MORE HANDMADE FLOWERS ON ANOTHER BOX

Good Tuesday evening, everyone!  I hope this summer eve finds everyone in good spirits!!!

Of course, keeping to my word, I have another box project; and, as you can see, I'm still using those flowers I'd made earlier.

After I finished assembling this box, I was going to embellish it more, but decided that then it would too busy; then I thought I'd add a window to it but decided instead that I only wanted the attention focused on the flower and the bow.  So I left it as you'll see it.

This is a pretty good size gift box, about 7" x 7" give or take.  I'm calling it large because it takes up the whole 12" x 12" mat (including the sides). 

I sprayed the box with Glimmer Mist in Tattered Leather and Iridescent Gold.  Of course, you may not be able to see the Iridescent Gold on the picture, but it does look glimmery and pretty.  (You can try clicking on it to enlarge it, that might help.)  I edged the rim around the box with Walnut Ink by Tsukinek.  I also added some of the Glimmer Mist to the bow; you probably can't really see that either but it's there).  I finished by adding Gold Peel-Offs to each corner of the box and the word "Celebrate".  So, it's really just a very simple "box".

I really hate the picture doesn't do it much justice, but with the glimmery effect of the Glimmer Mist on the box, it really is quite pretty!

If you like it, I have a cut.file using the George cart and a .scut file below.  I will be adding an .svg cut a bit later.  Also, because several of you have mentioned you don't have the George cart, please let me know if it would help if I did a file for you using the Plantin or Storybook carts.  I hate it when anyone is left out -- if I can help it!  I'll even look to see what other carts I may possibly be able to do some of these boxes in for you.

I will be adding these files to be available under "Cut.Files" on my sidebar as well as your being able to find them here.  I'll let you know when all the files will be available.

Well, that's about it for now. Oh, except, I'm not sure if I'll be posting tomorrow.  I may have time to visit a bit, but I have several appointments which will have me in and out.  As my hubby will be accompanying me, it may be late in the evening when we return -- he always wants to eat out after a full day!  LOL!

Let me know what you think of my project!  And, I'll be seeing you...!

Lrg Gift Box.cut

Lrg Gift Box.scut2

A REALLY CUTE BEST GIRLFRIEND THANK YOU BOX

Good evening, my friends!  Sorry, I'm a bit late with my project to share but it has been quite a wonderful day!  Still, although I did get to visit with many of you throughout the day, I wanted to get back to you all with my project -- today!

I had mentioned that I'd do several boxes this week, and the reason is simply because I love doing boxes and bags.  I found that I hadn't done many lately and I just wanted to do a few!

I think this little box is really cute.  It's a best girlfriend thank you box!  And it's the perfect size for a very pretty and fragrant bar of soap.  Of course, as it's too hot for me to make soap right now, I'm going to just shop around and see what I can find that'll be perfect in this little box.  I have two friends that have been particularly nice to me and both of them are  "girly-girls" so this should be a perfect little "thank you" girt for them!  I may even do a matching card!

If you like my box, of course I've provided a cut.file for you below.  The cut.file is done is both the George and the Plantin carts (on the one cut.file).  And, if you use it, I'd sure like to see what you've done with it!!!  (Even you Gypsy enthusiasts!)

The cut.file is also available on my sidebar in the "Cut.Files" drop-down box.

I'll be seeing you!


BFF TU Box.cut

AWARDEE SHOWCASE #12

Hello, friends and family!!!

The fairies and I are hosting this last Awardee Showcase with sadness.  As I explained in an earlier post, circumstances are best that we discontinue the showcases at this time.

Thank you for all the wonderful comments you've left supporting what was a very difficult decision for us.  We will truly miss showcasing your projects, but we will not miss your wonderful creations.

I would like to personally thank my Fairy-sisters:  Flowerdisco, Lori, and Sheryl.  Without their help and support, our showcases wouldn't have progressed to this point.  Their dedication was overwhelming and I so very much appreciate them.  We were a true team!!!

To all of you, I  thank you for -- and appreciate -- your support and encouragement over these last several months.  It has meant so much to have you as contributors, commenters, and supporting viewers.

Because this is our Awardee Showcase #12 finale, we felt it only fitting to present the Showcase Award to all our wonderful contributors.  All their projects are fabulous!!!  These weekly decisions have always been difficult for us because all the projects are always much more than we expected, so it was an easy decision to not decide because all our contributors have been winners from start to finish!  And, it feels so right to award all our Showcase #12 contributors!!!

Congratulations, ladies!  You really deserve your awards and we hope your blogs wear them well!!!  And, thank you again for taking the time to come play with us!

Jean's  Wooden Embellishment Storage Box:

Beth's  4th of July Banner:

Sandy's Altered CD Note Pad:

Carolyn's Garden Art:

Steph's Critter Wall Decor:

Theresa's (aka as Treefrog) Fridge Magnets:

Ms Jay's Key Organizer:

You can click on all our Awardees names for a direct link to their blogs.  Please visit them all to see more of their amazing craft projects.  And, please don't forget to visit my Fairy-sisters, you've come to know them and I'm sure you know how fantastic they are!!!

Lastly, I won't let you forget about me!  But, do drop in and visit me when you can.

Love you all and hugs!  I'll be seeing you!

SHOWCASE FINALE ANNOUNCEMENT

Good evening, my friends.  I'm back again with a last minute regrettable announcement.

After much thought and consideration, with heavy hearts, the Team Fairies and I will be terminating the showcases immediately after the Awardee Showcase on Monday, June 28.  As the summer has brought on additional activities and responsibilities for most of us, we feel this is not a good time to get the participation we'd like in the showcases, and we do not feel it would be fair to ourselves or you to continue at this time with the possibility of running into summer scheduling conflicts.  Therefore, although we're sincerely sorry, we've decided it best that this be our showcase finale.  It is possible, we may attempt to resume the showcases again in the fall when the pace slows down, but we can't commit to anything at this time.

