Wednesday, November 04, 2009

A Box Filled With Affirmations

Yesterday I made a third box in a row. Not intentionally working in a series, I'm just on a box decorating jag for some reason. This box holds circular affirmation cards, (box and cards were free downloads) .
The box is folded from card stock which I painted in purples and greens, and covered the lid in a grey silver pinstripe.

The edges are painted silver, a smiling moon is stamped in silver with some silver embossing glitter over that. As well as some phrases that I felt went along with the idea of the affirmations.

The lid has a domino and a ball-bearing. The domino functions as a handle to open the box.
Inside the ball-bearing is a small silver charm that reads Thank-You. All held in place with lots of glue and why not some silver glitter.
Everything then has a coating of matte medium which made the box feel much more sturdy than just folded card stock once it dried.

3 comments:

Darling Petunia said...

Really cool!

Deborah said...

Thanks for the link. These remind me of the Best Wishes cards I've made from the downloads from http://www.thetoymaker.com

Jaye said...

I think these boxes are a great idea and if you are working in a series, what the heck? You are working and that is important.