Au Natural, with a twist!

Well, it's Saturday, and that means another creative challenge from the gals @ Our Creative Corner!  Linda, is our hostess this month, and she has a super challenge this week!  Use your light neutrals (ivory, cream, light grey, beige, etc.) for the main colors in your project.  Use dark neutrals (black, chocolate, dark grey, etc.) as your accents.  The twist part, is you must also use a button and some lace. How fun is that?  So, without further ado, here is my entry:

Ok, so here are the deets:  I used all Stampin' Up! supplies, minus the template and the two pearls.  Pretty cool, huh?  For all those who know me, know that I don't smoke.  But, doesn't a cigarette box, make the cutest 'holder'?  I know!  So, before we get too involved with the all the particulars. . .   Do you know what you can fit inside a cigarette box?  Well, this one, you can fit business cards, ATC's, chap stick and a few small goodies (band-ades, ointment), a gift card, and more 'stuff'.  So, how cute would it be to swap ATC's carried in your cute little altered cigarette box?  Or hold all your 'crafty' business cards in?

Ok, onto the box.  I printed the template onto Very Vanilla cardstock.  I found the template @ Just Something I made  you will need to locate her Wednesday April 29th 2009 post.  It has a free download. (put in 'Cigarette box' into the search box at the top, and you'll find it quick and easy.)  My printer doesn't accept cardstock, or at least good quality cardstock.  So, I take my template and cardstock to my local Kinkos and print there.  (It's only 9 cents a copy.)

I didn't want to stamp directly onto the template, so I made 'panels' out of scraps of Very Vanilla cardstock.  I did a collage stamp on each panel and then adhered them to the box.  Pretty simple.  I used three different stamp sets.  Charming, Clearly For You, and Vintage Labels (retired).  I used Going Grey (retired), Sahara Sand, River Rock, and Crumb Cake classic inks.  I used a scrap pieces of First Edition DSP and tore little pieces, sponged and adhered to the panels.  To make my flowers, I used the Square Lattice embossing folder to give the Soft Suede cardstock some texture, and then used the small die Flower Fusion.  I used the left over scrap pieces of the Soft Suede cardstock and the Beautiful Wings die to create the butterflies.  I sewed the pearls onto the flowers with Linen Thread and an upholstery needle.  I had some left over length of the Linen Thread, so I made little loops behind the flowers.  I added a scrap piece of Chantilly Crochet Trim to the cigarette box.  To keep the box closed, I sewd 2 flower shaped buttons from the Neutrals collection with the Linen Thread, and strung some Early Espresso Bakers Twine around the buttons.  To keep the text straight when I stamped it, I did use a Stamp-a-ma-jig.  The rest, I eye-balled.

Thank you for looking, and I hope we see a creation of your over @ Our Creative Corner Challenge blog.  And if you have a moment, please stop by Linda's blog The Funkie Junkie.  She is super talented, and always has some eye candy!

Have a great weekend!  And let me know what you'd put into a 'cigarette box'!

Aloha

I wanted to 'play' with some of the new stuff coming out from Stampin' Up!, so this is what I came up with. The 'blue' card stock, is actually a new color called Marina Mist. I also used Old Olive, So Saffron, and Island Oasis DSP. I used a square punch to punch out various squares of the DSP, and used the Square Lattice embossing folder to create the 'texture' on the squares. I used some stamps from the Tropical Party stamp set, and the 'friends' is from Tiny Tags stamp set. I used the polka dot embossing folder on the Old Olive card stock, and then 'aged' this piece with a sanding block, ink, and a thread cutter. I used blender pens to 'color' the drink umbrella.

Thanks for looking, and thank you for your patience. I have been 'fighting' to get my Mojo back.

Happy Mother's Day

Mother's Day is one week away. I'm more organized this year than last. But, I am still not 100% done :/ I have made my Mother, her card. But I'm not too sure she will like it, and I'm not sure if its 'done'. I was thinking of putting a rhinestone flourish on the upper right corner, or some sort of sparkle detail on the digital image printed on linen. But I'm not sure if it will be too much, or give it the right amount of sparkle. Post your opinion on the rhinestone flourish, or the added sparkle to the flowers in the digital image. I need to mail it out by Wednesday, so I'll take your advice until then.

I used several, (and I mean several) company's to make this card. I will do my best, to get everyone mentioned. Here it goes:

Stamps: Stampin' Up! (Bella Toile, Medallion, All Holidays)

Cardstock: Stampin' Up! and Paper Trey Ink (Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Confetti White, Kraft, & Aqua Mist)

Ink: Stampin' Up! & Paper Trey Ink (craft white, craft chocolate chip, Close to Cocoa classic ink, & Aqua Mist)

Spray Ink: Clear Snap (Vanilla, and Log Cabin)

Embossing powders: stampamania (ultra detail clear, and ultra detail glacier white)

Punches: Stampin' Up! & Martha Stewart (Boho Blossom, 2 step bird & coral)

Embossing folder: Stampin' Up! (square lattice)

Die cuts: Sizzix & Spellbinders (Top Note & classic scalloped ovals)

Buttons: My Favorite Things (chocolate kiss)

Ribbon: Stampin' Up! (Flirty)

Half Pearls: Crystal Strickers (3mm Pearl)

Brads: Paper Studio (silver)

Digital Image: The Vintage Workshop (May's free image)

Printable Linen: Milliken (Printed Treasures)

Rub-On: Karen Russell (Narratives - swatch book)

Post your opinion on the rhinestone flourish at the upper right corner, or the added sparkle to the digital flowers. Or, if neither is what will complete this card. I'm open to any suggestion.