acrylic paint (white / pearl and black)
Viva Decor My Paper World Silicone Stamps - Vintage Couture #81
Trimits pearl strung beadings - cream color, in 2.5mm and 4mm
Black scalloped edge flat lace (1 meter)
May Arts Crispy lace black ribbon (1 meter)
hot glue gun
heat gun for embossing
Before I start painting the box I find it helpful to remove the hinges and the lock. If you can manage it with them on, then just start painting the box with the white pearl colour.
Make light shadows with the black paint. Let it dry.
Stamp the left side of the box with Viva’s vintage couture lady using the clear ink.
Remove stamp, sprinkle with silver embossing powder and set design with your heat gun.
Take the crispy lace ribbon and carefully glue it with your heat gun at the right side of the box.
Don’t forget to cut at the edges to allow opening of the box.
Do the same with the scalloped lace. Glue it aside to the crispy one.
Pass some small beads though the silver wire and secure the with a little glue. Curve them and shape them.
Cut 2 x 8-9cm long pieces of the ribbon and glue them to form drops. Cut one 15cm long piece too.
Start placing your embellishments. First position the ribbon “drops”. Then the cut a 20cm long 4mm pearl strung and place on the top of the ribbons forming a drop as the photo below.
Do the same with the 2.5mm pearl strung and place it on top of the thicker one.
Follow decoration by adding the flowers, the beads on the wire and finish with rhinestones.
Glue around the lower part of the box some satin ribbon and decorate with rhinestones.
Cut 2 heart shapes from chipboard. These will be your bases!
Using the floral embossing folder emboss one only paper heart.
Have brown shades on all paper hearts as shown.
Now, glue the 3 paper hearts on the both sides of chipboard hearts leaving aside the embossed paper heart.
Take the chipboard heart with the one only finished side and with a pencil draw short lines (about 5mm) close to the edge.
This is your piercing guide to cut with the art knife. This side will be the front of the card.
When done, take the brown ribbon and sew it as in the photo.
Remember to secure with some glue at the end.
Now glue the embossed paper heart.
Emboss the letter stamp using versamark ink and copper embossing powder
With your die cutting machine cut 2 flowers with Marianne Design Creatables Die - Branch & Flowers 1 (large flower) and add brown shadows with the Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Frayed Burlap.
From Barbara Anne Williams Digi Stamps - Sentiments One use the “with a thankful heart” sentiment and add some brown shadows too. Cut using the flower die and wit the art knife shape a heart.
Mix some white pearl paint with just a little bit brow paint. Paint the heart.
Place one metallic corner at the bottom of the second chipboard heart.
Use some ribbon but glue it only at the edges so it can hold a greeting card or photograph.
Open one hole at top left side of the chipboard hearts and set a copper eyelet. This is where the chain will go throw to hold the two parts.
Start embellishing the front of the card. First place 3 white feathers at the right side. Then the brown ones. If you find them too long, shorten them a bit to fit better. Take some copper wire and turn to form spirals. Have the pearls on the pins and curve them a bit to unable to stay up when hot glued. Glue your the pearled paint heart, the paper and the satin flower.
Take a white feather, use some black paint at the peak of it ( as been dipped in ink!) and few drops on the “the thankful heart” sentiment heart and glue on it.
Then place it to the left inside of the card.
First of all download the cupcake template from Cuddly Buddly.
