Pretty in blue - wedding gift box

 Hallo,
   Just popping in for a bit before going to work tonight, sleep was short today between the comings and goings of the fam and the puppies (babysitting a friends dog for a few days) .
   I haven't been very good at posting regular lately - the end of the school year for my DS who is a Senior so a few events and stuff working up to Graduation and my DD is home for a short month before headed to Europe with ROTC for a month this summer.....my house is very cluttered and disorganized lately :)
    I did this box for a friend to give as a wedding present. I love it when I can do these to match the couples colors or theme :) - She even passed on the invitation to me and I put it on the inside of the lid.
   The main image is from 'A Day for Daisies' ( ADFD) and is colored with prismacolor pencils. I used Spellbinders dies to cut the image and the layer under it.  Check out  ADFD here - http://www.adayfordaisies.blogspot.com/
  Inside the box is a 5 by 8 inch memory book and a card - all matching :) The blue flowers is a ribbon that was originally white and I used inks to dye it to match - When I found this flower ribbon on sale I stocked up just so I would have plenty to use - I have rarely used it white :).
   All for today - my guest puppy's Mom should be here to pick him up soon - dogs are so wonderful - he was very happy to stay with us as he loves my dog but when I started gathering up his things to send home you should have seen how excited he got :) so cute :)!!!
   Have a great day!!!!
        Tera

Silver elegance wedding box and memory book

 Hallo,
   A cold and rainy Saturday here in NW Florida but that all makes  a great day to sleep which is what I did most of the day after work....
  I finished off this box yesterday morning - and love how it turned out, all silver and sparkly.
  That wonderful textured paper is from Paper Temptress (www.papertemptress.com) and the stamp is from Flourishes (www.flourishes.com)
   All for today - time to get ready for work - #2 of 3....
  Take Care
       Tera

Weddings and Family

Hallo,
   Well the current Tuesday challenge over at Flourishes is to chose a word or image that represents one of your  goals and to inspire you in the new year.
  Check out the challenge here - www.flourishes.org/blog/

  I chose this wedding image because weddings are  a time to get together with family and friends and since we live so far from most of our families that the few times we can all be together are even more special. One of my goals for the new year will be to make and send more cards for all occasions and for no reason whatsoever as a way of keeping in touch better, and to take any opportunity to treasure family moments (even more important with one of my kiddos away at college and number 2 will be off to college this year too).
  I did this wedding keepsake box for a friend to give to her daughter that is getting married. I love when I can make one of these box and book combos specially made to match their colors and style and loved how this one turned out!!!
  All the stamps are from Flourishes - the wedding couple embossed in white and the 'sunflowers' are from the gerber daisy set colored to look like sunflowers that the bride is using for her flowers. I fussy cut the flowers out and arranged them how I wanted them.
  I made the 6 by 6 memory book  to match and is ready for the wedding couple to just add their own pictures.
  Well now that I have warmed up a bit - got home from work just as the DH and my princess of a puppy were headed out for a walk - and the wind was very brisk and very COLD this morning!!! - It is time for me to head to bed to sleep....
   Have a great weekend everyone!!
        Tera

Fall Wedding box

 



  Hallo,
    Headed off to work soon so will show you this before I go - I made this wedding box and memory book for a coworker. She and her significant other wanted a fall wedding and their colors are maroon
 and gray with accents in orange and gold.
  I love to alter boxes and have a big stash of wooden cigar boxes and can usually find a cool chipboard book to fit inside.
  Lots of details and layers here and I almost think I may have overdid it a bit....still not sure but I like how it turned out!!
  For the top I started with a silvery gray and stamped and embossed the swirls on it with a background stamp from Flourishes in an antique copper colored powder. The corners are almost the same color as the powder and I have 'feet' (old drawer pulls) that are the same color too.
  Next is several layers of ribbon - the maroon mesh, 2 layers of gray and then a layer of pearls.
  The main image is a Northwoods stamp embossed in gold onto the gray paper and layered to a Spellbinders die in red.
  Then I accented with some paper flowers and leaves and a tiny charm that says 'To love and cherish'

 The 4th picture shows the inside of the box with part of their invitation showing behind the memory book.
  I used pretty fall papers with matching red/gray and orange for the memory book.
  I used scraps of the papers from the box and book to die cut a pile of leaves and used a few to decorate both the box and memory book and saved the rest - I plan to take the box/book to work the next couple days and have all our coworkers sign a little note on a leaf and then will put all the leaves into the card for them - I saw that idea somewhere only it was done with hearts instead for a Valentines wedding and I thought the leaves would work very well too!!!
   All for me today - off to work I go....
          Take Care
                Tera

Wedding gift box

Hallo,
  Well I seem to have slept off most of my headache and am feeling better this am - good thing because puppy is rowdy this morning waiting for her walk....
   I have had this gift box done for awhile and haven't shown it here yet, but it fits perfectly with this weeks Tuesday challenge over at Flourishes - which is to use a silouette image in you project. Check out the challenge here - www.flourishes.org/blog/
   I used Flourishes wedding set and made a keepsake box with a memory book inside and a card to match - it makes a great gift. I used pretty papers in gold, cream, white and black and added the wedding couple to the lid of the box and the front cover of the memory book.

I covered the inside bottom of the box with white felt and used a couple different ribbons - one with gold and cream and a white one with little pearl beads.
  I have this one up on the Etsy shop.
I love to make these when I can customize to the wedding couples colors and the one I did for my Niece I added their wedding announcement to the inside of the lid.
  The box I used for this is a cigar box but I have used wood boxes from JoAnn's/Mike's/AC Moore &/or Hobby  Lobby.....
  The memory book is a chipboard book from Tim Holtz that I covered with matching papers.
    All for today - going to try and get a few things done today that I didn't yesterday and then will get me another nap after lunch as I work tonight.
   Have a great day!!!!
       Tera

Wedding Memories

Hallo,
  Just a quick post from Nebraska-land tonight - my DD and I flew here this am to spend some time with family and a family wedding this weekend.
  I have a couple extra projects made up with hopes that they would fit in with a least one or 2 of the release week challenges over at Flourishes.
  Todays noontime challenge was for texture I was happy to discover as this box and memory book set has a bunch of texture!!!
  I used one of the wedding couples from a Flourishes stamp set and embossed it with black. The base paper is a shimmery cream paper that I ran through a texture folder. The black and cream paper is also felted - yum.
  I altered a cigar box to hold the memory book  - both made with matching papers. On the fastener I attatched a small charm that says - 'To love and cherish' . I also used the invitation for my Nieces wedding inside the lid of the box(yes this is part of their wedding gift :).
  I also made a matching card. You can check out this challenge here - www.flourishes.org/blog/
   All for tonight - we have another busy day tomorrow with a tour of the college in Lincoln and the rehersal dinner tomorrow night.
   Take Care
        Tera