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A Heart Box with Secrets

24 March, 2016 - Vintage Spring Basics, Vintage Summer Basics

Hello Everyone 🙂

Today it is me, Silje Kristin who stop by with some new inspiration for you 🙂

Today I thought I would show you a Heart Box, made with some lovely paper from Maja Design <3

This box that you see in the picture, was a large red box that I got in a Christmas present. I am very found of recycle or upcycle diferent boxes that I received or may have been a old packaging for something. And this project here is no exeption.

I have used pattern sheets from Vintage summer Basics and Vintage Spring Basics.

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I have decorated the bottom and the lid with two different patterned paper, where the patterned paper on the bottom is the darkest, while the lid is in a lighter color.

All the edges are inked with Distress Ink – Ground Espress, before I used a silver chain with shiny diamonds. This chain is very easy to attach with glue.

The heart that is on the top is made based on the shape of the box itself.

Here i have selected one pattern sheets that have both colors of the pattern sheets I’ve used on the box.

On the tof of the heart i have used several different flowers, most of the flowers are from Wild Orchids, while some of the flowers are from Papirdesign.

In between the flowers are a large button with a bow, pearls and two large silver leaf.

I have tried to place the flowers and the other details, as a heart on the top of the box <3

If you open the box and turn the bottom of the box up, you can see that I have used a pearl string, now thw box have something to stand on.

Know you have seen my new project for Maja Design <3 A Heart Box with secrets <3

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Vintage Summer Basics Jewellery Box

Posted by Bec Genet

1 March, 2016 - Altered Items, Vintage Summer Basics

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Hi everyone. Today I have an off the page project for you.

I brought a Tim Holtz Mini Configuration Book a while ago to make it into a Jewellery Box for my Daughter. She loves pink and the Vintage Summer Basics collection has the most gorgeous pink papers which I decided were prefect for this box.

I used the Vintage Summer Basic Papers 1908, 1910, 1922 and 1925. I started by putting a layer of gesso over the whole thing and then I cut the paper to fit the cover, sides and inside of the book.

I layered lots of pretty embellishments on the cover, some of these are my Daughters favourites from my stash – e.g. the little birds nest and mini birds.

Once the papers were glued on I went over all the edges with distress ink in Vintage Photo

Then I added some lace and pearls to the spine, and to finish off I added pearls to the cover.

On the Inside I covered the larger surfaces with paper, then I took the foam out of some old jewellery boxes to fit inside the smallest squares

I used the Vintage Summer Basic Papers 1908, 1910, 1922 and 1925

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The Man I Love

Posted by Silje Kristin Aunan

26 February, 2016 - Vintage Autumn Basics

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Hello Everyone <3

What a week this have bean, a verry bissy one. You see I have just moved to a new place, in this gorgeous City I live in, here in Bodø. Bodø is a town in the north of Norway. I have the last four days spent my time to unpack on box after another and now I have a Normal room I can enjoy my self. All of my scrapbooking stuff is in place and today I gonna enjoy mysself with paper and new ideas. I can tot wait 😉

Today I visiting the Maja Blog with a new project, and this time I’m going to show you my Valentines Prosject to my Boyfriend. My man, Henning is a wonderful man, he sees me, i can be myself and we whant the same thing for the future. I can safely tell you that I am MADLY in LOVE with this beautiful man, and to be honest, it feels like I’ve won the lottery. So when Valentines Day approaching, I just had to make a box to the gift, to show him how much I love him. And way not do this with my passion <3

The box I’ve have used, is the packaging to a handsfree that I bought myself afther Christmas, which I have given new life to. The pattern sheets I have used is take from the Vintage Autumn Basics collection.

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The idea for the box cam when I and my Boyfriend looked through a box of old things. Up in one of the boxes, we found many old and rusty nails, screws, small light bulbs and other rusty details. Some of it, you can see in the pictures below. I was so lucky that I could take the things I wanted and that was when the idea came.

I had one great desire that the box I made for him, would be full of rough and stylish details. Meanwhile, I would bring in the romance to.

Since it’s Valentine’s Day, I have used some letters on the front og of the box and written LOVE. These letters have the right color by using Wink of Stella. In the picture you can also see some of the rough details that I have used.

When you open the lid of the box, you will see how it looks on the inside. Here are more of the same details that I have used on the outside of the box.

On the one side, I have used the same lettes as the one on the outside, onli this time I have written Forever. And this part is a bit funny, you see on the Valentines card I got from him, it says on the front Love and Forever. I think it is cute 😉

On the other side of the box, you can see more details, as glass bottles and words written on metal plates.

I have glued several small glass bottles. Up in these bottles you can fiend several things that have a symbol for me and Henning. The film roll represents our first date, the cinema. The brown powder are coffee, becuse Henning is totally dependent on it 😉 the nails I got from him, becuse he know how important this hobby is for me. And the string, symbolizes how strong we are together.

The words over the bottles is a gift from Henning, this is one set of 7 different words from Prima. I think it was entirely appropriate to use some of these words, to make this gift more meaningful <3

And this is the box, before I started with it.

So before I finish my blog post, I’m going to tell you what Henning received as a gift, except from this box. Henning has a son named Henrik, and I wanted to do something special aboute that. I know how much Henning LOVE his son, and Henning have a necklace around his neck, so I bought a silver plate , which I got engraved with Henrik’s name. Now he have a little pice with Henrik with him all time <3 And I can tell you that my man, was very happy for the gift <3

I wish you all a wonderful and a creative weekend.

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Baby Shoes for a Little Baby Girl

Posted by Silje Kristin Aunan

14 February, 2016 - Vintage Baby

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Hello Everyone <3

Congratulations with Valentines Day, everyone <3 <3 <3

My plan for today, was toshow you a box I have made for my Boyfriend on Valentines Day, but since I’m moving to a new home, there was unfortunately no time to take pictures of the project, so you habe to wait a few weeks 😉 But today I have a pink sweet box which I will share with you. This box was basically a box to a Samsung phone, but now I have given a new life to.

On the box I have used three different sheets from The Vintage Baby, these sheets I have used to dressed on the outside of the box. On the edges I have used Distress Ink Ground Espresso.

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To bring out the sugar sweet on the box, I have used details like silver chain with clear and ligth brown diamonds. In between the bottom and the ild, I’ve also attached a pearl string around the box.

The flowers I have used are white flowers from Wild Orchids, an extra little detail I used with the flowers, are a little white crown.

On the top of the box, you can see that I have a little plateau and on top of that I have one pair of white baby shoes. These shoes are from a dies sett from Marianne Design. The set you can also find a model for a shoes to a baby boy. On the shoes I’ve use a pink button, white thread, pink bling and a silver charms.

You open up the lid, you will see that I have decorated the inside of the box as well. The punch is from Martha Stewart, I have also attached a pearl string.

Now you have seen my little pink box, to a little baby girl <3

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Some men works and another easter card

Posted by Evgenia Petzer

13 February, 2016 - Altered Items, Cards, Nyhavn, Vintage Spring Basics

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Hello dear friends! Its Evgenia Petzer with you today and I have made some projects and will now show them one by one to you.

So first come up the masculines projects. In Russia we celebrate the 23rd of February as the mens day, so I made some projects fro this them. As for me the Nyhavn collection has definitely some masculine part in it, so I used this limited collection for my projects. I added some random black stitching, some kraft die cuts and metal bits and pieces (Prima ones)