Wedding Memory Box for the Secret Crafter Design Team

Good morning to you all in the land of blog

I must start by saying that this post is photo heavy and you might wish to get yourself a cuppa :)

Today brings the new challenge at the

Secret Crafter

The theme this week is

Anything But A Card

This creation is part of a set of gifts for a friend who is getting married soon, previously I posted the Boozy Bride Bottle Wedding Dress and there will be more creations to follow shortly.  So this is a Wedding Memory Box, it uses the colour scheme of the Wedding again.

This is a tilted photo to show you the top of the box but also the lace and pearl trim.  The box itself was from Hobby Craft and has been coated with gesso and then over painted with a lovely burgundy.  Once this was dry I over sprayed with a cream crackle glaze spray and following that a spray varnish.  The outside of the box only has the crackle effect the inner has been left with the burgundy finish which is a matt finish.  The top has a lovely sentiment located from the good old www. This was printed onto parchment paper.  The edges were sprayed and curled and left to dry.  Once dry these were distressed with Old Paper, Antique Linen and Vintage photo distress inks all available from the Secret Crafter. Finally the floral arrangement was added - the flowers are a mixture from Hobby Craft, Wild Orchid, a local department store and my stash. The whole box was sprayed with a fine mist of gold glitter to finish again available from the Secret Crafter.

The base inside is a heart of Making Memories Je t'adore papers.  Around the bottom edge is some lovely frilly lace from our local department store (thank you Polly for picking some up for me after you found it)  Around the top edge are two different fabrics.  The first is the delicious lace and on top of this is a string of delicate material ribbons.

Here is a close up

The top edge has a lush burgundy satin ribbon around it, which is over a ribbon of pearl droplets.  The pearl droplets drop down, so that when the box is closed they sit over the lace around the bottom of the heart shaped box.

Finally the open box with the lid, now you can see the lace on the bottom around the edge with the space for the lid to drop onto.

Hope your still with me and have not dozed off after all of that writing and photos.

Please pop and see what the other ladies of the DT have created there are some gorgeous pieces

I am entering this creation into the following challenges

Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything Goes

The ABC Challenge - Q is for Quote

Scrapbook Sisters - Flowers

Bling It On - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Challenges - Lace

Scrap-Creations - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Three of something - lace

Tuesday Throwdown - Lace

Delicious Doodles - Dimensional Project

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Enjoy your weekend

Hugs 

Kate 

xx