You put such amazing thought and care into everything you create. That you pick up on and remember a person's likes and then add those details to your stunning creations highlights what a considerate, caring and thoughtful person you are. You have a huge heart to match your huge talent! Lucky, is anyone who has you as a swap partner. This altered box is outstanding!
Inside and out, this is stunning!!!! I love your interior trims and paper, but that top!!!!! with all of the lovingly planned and placed details is so, so awesome!!!!!
Oh my word, this is absolutely dreamy, so creative! Fav for me! I love the old rose colors, the bits and bobs, frames, trinkets, glass viles rolled papers and that fantastic butterfly too. They all work together to create a fabulous design! The Gerber steals the show, its amazing!
Oh Pam, this is absolutely stunning!!! Love everything you did here. I'm sure Rob, is absolutely delighted in this gorgeous creation. I love everything!!!!
I made this project for Rob for Laura's altered cigar box swap. I know that Rob likes nature journals so I made that the theme for the box and also made a hand stitched journal that fits perfectly inside the box. The paper is Spring Botanic by Stamperia. I also used some images that I took from upcycled book pages and aa vintage Audubon bird card.
The top of the box has embellishments that reflect both nature and art. The vials are very old china paints. I left them with the paint included. I had planned to glue the corks in place but I couldn't get them out. I worried every time I flipped the lid open, but after handling the box quite a bit the vials held up just fine. I chose the paint colors to coordinate with the,papers. I made the gerbera daisy with a spellbinders die set. This is a fussy flower to make because the petals are cut out separately, but I really love a gerbera daisy with striped petals. I made the large old paper butterfly with a Tim Holtz bigZ die. The body is made from an old watch part vial. The beautiful foiled paper was packaging for old watch parts. The glass cabachons are vintage from my favorite jewelry wholesale warehouse. The paper scrolls and stacked papers are old book pages with a gold embossed piece on top. I had planned to use more handmade flowers but I wound up pulling more embellishments than I needed. The beautiful pink damsel flies are from Renea Bouquets.
I am posting some pics of the journal here but I will also do a separate posting with some details about how I made it.
Thanks so much for taking a look and for your comments. I appreciate your feedback.
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