Attached the rose and sentiment and finished with Green Rhinestone Bling. Love how this came together...can you tell the patterned paper was really designed as a Christmas paper?  But love how the colors look together.
I created the box from white and beige CS and made the rose same as one on the card.

Challenges:

Annabelle Stamps Blog: Sketch Challenge

Stamp Something: Something with glitter...edges of roses are glittered.

Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge: Use something new....Stamps are new from HFC.

Simon Says Stamp and Show: Show your newest stamps. New are the HFC stamps.
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge: Make celebration card and matching 3D gift.
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge: Use flowers

This card is for my SIL who celebrates her birthday January 8.
Thanks for stopping by! Theresa

Challenge at TMITA

Olga  brings us this week's challenge at There's Magic in the Air.  She wants us to use any PAPER CUPCAKES image and showcase it using on a box or container of some type. I have so many day lilies in bloom in the garden that I decided I would use this Lily image for the top of a simple box I made with 2 pages of CS and my scor-pal. Colored the printed  image with pencils and OMS and added some glitter to the stamens. Matted on a scrap of green paper and attached to the box. Good size for a gift or maybe to hold copies of  printed TMITA Images that I keep handy on my work station.

That was an easy peasy challenge, Olga.

Sorry to see Olga leave the team at TMITA.
Theresa