Tuesday 30 August 2011

Altered Box


I recently found this round box tucked away out of sight and decided to alter it as part of Jan's birthday present, I covered it with paper and made the flowers to decorate it, added an image and some distress ink coloured lace then filled it with chocolates, there is lace around the lid that was originally green and I changed it to brown with a combination of coffe, walnut stain and distress ink,quite a strange cocktail but it worked!
I'm entering this into ToptipTuesday challenge - Shabby Chic and TryitonTuesday - Alter anything

14 comments:

Janet said...

Wow great box Maureen, love the flowers, are they from a die ?
Bet she'll love it

Heather said...

Jan will love the box, even without the chocolates! It's beautiful.

Viv said...

Gorgeous box Maureen.

Mrs A. said...

Lovely delicate colours. Just right for some chocolates. Makes a really nice prezzie. Hugs Mrs A.

Jensters said...

Wow would love to eat some chocolates out of this box....simply beautiful.

Elaine Stark said...

A beautiful box. Love all the detail. Thanks for joining Top Tip Tuesday. Elaine

Inkypinkycraft said...

Beautiful, I love the colours trace x

chrissie said...

Really beautiful box

xxx

Lisa Minckler said...

This is stunning! Love how you made the flowers and the staining concoction sounds great! I love coffee. LOL
Thanks so much for playing along with us at Top Tip Tuesday for our "Shabby Chic" challenge. :)
Lisa xx

And remember, if you have a TIP you’d like to share with us crafters, just write it up in your post and then add TIP by your entry name and you’re eligible for the TOP TIPPER PRIZE as well. 

Heike's Creativeplace said...

Wow, your creation is stunning. Thanks for joining us at TOP TIP TUESDAY this week and good luck.

Hugs
Heike

John Dyhouse said...

Beautiful , I should think Jan was higly delighted

Meggymay said...

Hi Maureen, its a gorgeous box, Jan will love it. Thankyou for joining us at TioT's this week. Yvonne x

Flutterby Trina said...

BEAUTIFUL! love the flowers, looks stunning! Thanks for playing along with us this week at Top Tip Tuesday! Good Luck and hope to see you again soon xxx

Cazro said...

Totally stunning Maureen, the flowers are fab. Thanks for playing along at Try it on Tuesday. Good Luck. Cazro