Sunday, April 26, 2009

Thinking outside the card

Good Sunday morning, my cyber friends!!! It's that day of the week again..... time for another High Hopes challenge!! This week's challenge is to think outside the card. Meaning, to make anything other than a card. I made a box. Which is funny....thinking outside the card....thinking outside the box.....

ANYWAY...........here is what I came up with!!





I've been wanting to make a pizza box for some time now, & figured this was the perfect time to try it!! Not only does it work for the challenge, but I needed a little giftie for someone & this will be perfect!! It will hold some chocolate, & a gift card. I used the Large Open Flower from the new release. I colored it with Prismas & gamsol, then used Twinkling H2O's on top of that for lots of shimmer. I cut it out & curled the edges a bit to make it 3D. The papers are SU's Riding Hood Red, So Saffron, & Cosmo Cricket Honey Pie Ella. Added some olive organdy ribbon.....heated the ends a bit so they'd curl....& voila.....a cute little pizza box! The instructions for making this box can be found HERE ON SCS.





I used my Martha doily lace border punch on another scrap to put around the sides......





.....and added some fun raffia curls for the inside. I added the chocolate....but being behind as I always am, I haven't bought that gift card yet!!! It's next on my list.....really....

I hope you'll pop on over to the High Hopes blog to see what the other Divas created. Lots of fun projects over there that I know you'll love!!! If you join along, you'll have a chance at winning a couple of HH goodies for your very own!!

Thanks so much to everyone for your comments & emails about my hubby. He had the endoscopy yesterday, & we have to wait 2 weeks to get the results. They took out a lot of fatty tissue & other stuff which went off to the lab. I'm sure everything will come back just fine, but thanks for your good thoughts!!

Thank you for visiting, & I hope you all have a fabulous week!!

18 comments:

Lisa Foster said...

This is gorgeous! Great job! eeping you guys in my prayers...
{{Hugs}}
Lisa

Sparkle and Flourish said...

Stunning pizza box. I was just thinking I need to make one as well for my Mum's b'day gift!! Love that big flower..gorgeous colouring and the doily lace edges are just so pretty. great job!
Judy xx

6 wacky women said...

Fabulous pizza box, Michelle.
Love the gorgeous flower and the papers are just perfect.
I love it!!

Karen x

Danni said...

Gorgeous box!!!

Tab said...

Wow fabby pizza box sweetie! I must have a go at one of these, looks so divine! Fab image and I love your colouring!

Hope all goes well with hubby, thinking of you sweetie!
Hugs Tab xxx

Denise Marzec said...

Gorgeous coloring and I love the dimensionon the flower. Pretty papers too!

Paula said...

Absolutely stunning box! Love everything about it!

Nikki Fairbairn said...

Your box is stunning Michelle and I will to try one of these soon, Gorgeous colouring and pretty punched edge, Big Hugs, Nikki x

Carolyn Bounds said...

Wow!!! What an elegant gift...and it contains chocolate too:o) I couldn't imagine anything better!!! Your exquisitely colored flower is GORGEOUS, and I am in love with the beautiful paper! You are surely going to make someone extremely happy when they receive this stunning creation:o)

I will keep you and your hubby in my prayers!! I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend:o)

Hugs!
Carolyn

Amy Sheffer said...

What a beautiful gift box! Love this project!!

dawnburnworth@yahoo.com said...

Okay that's it. I am coming over to visit. You can cook. You can color every adorable whimsy image out there. NOW I see you can also color florals. You go girl. This is so cute. Great job... I am hoping for the best with DH.. we need to catch up...

mi sello personal said...

Beautiful and fantastic box..Josefa Laura

Ila said...

What a Gorgeous box!!...I love the flower...and how you curled the edges up....the ribbon looks fabulous too!....Will keep you and your hubby in my prayers...Big Hugs! Ila

Cheryl said...

Love your pizza box! It is pretty darn elegant for a pizza box! That blossom is colored to perfection and I love the 3D look of it!

Karen J. said...

Your flower is beautifully colored..wish I lived closer so you could teach me how. Awesome box...who ever receives it will be a very lucky person.

Chris Olsen, Glowbug said...

What a great project Michelle!! Love it!! So pretty!!
Your family is in our prayers!
hugs,
Chris

Tammi said...

Gorgeous box, wow!!

Jocelyn K aka JoBear2 on SCS said...

Stunning! Your friend will love it.
Thinking of you and your family as you await results - that's the hardest thing. Sending you and hug!

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