You Are Amazing Gift Box - Connie Powell, Guest Designer

 
 



Connie had a wonderful time thinking outside the box for this project!  She has created a gift box filled with a beautifully scented potpourri and topped it off with a You Are Amazing tag.  Guaranteed to delight the lucky recipient!




You Are Amazing

Instructions:

Box base:

1. Score a 12 x 12" sheet of cardstock at 4" on all sides. This will leave a total of 9 scored boxes on your 12x12 paper.
2. Lay paper flat and at the corner boxes, cut each corner box in half diagonally to create a paper that has an octagon shape as your end result.
3. Gather to make a box and glue.

Box lid:

1. Cut piece of card stock measuring 5 7/8" x 5 7/8".
2. Score at 7/8" on all 4 sides.
3. Cut up to score line on one side each to start forming the lid and adhere to make lid. Only cut 4 times so pieces can overlap.

Decorating the box:

Use spray adhesive to attach lacey fabric to the box and trim the edges. Use an acrylic stamp block to press the fabric lace onto the cream card stock so your hands don't get sticky. Hot glue the string of pearls around the box and tied it into a bow. That was tricky, so make a bow first then glue it on. :)

Decorating the Lid:

Adhere lace around the edges using the same spray adhesive and application as the fabric lace on the box.

Flowers:

Tear pieces of Paper Egg Cartons (pre-colored) and hot glue to form flowers. Dust with a white ink stamp pad for some color affect.
 

Top off the box by stamping the beautiful sentiment "You are Amazing" on heart shaped cardstock and nestling it within the flowers.

This is dedicated to all my wonderful Facebook Friends, Family and Quietfire Designers who gave me this opportunity to be guest Designer, who inspire me, compliment me and are just Amazing People!! Thank you Everyone, "You Are Amazing!"

Butterfly Kisses - Connie Powell, Guest Designer

Today we have guest designer Connie Powell's lovely home décor project to share with you.

This project comes with a poignant story of a baby who never had the chance to take a breath.  Here is what Connie wrote:

This project is dedicated to Baby Evelyn aka Evie.

Her family was able to hold Baby Evelyn after her birth and I think the sentiment was perfect for them. I call this Butterfly kisses because the Butterflies are headed to Heaven and leaving her family kisses. They will always ""Remember the Moments" of the day they got to hold their beautiful daughter.

 
Instructions: 

1. Heat emboss one plain double light switch cover with embossing glitter
2. Ink stamp with multiple colors onto a die cut
3. Cut the die cut into pieces to fit light switch cover
4. Adhere the die cut onto the switch plate cover after the heat embossing is set
5. Stamp the switch plate cover with Quietfire Design Stamp "We do not remember days...We remember moments."