Bookworm box

Here is another of my projects for the Sarah Hurley Lookbook Volume 3 using the Sarah Hurley Bookworm collection. I am a total bookworm so I love this collection. I altered an old box I have had for donkeys years. I inked the edges up with a copper metallic ink dabber. I then cut the papers down and matted them on the box. I used some embellishments in the kit to print and cut out and stick on the box.

Inside I used some of the tab dividers to seperate out my Journalled 365 cards – I am using the box to store these.

You can see the dividers a bit better below….

I love these Journalling cards, I like to use them as a top 5 things I loved in a week, its a great way to quickly document things!

Tattered Floral Challenge….

Just in case you have been living under a rock, Tim Holtz is holding a challenge - the challenge is to use the tattered floral die on a project.

I had a box I had been wanting to alter for a while and I wanted to use the metal tape technique I used here It took quite a while to cover the box but it was a good project for in front of the telly to take away the boredom! After using a piercing tool and eyelet setting tool to make my metal detailing on it I ‘aged’ the metal with black paint. I then die cut some tattered floral’s and set them directly on the metal and ‘aged’ these some more.

I then die cut more tattered floral’s from grungepaper that I covered with the metal foil. I inked these up with a selection of alcohol inks and then layered them up with flowers cut from black card also. I added some flourishes, some cogs, some pearls and called it done. I wanted the flowers to be a pop of colour on my nice and grungy looking metal box

I left the clasp and hinges bronze as I liked the contrast against the silver metal.

Top view close up….

And from above….

Thanks for stopping by, hope you like it!!

I love Paris

Hi there, I am just popping in with another of my projects from the Sarah Hurley Lookbook! I used the I Love Paris digital kit to alter some little heart shaped boxes from Ikea! The papers in this kit are just adorable, gorgeous colours and lovely patterns. I used the papers and some of the elements from the element sheet for my boxes.

First I inked the edges of my boxes with distress inks and then used gem medium to adhere the papers. Then when this was dry I added a layer of gel medium over all the boxes to seal them all.

 

These are now cute little boxes perfect for a gift of some chocolates or a gift card!

Alter Something….

Welcome to another challenge from the  Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog. Just before I get started on my post there is a slight change being made to the challenges:

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From this weeks challenge our challenges will be monthly, we’ve made this decision for a few reasons..

1. It gives you more time to work on your projects – so many people say to me they just missed the challenge because they got caught up with work / family etc… we’re here to help! )
2. It gives us more time to bring you fab inspiration!
3. We can offer prizes for different categories – from now on entries using or incorporating Sarah Hurley products will be eligible for another prize as well as the main top 3 (yay!)
4. We can talent spot and ask some of our winners to join us for a one month guest position contributing a project to the challenge blog
5. this is the biggie!! we are bringing you something new and fabulous launching on the 3rd September and we are working flat out to achieve this – you’re going to LOVE it!! Keep a look out here on the blog or over on my Facebook page for more news!

Everything else remains the same, you still don’t have to use Sarah Hurley products (unless you would like to be considered for the additional category) though of course we’d love to see what you can do with them! You can make any creation you like be it a tag, card, scrapbook page, altered art, ATC or even cross stitch! and we will still be having lots of fab sponsors and prizes! Thank you all so much for entering the challenges, we just love to look at all your work and hopefully this extra time will mean we will have even more of your fabulous creations to look at!

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Now, public service announcement over, and on to the challenge. This month the challenge is to alter something. I altered a little trinket box from a small ornament. It was very dark and dull but was a fin shape and had a very cute opening. I painted it a pale blue inside and out, and then used papers from the Retro Home kit to give it a cute overhaul!

 

I adore these hex pattern papers, I have a thing for all things bee related. I covered the box panels with the paper after inking the edges with Peacock Feathers distress ink (I am in love with this ink colour!!) I added some blue hexagons I had cut out of the papers for another project to add a bit more interest. I then die cut a tag and some flourishes for the top of the box and finished with a Wild Orchid Crafts flower, the colour of which matched the papers perfectly! I also lined the bottom of the inside of the box with the paper too.

Now I have an adorable little box to use for a small gift or maybe just to keep and store something in on my desk!

Thanks for stopping by today. We can’t wait to see what you create for our Alter Something challenge!