Inspiration from a box ... or maybe it was the chocolates?

I received a lovely box of chocs for Christmas, and decided that the gorgeous circular box was just too lovely to throw away and I kept it to decorate.  Unfortunately, of course, before I could decorate it, I would firstly have to empty it.

Well, that was a really difficult task, but I battled on, and managed to succeed in emptying it fairly quickly.  ;0)

After bravely emptying the box, I painted it using some leftover cream paint (I had to give it several coats to hide the dark bits), and after much frustration trying to get rid of brush marks, I used a small paint roller to roll out the brush marks, which gave it a lovely mottled effect.  

Once the paint had dried, I decorated it with lots of layers of cream and gold card, a gorgeous teddy bear image (teddies are something else I love as well as chocolates boxes).  

I added some gorgeous gold organza ribbon, and some golden die cut hearts.  

Finally I stamped teeny flowers and leaves around the largest circle layer, and also all around the sides of the box, and wrapped more of the organza ribbon around the edge and tied a small knot to hold it in place.

This project is to support the inspirational object challenge at As You Like It Challenge and also the Teddies challenge at Crafty Little Fairies.

Here's the original box (no drooling now girls!)

Card Recipe:

• Image - Barry Spring from Stampfairy
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Neenah Classic Crest White Stamping Card
• Momento Stamp Pad Ink
• Gold Organza Ribbon
• Gold Mirri card
• Corrugated Gold Card
• Memory Box Precious Hearts Die
• Whiff of Joy Heart Banner Die
• Go Kreate Frilly Frame 10 Nestie

I've been inspired by:

• Cute Card Thursday - Clever Cutting (die cuts)
• Bunny Zoe - Hearts / Love

Happy crafting
Annette
xx