Altered Gift Box

Altered Gift Box - Shabby Chic

Hello everyone! Hope you are having a nice week.  I would like to share a recent project I was working on, it is a Shabby Chic gift box.

This is a 4.5" x 4.5" white cardboard box that I purchased at Michael's.  Below is a picture of the completed box, please read further to follow the process.  I did not get a chance to take a picture of the box in it's raw form, however, I will dive in and show the process.  Hope you enjoy and follow my blog. 

First, I painted the edges of the box in pale pink, and distressed the edges in white.  Then I mod podged Graphic 45 "A Ladies Diary" paper on the top and toned down the color with white acrylic paint.  After letting everything dry, I textured the top with "Snow-Tex" for added interest.  The sides of the boxes were done in the same process.

 

I painted the inside of the box in pink and layered the bottom of the box with 7 Gypsies "Trousseau" collection.  Edged with pink yarn and Recollections flat back pearls.  The lid of the box was layered with 7 Gypsies "Trousseau" and the edges were distressed and inked with Tim Holt "Tea Dye" distress ink.

 

 

Then, I layered the sides of the box with pink floral lace and layered another gathered pink lace on top from Lavish Laces.  Also, I added flat back white AB pearls to each individual flower on the lace.

 

 

For the closure of the box, I created a loop with wire and created a charm with a clasp on the other end.  Hung it from the lid of the box.

 

 

I created the focal flower on top of the box.  It was a white satin material and I dyed it pale pink and added eyelash trim and to the center of the flower added a pearl embellishment.

 

 

I embellished the top of the box with Recollections bling, butterflies and flower petals.  Also, included are some flat back pearls from Michael's.  The stick pin is from a swap I did on You Tube and some tiny satin roses in pale pink.

 

 

Lastly, I covered the bottom of the box with paper from 7 Gypsies "Trousseau".

 

 

I hope you enjoyed the process of how I created this beautiful Shabby Chic gift box.  Please leave a comment if you liked this blog.  Visit me on my YouTube channel where I show all my creations: http://www.youtube.com/user/heart4art78/videos.  Please visit my store at: http://www.zibbet.com/Heart4artus.

 

 

Thank you very much for stopping by.

Big Hugs, Layla