The Magic of Oz

Today I'm sharing a box project I made by covering a sturdy box from My Favorite Things with Graphic 45 The Magic of Oz papers. I've been employing the box to hold my planner and paperwork on the kitchen table. I knew I wanted to dress up the box since it's sitting out all the time and I chose my favorite G45 Oz papers to do so. It was so quick and easy, I already have plans to cover more boxes.

I added some of the chipboard pieces included in the package and cut the main image from the paper pack cover. It's slightly shiny, while the rest isn't, but I liked that it was large, so I fussy cut it and adhered it first. 

I drew in the hot air balloon, because the sticker only has the basket and the professor in it. I added red Stickles to Dorothy's shoes, although in this re-release of this collection, they used the original illustrated silver shoes. I prefer the ruby slippers from the MGM musical. They switched to ruby to take advantage of the brilliant Technicolor process they were using.

I added different patterned papers to the sides and doodled the black and white stripes on the sides.

I colored the witch's purple legs white to match the movie too.

I lettered the quote, which is one of my favorites...Are you a good witch or a bad witch? If only we could ask everyone that question right up front when we meet someone...lolol. I used Artistro black and white acrylic markers to doodle and letter, along with the gold Uniball pen on the balloon and letters.

I spent an enjoyable evening making this box and I enjoy using it every day. Nothing quite like making a useful craft!

If you like The Wizard of Oz, here's an article from Good Housekeeping that you might find interesting—34 Wonderfully Weird Facts About The Wizard of Oz.

Happy Friday!

Chark

It's a Love Thing with Graphic 45

I looove the Midnight Masquerade collection from Graphic 45 and made this from those papers. I fussy cut the little figures from the pocket cards and adhered them to a wooden star that I covered with rainbow foil. 

The wooden star was already covered in adhesive, so I peeled off the protective paper and just lay the foil on top and burnished it. Then I used a different color of foil and kept going until it was covered. I used a lot of pieces that had already been used but still had foil bits on it.

It was a pretty quick process...the only tricky part was choosing which figures to use. I adore the purple and teals in this collection. I popped up the flowers and figures with foam dots.

Easy and so pretty! You know I like the shimmer of the rainbow foil, even though it's not glitter, it's still shiny. 

I'm entering this on the G45 facebook page for a chance to win. All you have to do is create a love-themed project with any G45 products. I think these lovebirds qualify. 

Happy Friday!

Chark

Graphic 45 for Christmas

I love the vintage images and feel of Graphic 45 papers and embellies. Which means I had to buy the Master Detective papers and the Midnight Masquerade, even though I had no real projects in mind for them. I just loved them and knew they needed to come live at my house.

But I did end up trying a couple of projects this month for the G45 Challenge, using those two collections and the Halloween in Wonderland (the checked paper). This is a little pizza box from Stampin' Up that I decorated with the Masquerade Ephemera Pack. I'm planning to use these boxes for cash/gift cards at Christmas. Did you see the little ladies I cut out and popped up? Love them! I think they're whispering to her like the evil and good parts of your conscience, like in the cartoons. 

The stars are from a die cut...Neat and Tangled I believe. The card below uses a lot of the Master Detective papers, and the Wonderland checkered paper along with Prima flowers from forever ago...I don't know the last time I bought flowers for my stash! I had a little gold frame and I added the Sherlock silhouette. 

For this card, I used all Master Detective and some Bo Bunny burgundy paper, a little gold washi to highlight the I'm Dying to See You sentiment from the paper.

So I ended up using the pretty papers I bought, and still have some left over. Win/win!

Happy Wednesday!

Chark