Sunday, 10 July 2011

A job lot from ebay and an 18th



I bought a job lot of wooden items from ebay, it was an absolute bargain, I've got a whole range of boxes, plaques etc they all plain light coloured wood ready for altering. This is my first attempt at decorating one and I'm pretty pleased with the result. I did this for an 18th birthday gift and did a card to coordinate with it. The birthday girl is trying to save for a car so I did the box to put money in. Her birthday party had a Grease theme and I was presented with some beautiful flowers and a butterfly for my garden for doing the invites (see an earlier post if you missed them). The party was brilliant fun, I was dressed for the occasion with my net petticoats and a Pink Ladies jacket. I checked out a couple of Youtube tutorials on 50s make-up, I went for very strong eyes complete with arched pencilled brows and false lashes and red lips. My husband said "That makeups quite scary but I think you've achieved the look you were after".


Box recipe:

Adirondack Lights Acrylic Paint - Salmon

Memento ink - Rich Cocoa

Images - Kanban acrylic stamps

Sentiments - Tim Holtz

Flowers - Crafts for Occasions

Butterfly - sizzix die and stampin up stamp


Card recipe

Magnolia - Princess Tilda coloured with promarkers

Martha Stewart - Punch around the page punches
LOTV - Sentiment





Thanks for stopping by I love reading your comments.

Lynda
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11 comments:

  1. Tracy10 July 2011 at 11:18

    Fabulous Entry, thanks for joining Sir Stampalot’s challenge, Good luck.
    Happy crafting
    Tracy x

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  2. Fleur10 July 2011 at 13:37

    Gorgeous box Lynda & a lovely card ~ Now you need to show the 50's picture, it's no good just describing it LOL x

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  3. Sally H10 July 2011 at 15:04

    A fabulous summery card and a gorgeous box. Thanks for sharing with us at Sir Stampalot this month and Good Luck!

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  4. Kristie W. 10 July 2011 at 18:12

    You did a great job altering the box, it's so pretty! Love your Magnolia card too :) Thanks for playing along with Flutter By Wednesdays!

    Kristie
    FBW DT Member

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  5. brenda10 July 2011 at 23:18

    A stunning creation Lynda and great attention to detail.

    Thank you for joining us at Stampalot challenge this month, good luck and hope to see you again.

    B x

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  6. WeirdCat11 July 2011 at 02:25

    Beautiful card and I love the box, thank you for joining us at I♥Promarkers this week
    Ruth x

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  7. pinky11 July 2011 at 10:56

    Great use of your bargain box, loving the matching card. Thanks for joining us at Sir Stampalot this month.
    Pinky

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  8. Emma (metalicbutterfly)12 July 2011 at 01:17

    Great card and the box is stunning!!

    Thanks for joining us for our free and easy week at Allsorts

    Emma xxx

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  9. Mummylade12 July 2011 at 04:54

    gorgeous project. Thank you so much for sharing with us at the Allsorts challenge this week and good luck!

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  10. sharon13 July 2011 at 10:39

    Wow that's such a pretty box. Thanks for sharing it with us at CRAFT challenge. Sharon x

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  11. Francesca19 July 2011 at 00:12

    Fantastic card

    thanks for joining us at Sir Stampalot challenge this month and good luck!

    Hugs
    Francesca

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