It's time for another Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and this one is hosted by Deborah Smart. Instead of your everyday card challenge, Deborah made this one all about boxes.
I love decorating ready-made or found boxes but this time I decided to male a very special box with the Curvy Keepsake Box framelits. I chose to make my box out of the Vellum cardstock and then embossed the vellum using the Fluttering embossing folder. I loved all the raised butterflies on the vellum but to make them "pop" even more, I coloured each butterfly with my Stampin' Markers. That took a while.
For my base I used the soon-to-retire Floral Frames Framelits and the Leaflets Framelits. The butterflies on top of the box were cut with the Butterflies Thinlets. All along the edges of the Curvy Keepsake Box I heat embossed Gold embossing powder.
Stamps: Watercolor Wings
Paper: Vellum Cardstock, Real Red, Garden Green, Gold Glimmer Paper, Wildflower Fields Designer Series Paper, Whisper White
Inks: Blackberry Bliss, Tangelo Twist, Hello Honey, Real Red, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black, Versamark
Tools: Floral Frames Framelits, Leaflets Framelits, Butterflies Thinlets, Curvy Keepsake Box Framelit, Gold Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Fluttering Embossing Folder
I hope you'll check out the boxes the other Watercooler Artists created at the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge this week and then link up a box of your own.
What a labour of love, Heidi! All that time spent colouring the butterflies paid off - they're gorgeous. The black outlines really make them 'pop'. I love how you created a flower base for your butterflies - because what else would a butterfly land on? :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Deb. That was my farewell flower for those retiring Floral Frames Framelits. I'll miss them. The butterflies? I love how they turned out but questioned my sanity while doing the colouring.
DeleteWOWSERS!!! msome of you folks are full of artistic & creative juices! I like to keep an eye on you, Heidi, as you are so full of ideas, color combos & anything else creative!! Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial..........you're the BEST!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so very much for your generous praise, Susan.
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