Converted cookie Gift Box

I have a converted cookie gift box to share today.  Like many crafters, I tend to collect and keep 'things' that I think might come in handy one day and this particular cookie box from a pizza place enters my house regularly when my son is home from Uni.

This is the type of project that I really enjoy doing; making something out of nothing.

This is how my gift box started its life. I have saved a few of these that are clean inside, deconstructed and put away as they are a good size for a dimensional shaped cards, mdf or more cookies!!

I went through my Tattered Lace dies to see what delicate lace dies I had to fit on this box as I was sure that I had one for my flowers to sit on and I found the Nested Quatrefoil die set from the Winter Solstice collection that was the perfect size for this box.

I die cut the lacy detail from the lighter colour block paper from the Digital Florist Pansy Leaf Former Sheet by Opulence by Design and the solid shape from that beautiful salmon pink colour paper in the Digital Florist Ranunculus Flower Former Sheet.

I printed my flowers as usual onto 120 gsm colour document Navigator paper, which I like to use as it works well for me and then layered them up. They look quite different to the ones I made on the pearlescent paper.  I inked the edges with a violet rose sparkle dinky inky by The Dreamees and added some springtime Flowersoft to the centres of my flowers.

It was then just a case of building up the layers on top of my box. I edged my die cut toppers with my stardust gelly roll pen. I have a few of these as I go through them. It adds enough of a shimmer to your projects without too much glitter and without the mess of glitter.

I then added sisal, pollen head stamens, frosted berries and the variegated ivy leaves also by Opulence by design.  I like the different sizes on this sheet as they work so well to just poke into little corners of your project.  I think these Ranunculus flowers work really well on gift boxes.

A few 4mm mint pearls to finish off and my little cookie box has a new lease of life. I just have to decide what I am going to put in this one now.

If you are after some crafting inspiration why not pop over to YouTube and follow Opulence by Design. There are also some wonderful flower-making tutorials

https://www.youtube.com/@opulencebydesign/featured

Have a great week whatever you have planned for yourself

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Tattered Lace Winter Solstice samples

Following the launch of Tattered Lace "Winter Solstice collection on Create & Craft TV this week, I thought I'd share my DT samples for the show.

I created a large circle aperture card using the frosted acetate, Tattered Lace Bride die and their Winter Solstice stamp set for the roses.

I head embossed the roses and leaves using a Chloe Endean mix of Wow powders.  The leaves have been heat embossed onto acetate for a more delicate touch. I have used the matching Tattered Lace charisma of the bride in her rose gold dress, which can be downloaded for free of the Tattered Lace website.

https://www.tatteredlace.co.uk/downloads/artwork/

A bridal shower bag using the Bride die with glitter card along with their Winter Solstice Lace Quatrefoil & Nested dies on pearlescent paper and pale blue vellum.

A large square easel card using the Bride & Groom die with matching charismas.  This time the bride in her traditional white gown.  Also using the Winter Solstice Lace Quatrefoil & Nested dies, which compliment each other so well.

A large tri-fold wedding card using the Bride & Groom dies along with the Winter Solstice Lace Quatrefoil and Nested dies.

A shadow box using The Bride & Groom, Bestman & Bridesmaid and Winter Carriage dies from the collection. I have used the Winter Solstice stamp set to create a background and placed a piece of very pale blue vellum over the top of the stamped background for a light hue of colour. The front of the box also has the printed glittered acetate panel from the collection.

The dies are freestanding inside apart from the Winter Carriage, which forms part of the background.

I have used all the charismas for the dies.

Not forgetting the Bridesmaids. The middle one has been decoupaged so that she stands out in front of the two either side.

I have snipped into the Groom die on this card to remove part of the morning coat, top hat and cane for this same sex wedding card. I am often asked about dies or stamps available for alternative cards and thought these dies worked well on this particular card. I have used a taupe/chocolate pearlescent card with cream pearlescent card and a piece of coordinating satin woven material swatch.  This was teamed up with a tweed ribbon for a more masculine card.

A shaped flower card with many layers using the Winter Solstice Lace Quatrefoil & Nested die set which have been layered up using white pearlescent paper and pale blue vellum.

Finally to finish on, a festive card using the Winter Solstice Carriage with its charisma and the Winter Solstice stamp set.  The branches have been heat embossed using a Chloe Endean mix of glitter embossing powder.  The pine cones have just been stamped and shaped.

Beautiful dies that can be used with your own choice of cardstock with or without the charisma papers available.  These papers fit perfectly to the die with a bleed line for edge to edge colour.  Just remember to print at 100% .

Have a look at some of the inspiration on online:- Facebook, Tattered Lace gallery, Pinterest.

Happy Crafting.