Altered Purse Box

So a few months ago I found these absolutely hideous purse boxes on clearance at Hobby Lobby.  I wish, wish, wish I had a before pic!  They were only $1.79 and I saw potential.  I worked on this over the course of a few days.

I so love how this turned out!!

Inside

The first thing I did was spray paint the boxes with Rustoleum Hammered Brown spray paint.

Once that was dry I started adding paper.  All paper used was from the Avonlea collection from Close to my Heart - Unfortunately this paper is sold out, but just wait!  There's some great new collections coming out Aug 1st!

Back view

Sides with faux stitching using a white gel pen - the ribbon handle is ribbon from the Close to my Heart green collection

I hot glued some layered flowers with brad centers to the top.

I used multiple Cricut carts on this project.  The green flourishes are from Cindy Loo and the brown flourishes are from Home Decor.  The small butterfly is from Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art and the large butterfly is from Best Images of 2010.  And finally, the birdcage and the bird are from Bloom.

I hope you enjoyed today's project!  Have a great day!

Smitten Kitten & searching for Cricut images

Hello friends!  I'm back today with another project continuing my challenge to use the cartridges I don't use often.  Today's project comes from the Cindy Loo cartridge.

This was one of the first cartridges I purchased and I absolutely love the images!

I used the cat image from this one for today's card.

The base of this card is made from White Daisy CTMH cardstock.  I used Recollections black cardstock for the first mat that I ran through my Cuddlebug with the Argyle embossing folder.

I used Elegant Edges, Eyelet1 with the oblong feature for the pink and white mats.  Cindy Loo for the cat and Best Images of 2006 for the heart.  I don't think this cartridge is available any more, but there are tons of hearts on many different cartridges.  The sentiment comes from a Pink by Design stamp set called Just Sayin.

I carried over the black and pink to the inside and added another heart.

And just a quick tip, you can search for an individual image in Cricut Craft Room.  I don't always like to use this search feature because sometimes it's difficult to imagine what it would look like.  There's another webpage that is amazing to use to search for images called mycutsearch.  If you're looking for something in particular I highly recommend checking out this site.

Come check out the CTMH June specials and my Giveaway too!

I hope you all are having a fabulous weekend!

Pink Elephant Baby Shower, part 1

Last week I think I mentioned I was working on a party package for a baby shower.  Today I'm sharing the first 2 of 5 projects that will be included in the package deal.

Let's start with the invitations:

Invitation

I think these turned out so cute!  I love the little elephant.  Card is a regular A2 size, 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.  The elephant is cut from the Paisley cricut cartridge.  The heart is cut from the Accent Essentials cricut cartridge.

Inside card

Baby Shower is cut from the Cuttin' Up cricut cartridge.  Another heart from Accent Essentials was added to the inside.

The second project is the coordinating Thank You notes.

Thank You note

The elephant and heart are the same ones used on the invitation.  Thank You was cut from the Cindy Loo cartridge.

Inside 

The inside is the same as the invitation, but blank.  Lots of room for writing messages!

There are 3 more coordinating projects coming up to make the whole package!  I had so much fun making these!

Hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day!