Wednesday, 5 January 2011

Christmas Gift Boxes

Col asked me just before we went away for Christmas if I would make a couple of little gift boxes as we were giving his Mum and Sister Pandora charms for their bracelets. The first one is a papier mache box which I painted with pink Viva Precious Metal Colour, and then added some bronze Viva Croco to the top. Whilst it was wet I 'stuck' a few tiny pieces of left over friendly plastic onto it and melted it in with the heat gun. I then made a grungepaper rose using Hels' Stitchels stamps from the Artistic Stamper, coloured with Distress Inks.




A side view to show the little pieces of Friendly Plastic
This one was a wooden magnetic clasp box and I painted it with a cheap shimmery blue/green paint and blasted it with the heat gun to make it blister, in the same way I did the notebooks recently. I added some Angelina fibres around the edge and some tiny blue beads. I then made a friendly plastic frame from my new Krafty Lady art mould, which I love. I added a Crafty Individuals Father Christmas image to the centre and filled it with Glossy Accents. I was quite surprised that my MIL and SIL liked the boxes as I thought they would just look at the gift inside, but they seemed to, which was nice. Although they don't do the same sort of crafting as we do, they are both very crafty and they take an interest in the things I make, which is lovely.

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10 comments:

  1. PetraB5 January 2011 at 13:20

    These two boxes are so precious.

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  2. Terry5 January 2011 at 17:34

    I am not surprised that they loved the boxes!!! Those are gorgeous boxes and the colors are so yummy. Love them both!

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  3. Anonymous5 January 2011 at 17:46

    Two gorgeous little boxes. xx

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  4. Sid5 January 2011 at 20:21

    Great boxes Lucy !

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  5. Netty5 January 2011 at 20:32

    Two really gorgeous boxes Lucy. Annette x

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  6. Anonymous6 January 2011 at 02:16

    So elegant, Lucy! Love them!

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  7. Lynne Moncrieff7 January 2011 at 14:32

    Beautiful little boxes Lucy. Lynne x

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  8. Anonymous8 January 2011 at 07:44

    They're both stunning Lucy! Such wonderful texture! xxx

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  9. Terry13 January 2011 at 01:42

    Thank you Lucy for the visit today! These are still as lovely as can be! Have a great evening!

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  10. Anonymous14 January 2011 at 16:16

    Stunning and creative boxes. I adore the vintage look.
    hugs June xxxx

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