Altered Box & Mini Album

This is an altered box and a mini album I created.  The box is by Petaloo and as you can see it's very bright.  I painted the box with black paint...needed a couple of layers to completely cover the bright pink.

After painting the box, I used Shimmerz mist to give it a distress look.  Then added some trim around the box and adhered a picture frame I altered on top. To keep the box closed, I fastened a black rubber band and a hitch post.  The paper roses were glimmer misted and added some glossy accent to look like dew drops.  I love how flowers look when they're wet.  And finally, I glued wooden knobs to the bottom of the box.

And here's the finished box:

supplies~

DP: (Cocoa Mint-Cloud 9)
CS: Very Vanilla (SU)
mists: wheatfields (GM); (Vertigre-Shimmerz Vibez)
photo frame (Michael's)
flowers: (i am roses; Prima)
punches: (SU, Friskars, MS, EK Success)
dies: stamp & tags #4 (Sizzix); Spellbinders (label two)
misc: ribbons, flower punches, stickles(tiara), flourish mask (TH), Rock Candy (crackle paint)

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Merry Christmas

I wish everyone a Merry Christmas!!  This year's a disappointing one because I'm home with a cold. Boo!  My hubby & I go up near Stockton, CA to spend Christmas with his family every year.  Since we're both sick, it was best to stay home and not get everyone else sick.  But I wanted to share the Christmas card I mailed out this year.....




Stamp Sets from The {Stamps} of Life

Holly4Christmas

Joy2Christmas



Details: The cardstock is from an assortment of Christmas colors from  DCWV, Box of Cards. The pattern paper is also from DCWV.  For the stamped image, I first cut out the circle using the Spellbinders circle die.  And then stamped with onyx black ink.  Then distressed with Tim Holtz distressing inks.  To give the snowman some interest, I glued red flock to the hat and adhered it with foam tape.  The bottom part of the snow globe was embossed with silver embossing powder on black cardstock.



additional pics:

Supplies:
CS-Box of Cards {DCWV}
DP-Christmas Stack {DCWV}
stamp sets-Joy2Christmas, Holly4Christmas {The Stamps of Life}
inks- frayed burlap, stormy sky, tumbled glass{TH}
die cut-Standard Circle, fancy tags{Spellbinders}
misc-silver embossing powder, red flock, versafine onyx black ink, ticket corner punch {We R Memory Keepers}

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