My first card and a Christmas 'Cigar Box' Swap

I recently made my first 'normal card' and what I mean by normal is 'everyday' card :) It was created for a lady who was my swap partner in the 'Nothing But Crafts' Christmas swap. We were meant to create at least six Christmas cards and alter a cigar box (or similar) according to their taste, my partner had said she liked 'Vintage, cream and black' so that's the information I went by.  We were also to fill the box with some goodies. Each of us have a different partner which means the lady that I made mine for is not necessarily making a box and cards for me :) which makes for a very interesting swap.

Unfortunately my daughter deleted all pictures and video of the items I sent to my partner, yes I was a little upset with this because they were the first cards I'd ever made and the first altered box I'd done :( but life goes on and I forgive here, haha ..... the lady has received the package now so I'll link it here for you all to see.

And here's a photo of my 'first altered cigar box' that Barbara later uploaded :)

Now on to my first 'normal card' 

This is a card I made using the 'Romance Novel' paper by Prima, a couple of  'I am Roses' flowers and a fabric flower I had, some seam binding and a stick pin that I put together. There are a couple of different lace trims and some kaisercraft pearl bling. I have to say I'm quite happy with how it turned out, I did stamp a sentiment on the small envelope before I sent it off to Barbara.

Stacked Book Boxes

I've seen a lot of 'Stacked Book' projects on youtube lately and was inspired to alter my own. I decided not to make my boxes from scratch as there were some 'book boxes' on sale at the local warehouse so I grabbed three of those to alter.

 

I used a combination of Prima's "Tea Tyme" and "Romantique" papers to cover the boxes, these are all gorgeous papers and so nice to work with.

 

Recently I purchased a bag of flowers from ebay and there were a huge variety in them which I used on this project, the soft colours went perfectly and the realism looked just right. On the top box I placed a doiley that I had made smaller and gathered up so that a bouquet of flowers could sit on top. I used a couple of my metal leaves and some seam binding to tie it all together. There's a splattering of pearls, a large crystal bead and a stick pin I put together. A charm also hangs down which has beads, pearls and a charm of a perfume bottle from 'DK Crafts'. Also on the top is a butterfly which I cut out of some Kaisercraft paper and stickled around the edge.

 

The next two boxes are lightly decorated with flowers and lace.

 

I really enjoyed putting this project together and the fact that it's useable storage space too!!! Always a bonus when space is limited :)

 

 

Thanks for taking a peek and I hope you like my book stack :)

 

Jeanette