Hello Helmar crafty friends!!! This month I'm back with a super adorable project that I created a newly released paper collection from Prima Marketing called Darcelle. It's stunning and was part of a scrapbook kit I purchased from Tres Jolie Kits! I decided to alter a wooden box. This post won't have a detailed tutorial as I didn't take down measurements while creating this but I did take photos of my process so I hope you all will enjoy it!
In this project I was inspired by Frank Garcia a designer for Prima Marketing. He did a similar design for a mini album parcel that I subscribe to. I just added all of the flowers and other small elements. I took the wooden box that came with this kit, note these weren't the papers for that parcel. I painted the wooden box first, just around the edges because I wanted a little bit of the box to pop out.
I trimmed and cut the papers that I wanted to use for the outside of the box and adhered them using Helmar Premium Craft Glue . After adhering all of the papers to the box. I used some faux leather strips to make the "luggage" straps on the box, I adhered them using Helmar Fabric Glue. After this I began embellishing my box adding a variety of things for example, the wooden pieces on both sides of the box, I used some packaging from the Prima Marketing flowers that I was gonna use on top of the box, I used some metal hardware from Prima as my focal point.
I really enjoyed altering this box. I made some 3×3 cards with envelopes , tags that I had in my stash, I added some papers from the collection to them, they came with some twine so I added that to the box, I also altered a small hardcover notepad. I couldn't find a smaller notepad at the time and of course after I altered this one I came across smaller ones that I had in my hoard. No worries this one came out nice. This can be used as an address book or just a journal.
For some of the embellishing in front of the box, the kit that I received from Tres Jolie came with some chipboard pieces from Creative Embellishments, I decided to alter them using some Lindys Stamp gang Magical's on the flower as well as some of their Glimmer Mist Spray for the leaves. I then arranged my Prima Marketing flowers on it, finished it of adding some glass beads from Frank Garcia's collection. Lastly added the " This Beautiful Life" sentiment on the metal hardware . I forgot to add that I had inked all of the paper edges on the box, cards, & some embellishments with the Prima Chalk ink that came in the kit as well.
I do hope that you were inspired to create something like this!! These sorts of projects make great gifts for the holidays, birthdays, keepsakes, etc. I do hope that you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family as I will do with mine, although my daughter and her family will be spending it with her other family but my sons will be here and I'm not too upset cuz I get to have her for Christmas . Talk to you all soon ~Hugs~ Jeanne
