Razor Sharp Crafts

This is a memory box that I made as a birthday present for a friend of mine.  Her favorite thing is elephants and her favorite color is green so i just rolled with that. I made the elephant charm hang over the edge to help hold the lid shut.  I punched a whole in the lid and put a large eyelet in it.  Then I stuck an eye pin through the eyelet, with the eye part on the inside of the box and used a jump ring to keep it from coming all the way through.  Then I curved it and decorated it with Swarovski crystals.  I rounded the end creating a loop and attached the elephant charm using a jump ring. The tulle flower I got in a RAK swap at Mini Album Scraps  from Laura Stirckland. I used the Tim Holtz 30 game piece because she was turning 30.  I colored it with a black Sharpie and then glossy accented it. The butterfly was a wooden butterfly.  It's either a Maya Road one or it's one that I got in a R...

My oldest son wanted matchboxes to take to school at Christmas time to give to all of his classmates.  So these are what we came up with.   We decided to make them look like presents and sealed them with a kiss :) I used the Stampin' Up! matchbox die to make these and it also cuts out the little labels so we used them to label them all. Red with Green Ribbon, it was a satin Ribbon from Paper Trey Ink. Green with Red Ribbon, Pure Poppy is the color of the ribbon, from Paper Trey Ink. Lots of boxes!! And of course a special one for his teacher!!  I used Graphic 45's Nutcracker Sweet paper to make the box and the Rosette.  The kiss seals the Rosette and then there's a star stick pin stuck in behind it.  Sorry this is blurry,  I was trying to get some quick pics with my phone before he left with them. A view of the side. I hope you all enjoyed seeing these!!  I would have liked to do...

I know I am VERY late uploading these.  My New Year's resolution was to get more active on my blog and on my YouTube Channel, which is kjsharp82.  So I'm working on loading projects that I have completed lately and then I hope to get working on some new ones to share!! These altered Matchboxes were made for a swap that I hosted at Mini Album Scraps .  The swaps was back in September of 2012. It was make 3 to swap and 1 to keep yourself. I filled mine with German candy, as a treat for those in the states.  German candy is so good!! Who couldn't love that face?!?! Thank you for checking these out and stay turned for more posts of other projects that I have completed!! Happy Crafting!!!!