Another day, another blog post! Crazy, I know! It's been a while since I've blogged two days in a row! It's probably been an incredibly long while in fact. 2015 has taken off break neck speed and I feel as though I'm running behind, trying desperately to catch up. I had all these grand delusions that 2015 would be the year of weekly Project Life spreads for me and the family... Yup, well, as we are almost half way through February and that would put me at ZERO spreads completed... Well, yeah...
Today I have another off the page project to share with you. You can pick the jaw up off the ground now! LOL! I know, I'm not a project gal but when you want to shake things up a bit, I would rather do a project than a card anyday! Today's project and more detailed how to's with an informal tutorial can be found on the Craftwell blog.
I don't think I'll actually use this as a Valentine's gift box for Mia as I have the door hanger that I posted yesterday. This is more of an "everyday", just because, kind of gift box. Just a little something inside to let her know we love her and how special she is to us.
If you are ever on the look out for gold vellum, be sure to check out Core'dinations' new vellum. This gold vellum is SUBLIME! It's subtle, you can see the shimmer in the butterfly but it's ever so subtle. It's the perfect compliment to all those awesome golds out there these days; like that in the Hazel & Ruby Wrap it Up lightweight paper which I used for the box wrap.
I love the texture of the embossed cardstock in the box too! Be sure to use your WRMK gift box punch board first, then run the pre-assembled box through your embossing folder. The completed project was too large so I folded two of the flaps before inserting into the embossing folder and you can't tell where the overlapped cardstock is!
Are you a fan of this gold trend or would you rather see this one end? I'm a fan, I have to admit! Though my jewelry and the decor in my house tends more to silver and platinum, gold for crafting is perfect!
Love the added touch of the butterfly, so pretty!
Posted by: Kimberly | Thursday, 12 February 2015 at 08:53 PM
Isn't that pretty? Such pretty colours and layers.
Posted by: Alexa | Tuesday, 10 February 2015 at 05:45 PM