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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

A NEW Gift Project!

Several months ago, when I discovered Sugar Nellies, I also discovered Elizabeth Bell images. At that time, some of her images were sold through Funky Kits and I ordered some. Since then, I have discovered that she has MANY more darling images. Recently she launched a NEW CHALLENGE blog and I KNEW I just had to get in on the ground floor on this one. I LOVE her images and find coloring them with my prisma color pencils to be so relaxing.
Anyway, her first challenge was posted on October 25th - JUST before we had to pack up and move. I was able to purchase a few digital images and get them printed on my whisper white and very vanilla cardstock before I had to pack away all my crafting tools and the printer. Sinced then, I have been thinking about the project and FINALLY got a chance to play yesterday - and finished up this very fun project this afternoon.
I chose to do a box as I seldom do those and have done totes in the past. I used this ADORABLE image called Eden's 2nd Christmas. I only used part of the image for the box top, but the full image is really quite adorable. Since this IS a Christmas image - the delightful innocence of a child as they discover the wonders of Christmas - I chose to use the new Cherry Cobbler and Always Artichoke cardstock for my base and box top. The new Designer paper in the holiday mini catalog goes along quite nicely with these colors. I chose to use a variety of patterns from this same package. For the edge of my box I used a punch that would go nicely with the scallop edge of the circle.I used Early Espresso satin ribbon on the edge of the box top - gluing it down so it stays in place. I also added a few of the flowers from Wild Orchid Craft to the top of the box. Then, inside my little box I have 4 little 3 x 3 cards. Of course, this isn't enough to fill the box, and should I decide to give this as a gift, I will add several more cards to make a nice little gift. Each of the cards has a different sketch design. I just looked through the various different sketch blogs that I like to visit to find something that would work for a mini card like this. I had considered putting the image that is on the box top on each card, however, since I only printed a few of the designs before I moved, I didn't have enough to do that. So, I decided to keep the scallop circle theme going and added the pearls for a nice touch to each of the cards. I only had a couple sentiments that fit inside the circle - 'thinking of you' and 'thank you' - so used those switching the colors to give two of each. I had considered just making them 'thank you' cards, but decided I wanted a variety and here again, with more little cards, I could add more sentiments (If they fit inside the circle).

So, that is my project for the first Elzabeth Bell Challenge - and just in time. I am looking forward to seeing what the next challenge is going to be - of course, by the time that one is posted, I will be looking at unpacking the moving truck as we hope to close on the house we are buying on the 30th.

Thanks for stopping by and reading through my ramblings - hope you have a glorious day wherever you are!
~Paula~

6 comments:

Paula (PEP) said...

This is a joy - your little notecards are so beautifully thought out & decorated. That bow is something else & love these colours - you always co-ordinate your projects so well.
Paula (PEP)
http://pepcraftchallexp.blogspot.com/

Lorraine said...

omg this is so beautiful i love the image you have used and the colouring is awesome especially the tree I also love the ribbon and bow such a pretty touch aswell as those cute notecards goodluck huni xx

Janiel/ janny said...

oh Payla you have done a fab job with your project for the EBW Challenge blog!!!
BEAUTIFUL!!!
hugs, Janiel

Anonymous said...

What a darling box you've created with the digital EB image!! Gorgeous details and I'm so glad you've discovered these fun images!! Thanks for playing along with us at the EBW challenges!! HUGS

Kiki said...

This is really fantastic! Love the colors you've used. Great job!!!

Thanks so much for joining us at EBW Challenge Blog.

Hugs, Kiki

Wendy Ramlakhan said...

Such a sweet little box. I love the paper's you used and the ribbon wrapped around the box lid!!! So glad you could join us at the EBW Challenge Blog!!