O is for One layer/colour ultra pink

Not been around much since my last post, I think the busy Christmas period, and various other happenings as took its toll on me and I've not been very well, I've increased my doseage of meds, so hopefully once they kick in, usually takes a week give or take to get back to what I call 'normal', I should be ok.
Not going to let it get to me, these things happen and I am learning (long curve) to let these things go.

Anyhoo, on the craft!!

The latest Butterfly challenge is O for one layer and/or use the colour Ultra Pink, aha! perfect for a digital project me thinks. Not sure my pink is Ultra but hey ho.

I decided to do a pack of A6 sized notelets.

The design is an embellishment from the digi kit "Artsy Anne" by Rosie H on flickr, I just matched the font colour to the pink. There are four notelets in the pack, I'm thinking £1.50 for the pack - if I don't use them myself!

entering into:  Butterfly Challenege = O and ultra pink

box of delights

This months challenge over at fripperies and butterflies was to use the this absolutely gorgeous digital image, in your design

As soon as I saw it I thought chocolate bar.......or rather a lovely label for a gift box for a choccy bar!

 

(I'd just read the January issue of DoCrafts Creativity and there was a piece/recipe on how to make a small box suitable for chocolate bar sized gifts)

 

So I measured, scored and cut, stuck, coloured and glittered (didn't eat any chocolate, had a handful of peanuts & raisins).

 

 

Hot off the Press "Soft Nostalgia" turquoise & pink paper

doily

image

Papermania "Simply floral" paper & pastel ribbon

vintage buttons

cord from a necklace

butterfly

gold glitter 

Glam Gold pigment ink

 

Followed the instructions on constructing the box, (used thin card so it would be pliable) I then stuck the turquoise backing paper round it NB this would have been much easier if I'd stuck the backing paper to the sheet of card before I started!

Using the pigment ink I patted the pad round the edges and on top of the box, to give it an aged look.

I then cut a smaller pink backing paper up and stuck it to the top.

Had already resized and printed off the image, so I positioned half a doily underneath (coloured with pastel beige promarker to make it look more creamier) the image, then layered both onto the pink paper.

I fussy cut the roses out of the Simply Floral paper, in fact I cut two bits, its decoupaged but you can't see it in the photo., then I added a little gold glitter to the tops, just for a bit of shiny. Stuck those to the corner of the box, slightly hanging over the edge.

To balance the left side out I foraged in my BIG tin of vinatage buttons (this will be shown on a later post... my goodness its button heaven!). found 3 I liked, tied a bow using a piece of pink cord cut from a necklace I no longer wear... and I no longer speak to the 'friend' who gave it me  - karma. Stuck them on.

Used another pink butterfly (see earlier atc post) - these are actually cake toppers but I chopped the cocktail stick off, and stuck that to the other corner, because it looked empty.

 

Finally (phew - my fingers are aching) I punched a hole and added ribbon.

 

now it just needs the little gift (NOT chocolate) I bought for part of Pay It Forward 2014..... little late with that, and a quick note and I can then post it to a lovely lady I know. Hope she will like it.

 

entering into: fripperies and butterflies - use image

                      digitally sweet challenges - not a card or a layout

 

 

 

 

 

 

hanging on...

The Steampunk digikit is one of my favourites, admittedly I've not visited Daisy Trail for weeks , must rectify that this week but ~i keep playing with this one ;)

A wall hanging/plaque thingymebob:

 

with a bit of glitter and a few gems.

pen is mightier than.......

Something different today, I save boxes and other stuff to (eventually) upcycle and use, this was a coco powder tub, which I turned into a pen holder for the desk at work, used CAP Steam Punk Curiosties digi kit.
Kept it clean and simple, just tied twine round the top.