OH,LOOK,MORE BOXES..

 Hello everyone,

Yep, more boxes, but this one was bigger, still made mistakes, but still fun..

this box was a gift box given to me years ago, it was all bright coloured balloons

with a lid and needed a few coats of gesso to cover it,

 then this happened, someone dropped off a roll of vintage old fashioned pre glued wall paper..

so, I covered it..

then added the frame of black, but didn't like it,

 and it also covered the girls faces, well, that wasn't good.

So, I re cut some panels and ...

glued them on top...and made the sure the faces were centered,

 and you could see them...

now I needed corners and remembered this Spellbinders die set from 100 hundred years ago

found it and started cutting..

very happy at this point, BUT, there was a terrible smell in my room,

 it wasn't me or the cat, it was the wall paper, the old paste was smelling..

I carried on and made edging with black card stock on the corners and more edging along the top of the box..

added a label and will add lettering when I know what is will be for..

This is showing how bright the box was..

definitely need to cover the lid, whether I use it or not..

edge inside using a Fiskars border punch...

but left it after that as I love the soft green inside with the white spots..

Lid covered...

Box and lid together..

But as I put the label higher as to not cover the girls faces,

 the lid fits on but not that great..

Never mind, there she is nestled on my shelf right in front of me

under the TV top right.

I just put the lid behind, looks fine..

So, there we go..

thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you tomorrow..

Luv CHRISSYxx

MORE BOXES...

 Hello everyone,

So, when you leave your stuff laying about that you made, someone always pops in to say hello and " What you got there " so, you show them and proudly say I used all these boxes to make this and show them a couple more projects, and then the next day you go outside and there on your porch is 100 more boxes to play with....................................................................BUT..not all are suitable so you have now become to neighborhood recycling center...

I have used quite a few over the last six or so weeks, so here is another desk top project, we will call it " cabinet #2 "..[ insert a smiley face ]

This was a chocolate box..

I wanted to keep and use the clear lid...

so, these are the boxes I used...

all glued together, the layered with masking tape, that makes them incredibly tough..,and

sorry about the lighting, I don't know what's happening.. 

after that, they were all covered with telephone pages..

and PVA glue.,,see.

Now ready to be sealed and decorated..I painted white gesso all over first, just a thin layer

then fussy cut roses, lots of them from TLC printables..

and popped them here and there..back

and front.. 

[ showing and extra box on your right side, it fitted on the shelf with the other but left it free standing.]

looking down..

and straight at it..

I only have funny things in it, nothing in the see through cabinet yet, just not sure what to put in there, just like it sitting up there so I can look at it..

the end add on box has my envelopes I made, so that is handy..

so, there you go,

Thank you so much for stopping by.

I'll see you tomorrow..

Luv CHRISSYxx

BOXES, BOXES, AND MORE BOXES..

 Hello everyone,

Yay the weekend is here, no different than any other day, but, yay! anyway..

So, boxes, and more boxes, came..but handy ones...

Cellphone boxes..

and watch box..

some fitted together well...

some didn't..

The hardest part of the whole project was deciding,

 what to use and how to use it..

I rearranged quite a bit and although some set up s looked the best,

in reality, they weren't. they were not connecting, too much space behind

and top heavy and then the idea came to spread them around a bit

 and get too projects instead of one...

I took so long, we even had a weather change..

So, I was nearly at the right point now,

 but just had to add another cubicle.. [ for a better word] 

So I did, using heavy card stock from my stash, as no other fitted well..

Onto covering and reinforcing it..

Telephone book pages and PVA glue as it dries hard and crusty..I love that.

and the nail file board thingy, scratched the extra stuff off perfectly, make lovely smooth edges..

every inch got covered..

I left inside black, but then lined it in black card stock as well..

This is what I wanted..time to decorate..

I primed..

Was going to paint, but then found these incredibly thick papers.. 

not enough to cover all of it, so I fussy the roses off..

and glued them on the sides and back...

Inked the edge a bit and blended out to make it more vintage style...

I loved how it all came together..

and very useful in my room above and in front of my desk...

Thank you so much for stopping by.

I'll be back with another up do of boxes tomorrow..

Have an awesome weekend..

Luv CHRISSYxx

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