We have very much enjoyed all the wonderful projects that have been contributed, and thank you so very much for coming over to play with us and providing inspiration and encouragement to others. We are grateful you cared to share your projects being showcased here , and we've had so much fun and  hope you got some enjoyment out of our showcases too.

The Fairies and I will miss the showcases, but I know we won't miss the opportunity to continue being inspired by your creativity.  We've all made some new friends and have been introduced to some new and exciting blogs.  I hope we all continue to explore!!!  It's a good thing!

On a personal note, of course, I will continue to be interested in what you're doing because I truly love and admire all your talent, so don't be surprised if I just may pop in and ask you to "feature" a project you've done here on my blog every now and then.  As always I'll be around, visiting, commenting, giving love!  And, of course, I'll be crafting, posting and hoping to share as much as I can with you as I've always tried to do.

I do hope you'll all still come by to support our awardees on Monday.  And thank you all -- contributors and the veiwing audience for being here for all us Fairies!!!

I'll be seeing you!

REVISED CUT.FILE FOR 5" BOX

Happy Saturday, everyone!!!  I have to imagine everyone is busy crafting because there hasn't been much activity today -- LOL!!!  Yes, I've been checking!  I even made sure I hadn't missed and/or was missing a scrapbooking show on HSN -- LOL!  That usually takes you guys away from blogging!

I wanted to drop in to let you know that for my card and gift box that I'd posted on June 23 I have revised the cut.file to include both the George and Plantin carts for the 5" box.  I've also added the file to my list of cut.files on my sidebar for your ease of use.  It is listed as:  5" Gift Box on the list.

For those of you interested in boxes, over the next week, I will be posting several box projects and including cut.files for you.  I will try to include George and Plantin cut.files for these projects also.  For those of you who have these carts, they can also be transferred to your Gypsy's for use.

I hope you're all having fun, and I'll be back with the Showcase #12 Awardees and the new theme sample project and registration (Mr. Linky) for Showcase #13.  I do hope you'll all be available on Monday, June 28, to lend support and congratulations to our Showcase contributors.

Thank you all my friends and family for stopping by.  Hugs to you, and...

I'll be seeing you!

ANOTHER CARD USING MY HANDMADE FLOWERS!

Happy Friday, all!!!  Hope all's well and that you're ready for a wonderful weekend!

Well, I have another card using the flowers I made earlier.  This one was an experiment of sorts.  I don't like it nearly as much as my last card (which I really love and had such fun doing), but I do think this one is  "interesting".   Besides, at least, I'm getting to use all these flowers I made earlier.

On this particular card, I also used the scraps of material leftover from the flower instead of just discarding a beautiful strip of material.  I also used an old button which had lost it's rhinestone from the center; so, I filled the center in with 2 complementary shades of Stickles, let it dry and I loved how that old button turned out.  Of course, I just love Stickles too, can't you tell?  And, by accident, while looking through a pile of "stuff" trying to find the button, I ran across the beads at the top of the card which just happened to pick up the colors in the flower!  Now that was really a pleasant coincidence!!!

I told you this was an interesting card, didn't I?  Let me know what you think of it!  I'm really curious!

NOTE:  As an aside, and so I don't forget, I had promised I'd do a cut.file for that 5" box several posts ago using the Plantin.  I did update the cut.file to include the Plantin cut.file.  If you're interested, you can return to the post and download (or re-download ), or wait until I post it on my sidebar to download directly from 4Shared.

Well, I guess that's it for now.  I'm going to check to see if I have new contributors to play with me for Showcase #12!

I'll be seeing you!

ANOTHER CARD/BOX SET!!!

Happy, happy Thursday, friends!!!  I "think" I'm back!!!

Wow, have I had several interesting days!!!  I thought the storms were going to be most frustrating of these days to get through, however, it was having to deal with my lights being off and on consistently.  It appears that Friday's storm did a lot of damage and Com Ed is still repairing cables and wires, removing and cutting tree branches, etc. all over the city.  So, our power had to be cut off, then turned on throughout the last day and a half in my neighborhood.   We did get some stormy weather but nothing like I'd expected until yesterday evening when we got the remnants of a tornado that hit the surrounding Chicago area.  Although my county was included in the warning, we only caught the tail end was pretty nasty in itself, but nothing like the damage to our suburban areas that took quite a hit.  I'm fortunate this time because, again, thousands of people are left without electrical power; but, so far, I'm good.  At least until they have to return to do any possible repair -- then on and off, on and off -- LOL!!!

Anyway, I hope that's the worst of it all!  And, I'm so glad to be back and my "E" is looking awfully good to me right now!!!

I do have something to share today, it's another card set using more of the flowers I'd made.  Here is a close up of the card which reads:  "God Poured Love Into Our Hearts and Sprinkled It With Kisses".

Here is a picture of the card and the matching box:

And I thought I'd do this picture of the card inside the box because I really like how it looks:

I really hope you like my card and matching box!!!

I have no idea what kind of card this will be; I thought it would make a nice wedding or anniversary card.  But the hubby thinks it'll make a great birthday card too!  I think because of all the white, it's more matrimonial.  Anyway, we'll see when an occasion comes up for me to use it.

As a mention, I'm still looking for someone to come and play with me for Showcase #12.  To date, I've only seen one contributor.  I do hope there will be more.  You still have until 8 p.m. central time tomorrow!!!

Okay, now that I'm back, hopefully, for a while I'm off to do some postponed visiting!!!

I'll be seeing you!