Sunday, April 13, 2008

Anniversary gift

I saw this beautiful trio of boxes made over at Sharon Johnson's blog http://notimetostamp.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2007/11/14/trio-of-boxes/ , which I hightly recommend that you go check out. I decided that this is going to be part of what I was going to make my in laws for their Anniversary, and I was going to make some sort of treat to put inside it. I found the perfect cardstock from PhotoMemories, I just LOVE the blue colored cardstock...wow is all I have to say :)!


In the end I made some Chocolate orange walnut Biscotti to put inside the box, I did make a little too much and so it wouldn't all fit into the box...I put the rest in a baggie and put it in their gift bag. Since it was my first time making these boxes I decided simple was best, and work my way up into the more difficult look later. I LOVE how it turned out, was sort of surprised because the project started to head down that road of "this isn't going to work"...perhaps I was just being hard on myself. Anyways, I gave it to my inlaws this afternoon and they just LOVED both things I made...I think they had a few pieces of Biscotti too :)!


This picture is of the top of the box, since you don't really get a good idea of what it looks like from this first picture :)! Once I get the hang of making these boxes I am sure I will be putting more details into them...





Cardstock:


~dark brown cardstock from Carousel 12x12 sheet from PhotoMemories


~not sure of this color, it is turquiose sort of, from PhotoMemories


~Patterned paper from Autumn Leaves slab of paper from WalMart


~white flat cardstock from Carousel


~black flat cardstock from carousel


Ink:



~Archival ink Jet Black


~Brilliance ink pad (Dew Drop) Moonlight White


Stamps:


~Jollies Fleurs Lizzie Anne stamps


~Stamp from Brenda Wholten (think that was her last name) by Inkadinkado




Other:


~Martha Stewart scrapbooking pen (black)


~Brown ribbon from Michael's
~Super Tacky Tape from Michael's


~Paper Studio Circle Scallop punch


~The Crafters Workshop stencil Photo Memories

1 comments:

Tracy.H said...

Great job on the box! It looks great...and the biscotti sounds yummy too. ;0)