I have been watching a lot of YouTube lately of very talented ladies making altered boxes. I thought to myself, shoot I can do that! Low and behold, that is what I did. My daughter, Danielle, has a thing for birds and butterflies. I thought, what a neat idea, surprise her with one of these altered keepsake boxes. I went off to Michaels and picked up a couple they were only $4.99, so why not.
I had recently purchased the Graphic 45 Botanical Tea, it has absolutely stunning papers and would be beautiful on this box for her. I started off by painting the wooden box with Americana Enamel paint in Light Buttermilk, then taking one of the papers from the Botanical tea collection, I used the blue stripe for all for of the sides, distressing them and inking them with Tim Holtz Distress ink in Vintage Photo. On the top, I used a piece of chocolate brown cardstock layering the blue bird paper from the collection, distressing all the edges and tearing the top corner so I could add a piece of the brown paper and a paper doily, inking them as well. I used some crystal swirls I just had in my stash on the top corner on both sides of the flower sprays I created. For the flower sprays, I used all I am Roses that I sprayed with Lindy Stamp Gang Sprays in Nantucket Pearls (I have to say it is my favorite color pallet right now). I punched several butterflies out with my Martha Stewart Butterfly punch, putting an ice blue gem in the center of each butterfly.
Inside the box, I did the same with other papers from the collection, adding more flowers from I am roses sprayed with the Lindy's sprays. There are a couple of stick pins I just made with beads I already had in my stash. I added a few embellishments with some of Prima metal bird cage and Graphic 45 staples just as accents.
I hope everyone likes my first attempt at an altered box. I will be listing this box in my Zibbet's store. I have plenty of this paper to make more boxes.
Love and Laughter,
I had recently purchased the Graphic 45 Botanical Tea, it has absolutely stunning papers and would be beautiful on this box for her. I started off by painting the wooden box with Americana Enamel paint in Light Buttermilk, then taking one of the papers from the Botanical tea collection, I used the blue stripe for all for of the sides, distressing them and inking them with Tim Holtz Distress ink in Vintage Photo. On the top, I used a piece of chocolate brown cardstock layering the blue bird paper from the collection, distressing all the edges and tearing the top corner so I could add a piece of the brown paper and a paper doily, inking them as well. I used some crystal swirls I just had in my stash on the top corner on both sides of the flower sprays I created. For the flower sprays, I used all I am Roses that I sprayed with Lindy Stamp Gang Sprays in Nantucket Pearls (I have to say it is my favorite color pallet right now). I punched several butterflies out with my Martha Stewart Butterfly punch, putting an ice blue gem in the center of each butterfly.
Inside the box, I did the same with other papers from the collection, adding more flowers from I am roses sprayed with the Lindy's sprays. There are a couple of stick pins I just made with beads I already had in my stash. I added a few embellishments with some of Prima metal bird cage and Graphic 45 staples just as accents.
I hope everyone likes my first attempt at an altered box. I will be listing this box in my Zibbet's store. I have plenty of this paper to make more boxes.
Love and Laughter,
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