I have had a set of nesting boxes in my stash for awhile, so I decided to alter the largest box, but what could I turn it into. One of my favourite kits from Sarah is the the Expedition kit. As with all of Sarah's kit it is packed full with hand drawn papers and embellishments. In fact the kit gives you 12 12x12 resizable papers, 88 hand drawn embellishments, 2 x printable embellishment sheets and an alphabet. Some of the hand drawn images are of vintage modes of transport. From vintage hot air balloons to tallships. So I decided to create a keepsake box for holiday memorabilia.
I used CraftArtist to print out a selection of the lovely papers and embellishment. I couldn't decide on which of the papers to use to cover the box, so I decided to use torn pieces of all the papers in a collage. I used A'color Allround Medium to glue the piece onto the box and seal them, with a gloss finish. Now the fun part embellishing the box, I printed out two more papers from the kit and used bitty blossom dies, from Spellbinders to cut the flowers and leaves. I also used a set of spellbinder flourish dies to cut the flourishes from the same papers. I fussy cut all the embellishments out, some of them words. I chose to use the binocular embellishments and the words See and Do to decorate the lid. I glazed the lenses of the binocular, with a 3D glaze. I then used the embellishments both images and words to embellish the sides of the box. I then used some self adhesive material to line it.
There we have it my Anything but a card project, My travel memory keeper.
Thanks you for visiting me on this part of the blog hop. I hope you like my interpretation of the challenge theme. The next stop on the blog hop is the lovely Lydia and you can hop over here . Again thank you for stopping by, and enjoy the rest of the hop.
Ian xx
23 comments:
This is great Ian, you've been very creative x
These are fab Ian - love them! Jxx
Lovely box Ian
:)
great idea Ian love the papers and embellishments hugs txx
A fabulous project using a nested box
Hello Ian, what fabulous boxes and such imaginitive work, love it, kate x
Fabulous box Ian and I love the great background and the lid looks fabulous.
Hugs
Linda xxx
Fabulous box Ian, Love the images you have used.. Brilliant work... Hugs May x x x
Een prachtige creatie
groetjes Janie
oh some fabulous boxes, well done, love the style, xx
Great idea Ian
P x
What a fantastic Box Ian!! Love the theme you have used and the colours are fab !! Hugs Caroline xx
Congratulations on your Altered Art it's something I would like to spend a little time on and also on your 1st Blog Hop have fun, the boxes look great I do like the roses and flourishes best. Janet T
what a super memorabilia box Ian. Fabulous idea. Thank you
lovely Ian! x
Very nice creation, and an useful project as well.
This is lovely Ian.
C xx
Great idea!
Lisa Grace xx
Ab fabby xx
Ow this is gorjuss xxx
Brilliant, creative work. Hugs, Jen :-) x
Krafty Keepsakes
Great project, thanks for the post information. I love your easel below as well. Hopping from the all crafts challenge. Lisa
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