Tin Man Treat Box

 

It's almost Valentines Day, and one of the biggest challenges I find is creating a project that is suitably masculine.  There's a lot more creative scope to create romantic themes when you use lace, flowers and other feminine accents.

For this project I chose another of Mo Manning's gorgeous images, this one is called the Tin Man. The image is printed on Kraft card, and coloured with Primsacolor pencils.

The treat box is a popcorn style box that purchased as a set of 10 from a bargain store.  The designer paper used to cover it is from Ruby Rock It.   I love the black and white contrast and it's speaks suitably of Valentines and love, without being feminine.  The edges have been inked with Pumice Stone Distress Ink and the project is finished simply with a ribbon and a metal heart charm.

I really enjoyed this project.  This would look great filled with those chocolate hearts covered in red foil... my man doesn't like chocolate so I will probably fill it with cookies.

Entering this into the following challenges:

Mo Manning's DP2 Challenge:  Anything Goes
Make it Monday:  Anything Goes

Nuts About You - Decorated Paint Can

Good morning!  It's a beautiful spring Saturday morning here in Adelaide, I've been to the library, gone for a walk along the beach and now it's time for some coffee and blogging.

Today I have a decorated paint can to share with you.  I love the way you can see through to the contents, being able to see the colours and textures of the contents adds another dimension, although I think it does make decorating a little more challenging. 

For this can I used a Mo Manning image called Monkey Hug... I might be totally in love with her illustrations and find it difficult to colour anything else!  The image is printed onto Kraft paper and coloured with Prismacolor pencils.  Of course, with both a monkey and an elephant I had to fill the can with whole shell peanuts :o)

I have used a Fiskars punch to get the grass, and I cut the leaves on my Cricut using a free svg file from SVG Cuts called tropical leaf. I also used the Cricut and SCAL to cut out the words "nuts about you", which decorate the lid.

I am linking this up with:

Mo's Challenge Blog:  Cute and Cuddly
Make It Monday:  #112

Maisie Book Box

I love old books, so when I saw this project at SVG Cuts, I knew I had to make one.  This book box comes as part of the Spirits of Christmas Past kit, which has 5 projects in total.  I had a few weeks there where I didn't have a sharp blade for my Cricut so couldn't cut anything, I swear I had withdrawals!

 

This box stands 5" tall and is 4.5" wide, with a depth of just under 2.5".  I used regular craft card for constructing the base of the box and used the Twig and Berry paper range from Kaisercraft for decorating the panels.  I've embellished with just a simple cluster of flowers and some twine.

 

The edges of the book have been liberally inked with Walnut Stain Distress Ink, and the inner box panels and the side page panel have been embossed and then treated with Antique Linen Distress Ink.

 

The little draw slides out easily and is very roomy.  I am making a 3" x 4" mini album that will fit nicely inside, hopefully I will have photos to share in a few days.

Here's sweet little Maisie, by Mo Manning.  She is coloured on Kraft card using Prismacolor pencils.  I am a little embarrassed to admit I have put my Lyra pencils aside in favour of the Prismacolor, I just love their creamy texture and they blend so beautifully, but mostly because Prisma has almost twice the colour range.

I am linking this up to:

Make It Monday:  Challenge #110

Anything But A Card:  Challenge #3

Mo's Challenge Blog: B is for... (Book Box)

Puppy Love

Card Positioning Systems is celebrating their 5th Anniversary by releasing a sketch a day for 15 days.  I've still got plenty of catch-up to do if I am going to finish all 15!

This card is my interpretation of the day four sketch.  

This card uses my third of four coloured digis by Mo Manning called Pug Love. Once again coloured with Prismacolor pencils, this one blended with odorless solvent.  If you look at this card, and the one in the last post, you can see the difference quite clearly between the two blending mediums.

The background paper is called Love, part of the Vintedge collection by Ruby Rock-It.  The black mat behind the digi has been embossed with hearts, and then sanded to distress and highlight the hearts.  The sentiment is part of a KaiserCraft clear stamp kit called Love.

I am also entering this into Mo's Digital Challenge blog, which has an anything goes theme this week, as well as the Simon Says Stamp Challenge, the theme of which is Animal Antics.

One Of A Kind

 

Card Positioning Systems is celebrating their 5th Anniversary by releasing a sketch a day for 15 days.  I'm playing catch up but it has been great to get the coloured stamps out of plastic baggies and onto cards :o)

This card is my interpretation of the day three sketch.  

The adorable little pup is a Mo Manning digital stamp called Pug Love.  You'll see this pretty puppy appear in several cards, not just because it's so cute, but because I coloured four of them at the same time!  Once again this has been coloured with Prismacolor Pencils, I love, love, love working with them at the moment.  I used baby oil as the blending medium.

Also entering into the Simon Says Stamp Challenge this week, the theme of which is Animal Antics.