the hybrid chick

I could not resist jumping in here with a Box Challenge being issued.  I needed to give some little ‘treasures’ to my Mom and this inspired me to create a wonderful little box to present them in.

Supplies:

• Kelleigh’s Card Box Template
• Nicole’s Paper Daisies Pack
• Half-back pearls
• Stampin’ Up! Circle Ice Rhinestones
• Transparency Sheets
• Vellum Cardstock
• Epson Premium Presentation Paper – Matte
• Big Shot – Stampin’ Up! Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Dies
• Foam Mount Tapeor Stampin’ Dimensionals by Stampin’ Up!
• Sugar and Spice Element Pack by Courtney Wilson

With Kelleigh’s Card Box Template, creating this box was a snap.  I decided to also use Nicole’s FREE Paper Daisies Pack for all of the backgrounds.  I started by ‘clipping’ some of the paper to the Large Box template and printing it out on Epson Premium Presentation Paper – Matte.  (If you have any questions at all as to how to do this, Kelleigh has a wonderful step-by-step guide HERE.)

I printed a few flowers from Courtney’s Sugar and Spice Elements Kit and cut them out instead of having them print on the original box.  This allowed me to place my flowers exactly where the ‘window’ would be placed.  A few coordinating brads were added for visual depth.  I then created the window frame from Nicole’s pink paper and some transparency sheets cut slightly smaller than the frame.  The ‘window’ was then attached with some foam tape.  Butterflies were cut from paper as well as vellum and layered together for the finishing touch to the outside of the box.

The surprise inside? My mom doesn’t scrap, but still loves ‘paper’ photos.  (No photo CDs for her!)  I decided to spice up the photos from our vacation with the elements pack and paper pack that I used above and some simple journaling.

Now how about those pics!  I bet the rest of her friends don’t carry around pictures like this.

Try your hand at a box and see what you are inspired to create!  Don’t forget to link it to the Box It Up Challenge for a chance to win some more inspirational tools.

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