Friday, November 28, 2014

Gift Idea with Sweet Pea stamps and Paper Temptress

 Here's a great project that you can do to make a stunning and sweet gift for someone for a low cost.  This great box is available at my local dollar store it's approx. 5.5x8.5" and very sturdy. It's a thick cardboard box meant for storage or gift giving and has Christmas sentiment on it, but I wanted to turn it into something special in an everyday kind of way.  While at the dollar store, I found some bath treats in Iris scent and then took some gorgeous Paper Temptress papers and this stunning image from Sweet Pea stamps called Iris Grace.
 
I used several stunning papers from Paper Temptress including 2 shades of Mica called Kunzite and Amethyst. The image was printed out on Neenah Solar White Classic Crest paper and colored with Copic markers. The paper that the image is mounted on is also a shimmery stock called Solar Yellow Pearlescent.  The base papers is a wonderful sheet of Hambly Studio Screenprints called Chic Circles.
 
Here's a close up of the image from Sweet Pea stamps artist Ching chou kuik.
 
Here's the finished project complete with a wonderful bath scrubber, a bottle of Iris scented body wash and some warm hand made slippers.

 
Hope this cute idea inspires you to make a wonderful little gift for that neighbor, teacher, church friend, visitor or person that you just want to give something with a little personal touch.
 
Cheers, Holley

11 comments:

KarinsArtScrap said...

wow stunning Holley I love it
Gr Karin

jimlynn said...

Holley, this is stunning!!! WOW! Love your gorgeous coloring on that image.
Lynn

Linda Simpson said...

This is fabulous Holley, a great idea for a gift. The image is beautifully coloured too.
Hugs
Linda xxx

Melody Strahan said...

Thanks for the great idea!

Ellis said...

Lovely gift box you created! =)
Hugs, Elenor

Jackie T said...

Hi Holley this is a gorgeous I love the image. Hugs Jackie

Andree said...

A fantastic gift box Holley. The image is beautifully coloured and I love the shimmery papers x

Anonymous said...

beautiful, lovely and feminine

kaye G

Kate M said...

Wow - what a fabulous box - complements the gift beautifully!
xx

Alyx said...

Gorgeous...fabulous colouring.
xx

Brawny x said...

Just fabulous love this x