A little box with a surprise in it...

Well today has been a very interesting day to say the least... I have truly had a very very enjoyable day in so many ways...  but the best of all is that I have had fun playing in the studio... with friends, students and best of all ME...  A little of all is so very much fun...  and I had the best of all worlds. 

So I did get a lot of things made... 

But am going to show you what I created with a little found box... 

This is the finished box...  but of course it has a story behind it... 



 

Do you ever have something that you just can't throw away????  Well the other day I had an empty little box... small... 2 X 1.75 inches... or 5X7 cm...  small... little cute box... I just couldn't toss it... 

 

 

 

 

here is the box...  a small little box.. okay???

 

 

 

I have to tell you that I love to make boxes, fill them and give them away or sell them by the dozen... not kidding either... I love them... At holiday time I have people that ask me for 12 boxes at a time... and they use them for so many different types of gifts.. .so this year, I wanted to add a new size and dimension...  so here it is...  I opened the little box all up...

 

and traced it onto some nice chip board... and started to trace... I had a class the next day and knew that they would want to make it... so made a few for them to play with too...  they are just so cute.. they fit into the palm of you hand with lots of room left over... 

 

Score it ... and then put it together... voila... then you have to take it apart and cover it with some pretty papers... 

 

And then add some decorations and embellishments all around it... I  took a spellbinder label and had to cut it, to make it fit on here.. this is a small little box... and the added a tag on the top that I had to write by hand... as I didn't have a small enough stamp for it...

 

I added some of my favorite LITTLE flowers.. and a little bow on either side...

 

 

 

Just when the Caterpillar thought the world was over...

She became a BUTTERFLY... oh so profound... 

We have to remember that one...  when we are feeling down and out... all of a sudden we become a BUTTERFLY...

 

 

The ends... 

 

The top with the little flowers... 

You really don't get to see my pretty paper underneath... but it is BUTTERFLY paper... what else... 

Greens and yellows and so very pretty... oh well.. I will use it again... 

 

 

 

Now for the surprise... 

 

DO NOT FEAR CHANGE... 

Change happens all around us each and every day...

dont' fear it... go with the flow... and enjoy the day and change... life is full of them.. 

 

When you look into the box... low and behold a little textured butterfly... loose and ready to fly away... as she is now a BUTTERFLY and can FLY... 

 

I love this... 

 

I had, of course a lot of fun, laughs and enjoyment when making this... I so love it... and love to see peoples faces when they open it... to see the butterfly... 

 

This week... Country View challenge is all about WORDS... 

WORD PLAY...

THE WRITTEN WORD... 

with meaning...

 

So I am entering this into that challenge... and most likely you will see something else in here too... but for now, this is my entry. 

 

I love this challenge... as the words we speak are very powerful and we have to use them carefully... 

LOVE LIFE and enjoy it all..

Except the changes before you...

and live them to the fullest...

 

Have a super wonderful day, evening and week...

And thanks so very much for stopping by for a visit...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

 

 

The Card is a CIRCLE!!!

Shabby Tea Room challenge this week is to make a circle card..."Ring around the Rosie".    I have a hard time getting the look I love with just a circle.... so I incorporated it into a step card... how much fun did I have....  I can't begin to tell you how much fun I had...

I also am entering this into Simon Says Wednesday challenge... as the theme is Anything Goes for this challenge... 

I started with a piece of paper that I adore... and haven't used... didn't have anything that was really calling to me... but this did... so I started to cut apart this precious piece of paper...

Why did I choose it for this challenge... well this challenge also says that the colors should be pink and green... and also a flower and also some BLING... well this paper has all that built right into it... the bling is on the hydrangea and the pink and green... oh I love pink and green together ... one of my favorite combos...  so this was just the perfect piece of paper... 

After cutting it all apart, All I had to do was glue everything onto a step card... love it...  how much fun!!!!

 

Here is the finished card... 

A close up of the flower... I used a burlap flower, then layered some book page flowers and some muslin flowers and they were all cut with Tim Holtz's Tattered floral die cut... my most used die cut in the pile...

 

You can also see that I used a Martha Stewart corner and border punch for the back panel... and I used a Provo embossing folder for the insert on that panel... 

 

In this picture you can see the bling on the hydrangea  ....

Loving it... 

 

Each little flowers is cut out of the 12 x 12 paper and put aside... until ready for gluing... also the little birds...  which I had to tuck into little places...  I used everything on that 12 x 12 paper... EVERYTHING was cut out... 

 

The little butterflies I doubled up on, to give flight to them...  and little pink bows were also tucked around in different places.. 

Can you tell I had fun??? 

I did...  and I just love the way it came out too..

I have a dear friend that is having a shoulder transplant in the fall.. .and she loves frilly things like this ... so she is going to receive this card... this ROUND card... it is ROUND!!!

 

Here is the round cards... it lifts out of the step card.. and it is round... 

 

I had to have a few things flowing off the circle... just for balance... and if you notice, not everything is glued down flat...  I love things that move on a card...

 

 

 

Inside the card is a message...  Celebrate Each DAY!!

How true is that... we need to do that each and every day to be thankful for whom we are in all ways... 

 

Okay... so I got a little carried away... this is the back of the card... I made the pink paper with some distress inks by Tim Holtz and white cardstock... love making my own papers... so very much fun.. .but the bests reason being that I get to create what I want in papers for my projects... 

 

When the card is removed, I wanted the base unit to still be pretty.. .so I added some birds and flowers there too...

 

A close up will show you how pretty even that area is... I just had to put a little bow there too... 

 

 

Okay... so that is my ROUND card...  it is Round... and I love it... hope you have enjoyed it as much as I did making it...

 

Thank You so very much for stopping by today and I love all the comments that you leave... I appreciate each and every one of them... and read them all... and generally will answer you back... 

 

Thanks again... and see you soon...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie