The Dragonfly

A friend stopped by my house yesterday with a plate full of yummy cookies she had been baking so I thought today I would rustle up a wee gift to take round to say thank you.  She knows I can't cook, won't cook so this really was a lovely surprise and so thoughtful :) :) :).

I know she likes green tea so a wee box with some green tea bags in seemed like a good idea.

After a hunt on the net to see if I could find a template of the type of box I had in mind and not finding anything I set to and designed my own.  To begin with I cut two of the handle sections in kraft and glued them together so they are nice and strong.

 Next I made two open top boxes using black card.

 Onto making the panels.  Using craft again I then stamped a dragonfly all over as the image I am going to use has dragonflies in it.  I also stamped the top of the handle sections and also a wee thank you label. Stamping was done with a black embossing ink pen and embossed with clear embossing powder.

Onto colouring the image.  I have used Ching Chou Kuik's 'The Dragonfly'. The image was coloured with Promarkers and finished off with some O2 pearls paint on the dragonflies so they shimmer when the light catches them, gold and copper metallic pens for the leaves and part of the dress and copper Stickles for the centres of the flowers and dots on the dress.

 Media used

And here we have the finished box.  I don't have enough green tea bags to fill it up so there will be a trip to shops to get some more tomorrow before I drop this off :) :)

Ingredients:-

• Image - Ching Chou Kuik's 'The Dragonfly'
• Box design by me
• Colouring media - Promarkers, O2 Pearl Paint, gold and copper metallic pens
• Dies - Spellbinders circles, scalloped circles and Labels 20
• Copper Stickles

I am entering this creation in the following challenges:-

• Allsorts W,3E (W2) Last minute gifts, 2 Weeks this time 
• Challenge Up Your Life 2W,E1,(w2) Kraft Cardstock
• Sweet Stampin W, 2E, must Stamp Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers -  2W ,C10,3E(one must be using sponsor image) - No.59 -  Anything Goes  with Ching-Chou Kuik (challenge runs for 2 more weeks)
• Docerela Creations- 2W, 1E, Must Stamp, SIO - No. 75 - (W2 of 2) - Anything Goes
• C.R.A.F.T. - W, 5E -#291 Anything Goes
• Baffies Kreativladen - M -  Gift packaging (ends Jan14)
• I love Promarkers -Must use Promarkers - #250 Anything Goes  (ends Jan06)
• Nutcrafters - 2W, SIR for 1st prize, any image for 2nd Prize, 1E -  #83 Gift packaging  (ends Jan07)