Altered Box with "Scarlet" Digitals...

I was so thrilled beyond measure to be able to create with Marion Smith's new digitals named "Scarlet"!

This new collection has beautiful soft tones with a pop of color!

I decided to create a little altered box for my daughter who is going to college, she wanted a little pretty jewerly box to sit upon her dresser.

I know I needed to use this beautiful digial collection "Scarlet" just screams shabby chic!

I started with white washing the box and painting the tiny spools for the feet.

Glued the papers to the box after I distressed all the edges of the papers.

Using a mask and stucco/gesso mixture added a beautiful demask texture to the box.

What is awesome about this paper is there are so many possiblites of making your own embellishments from within the paper alone...see here I took a resin frame and cut out this little lady to place inside. Along with that I used chipboard pieces and covered with the papers!

To help my daughter know how much we love her I created a little bit of home in creating the silky flowers (pinks and grey ones) for the altered box, added some mother of pearl buttons for the centers...my daughter just loves these flowers I make....

I just love this little altered box and it also thrills my heart to know  that my daughter will enjoy it everyday as she gets ready for her day in college life....a little piece of home and love...

Here is the amazing paper collection I used called "Scarlet"

http://www.marionsmithdesigns.com/scarlet-12x12-8x8-or-6x6-printable-papers-and-embellishments-please-sign-into-an-account-before-purchase.html

Thanks for stopping in today,

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com