Two Boxes

Last week two of my grandchildren came to see me and they wanted to 'make somefing' - my grandaughter announced that she wanted to make a jewellery box! Now, thinking that was a little ambitious for a 2 and a half year old, I persuaded her and her 4 year old brother to do some stamping on a lunch bag and then cut out the letters in their name to stick on with the promise that Granny would make her a jewellery box. Working on the basis that a box made from card wouldn't last 5 minutes in the hands of a toddler I hunted around for a suitable box to decorate and found this (along with several others that have been sitting around in cupboards for a very long time). By pure chance the Scallop Circle die fitted perfectly so I cut one in Pretty in Pink DSP and glued this to the lid. I punched out some butterflies in cardstock and DSP, using the Elegant Butterfly and Bitty Butterfly, to decorate. The butterflies around the box were glued straight on but I thought the ones on top needed to be a bit more substantial so I covered them with Crystal Effects and sprinkled with Dazzling Diamonds. When they were dry I assembled them and added a Basic Rhinestone before fixing them to the lid. It must be the Granny in me because I don't like to give one without the other so I made this 'treasure chest' for my grandson with a similar box and decorated with the Owl Builder punch.

I have to say they were both thrilled with them and soon had them filled with treasure - albeit the jewellery box was soon home to micro machine cars rather than jewels! Before I left my grandaughter said 'Granny you're special' - I'm not too sure what she meant by that :0)

Simply Stampin' Sketch

There is a sketch for this week's challenge over at Simply Stampin' and this is my take on it. I have used a 15cm square Naturals Ivory card blank onto which I stamped the leafy branch from Borderlines (a three stamp set available in the Spring Mini) in Early Espresso. Part of the tree stamp from Forever Young was stamped onto Very Vanilla, which had already been cut using the Scallop Circle die and trimmed off down one edge, and the edge was inked with a sponge dauber. A narrow strip of Early Espresso DSP from the Neutrals Stack was placed down the side of the card with the Scallop Circle butted up against it. Part of a sentiment stamp from Hopeful Thoughts was inked with an early Espresso marker and stamped in the bottom corner.
When I was making this card I stamped the leafy branch onto my card blank and then realised I had stamped it too far down the page and the scallop circle practically covered it. This was tossed aside as a reject and I started again. However, come back tomorrow to see how my 'reject' turned out - the simplest card ever and, surprisingly, one which I really like!!!