Just Magnolia GDT

This week at Just Magnolia it's Anything goes.

This week our sponsor is Wild Orchid – who supply the most exquisite array of flowers and embellishments.They pride themselves on excellent prices and superb service too. And just check out the prize they have up for grabs!

I had the urge to make another box, they are so useful for keeping bit's in - you know the things I pick up off the floor when I've finished crafting, I also use two to keep images in. The finished size is 5" (13cm) so they are quite large.

The papers are some I bought at Costco a couple of years ago. The instruction for this box can be found at Splitcoast Stampers this is a box with a lid, although where I got the idea to integrate the box and lid I have no idea.

If I'm using the box to keep images, etc. in I don't decorate the inside.

This is the top of the box, Tilda is coloured with Copics, cut out and mounted with foam tape on an oval cut with Spellbinders ovals die and inked around the edges with distress inks.  The corner triangles are cut using a Friskars punch and tow metal corner pieces attached after I'd distressed them. The flowers are of course Wild Orchid Crafts as are the pink and green leaves. The pale pink leaf branches are cut with Sizzix leaf and branch die.

This is the side of the box, which for some reason looks distorted in the photograph. The whole thing didn't like being photographed and is one of those which is much prettier IRL.  I used pearl brads as 'feet' and another one with a spacer underneath to fasten the box. I braided some thread as a loop to attach to the brad.

Edited - I just remembered I intended to enter this for Simon Says challenge and the brief there this week is 'Wings'  and Tilda has them, albeit little ones.

We had sleet and hail on Wednesday, but the weather now is glorious again - let's hope it holds up for the weekend.

Now I'm off to tidy up yet another mess - I ended up crafting in my kitchen as I couldn't find 1square inch of space on my work and computer desk. I've realised the more space I have the more mess I make - sigh!!

hugs 

Heather xx