A Little Altered Box

Happy Hellos Everyone:

I hope your Friday has kicked-off on a  footing. There's a saying that goes something like '...what  a difference a day makes.' Well, if a day can have such an impact, imagine what seven days can do. This time last week, I was mentally preparing to attend the Unselds' School Wildcat Fall Festival. Just so you know every thing went well. Then so much occurred in between. Once I learned my office would be closed on Monday, I went into craft mode. In my mind, that meant I was able to stay up later than usually to craft the night away--and I did. I managed to create a few neat little projects before Super Sandy began to really rein havoc on the East Coast.

Now on to today's creation. I hope I am not boring you with my altered cigar boxes. I am a card maker at heart. However, I am in the process of preparing for a few winter craft festivals and one of the many projects I plan to bring along with me are my altered cigar boxes. Besides, it always nice to know what you think of them before I wrap them up to transport.

I absolutely fell in love with this little box. Let me just say, when I originally began creating this box it was design to use as a tea box. However, you can see the recipient can use this petite box for whatever suites his or her needs. Take a look and tell me what you would use it for. I would love to know.

As I have mentioned in previous post, simplicity in an altered box is my

preference.  However, there's nothing simplistic about this DP from S.E.I. 

I love it! I don't know about you, but I think pattern paper has such a vintage feel.

 

I did something different with this box. I covered the entire box with

 one pattern and I am so glad I did. I love how it turned out. Of course

 you recognize the foundations by Tim.

I found this may be a wonderful surprise for the recipient. I love how that

burst of bright orange just leaps out of the tiny little box. Don't you? 

I used some Graphic 45 paper to cut out stamps. I covered the smaller stamps

 with Ranger Inc. Glossy Accents, just to give it a little pop on the orange velvet DP. 

 

I added a flower bud from the Recollections collections; a little bling; a crown

 and some ribbon to accent the lid. I used one of theGraphic 45 stamp from

 the stamp sheet and Tim's clear tag to create my own embellishment. Finally,

 I used my favorite ribbon treatment to finish my altered box.

 

As always, thanks for visiting The Peddler's Gallery and come back real soon.