Altered Gift Box

May 10, 2020 Sidelle Menon 45 Comments


 Hey!

 Being a chocolate lover, I tend to hoard a lot of chocolate boxes. Today, I decided to alter one of them and change it into a gift box. I was inspired by the colors of the splashy mix mood board and decided to use my Papericious - Pretty Basic patterned paper pack.
I started off by gluing down strips of the patterned paper to the box. Once that was done, I distressed the edges with my vintage photo distress ink and archival black ink. Then I added a piece of thread around the box to create a web sort of design. For the flowers, I created a bunch of them in different sizes using the same patterned paper and added the beads from an old bracelet for the centers. I started arranging the flowers on the box. After a thousand arrangements, I finally liked this one and glued them down. Next, I added a few sequins to the small flowers, and a few drops of white perfect drops all around the arrangement. As always, I finished off the project with splashes of black paint and white gesso. Can't wait to gift this to somebody!










Entering this project for the following challenges:

 1) Papericious April Challenge | Colour It Up
2) Creative Artiste Challenge #60
3) Creatalicious Challenges - #186 ANYTHING GOES
4) Moving Along with the times - Challenge 118 for May
5) LTSCB #133 - Anything Goes
6) Simply create too Ch. #160- Use Flowers
7) We love to create - Challenge #5 - Anything Goes Mixed Media
8) Splashy Mix Challenges - Challenge 17 - May
9) Bleeding Art April Challenge
10) TTCRD - Anything Goes Challenge Week Beginning 5th May
11) More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes with optional Pink
12) Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes #438-#439
13) Allsorts Challenge - Weeks 571/2
14) Crafty Friends Ch 135 - Flowers
15) Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper May 2020 challenge
16) Simon Says: Spritz and Splatter

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45 comments:

  1. Kathleen10 May 2020 at 13:28

    Some really lovely papers and a great flower display. Thank you for joining our 'Anything goes' challenge at Allsorts.

    Kath x

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  2. Andree10 May 2020 at 15:16

    A very pretty altered box. Lovely papers and flowers.
    Thank you for joining in with our May challenge "Anything Mixed Media Goes" at Creative Artiste Mixed Media. Good luck x

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  3. brenda10 May 2020 at 23:21

    Very pretty recycling of your chocolate box, thank you so much for joining in with our current two week theme at Allsorts challenge.

    B x

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  4. Maria Pilar11 May 2020 at 00:12

    Very beautiful altered gift box
    Thanks for joining us at Splashymix Challenge
    Maria Pilar DT

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  5. Shirley-Anne11 May 2020 at 20:59

    Love your recycled choc box .LOve the end result a fabulous gift box . Thanks for sharing here at
    https://ttcrd.blogspot.com/ good luck with your entry
    Shirley-Anne DT
    https://shirley-anne-stampingforjoy.blogspot.com/

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  6. Shweta Tapsi Khode13 May 2020 at 02:10

    Amazing transformation. Thank you for playing along at the Papericious Challenge. Good luck! - DT Shweta

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  7. Priti Kedia Meghani13 May 2020 at 05:37

    Its lovely! The flowers that you chose are perfect for these papers. Thank you for playing along the Papericious April challenge :)

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  8. Kalakriti by Puja and Sneha13 May 2020 at 09:08

    Amazing concept.....thank you for participating in Papericious Monthly blog challenge:)

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  9. ike13 May 2020 at 21:44

    So very pretty and a great idea.
    Do you have a Followers button or someway of keeping up with you ??? :-D

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    1. Sidelle Menon14 May 2020 at 02:24

      thank you! Yes I do have a followers button, it's on the left side on the home page x

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  10. Shakti Arora14 May 2020 at 00:45

    Gorgeous. Thank you so much for playing in papericious monthly challenge

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  11. Jane Austin15 May 2020 at 03:15

    This is a clever alteration Sidelle & very pretty!
    Thank you for joining us on Bleeding Art Challenges.
    Good luck!
    Jane .. Bleeding Art Design Team

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  12. Mervi15 May 2020 at 10:16

    Fabulous card for Allsorts Challenge, thank you;-))m

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  13. Jane Savage15 May 2020 at 10:48

    Stunning box!
    Thank you for joining us this month at We Love 2 Create With Polkadoodles! Jane (DT) Paper, Pencils & Pretty Things xxx

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  14. Anonymous17 May 2020 at 00:34

    Lovely alteration. Thanks for playing along with us at Splashymix Challenge. :)

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  15. Diane Louise J20 May 2020 at 13:42

    Hello... your floral gift box is lovely and colourful. It fits perfectly with the flowers challenge at Crafty Friends. Hope you will join again very soon.
    Diane Louise (Team Leader)

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  16. Cathy F25 May 2020 at 05:15

    Gorgeous makeover and striking colors! Thanks for joining us at Splashy Mix Challenge Blog!

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  17. PaperCraftwithAditi25 May 2020 at 21:55

    Very gorgeous and lovely idea..Thanks for joining us at splashy mix challenge.

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  18. Erica28 May 2020 at 10:25

    This is a beautifully decorated altered box. Thanks for joining us at Simply Create Too for our challenge no. 160, Use Flowers.
    From Erica on the design team...but far more importantly, a fellow chocolate lover. It's about the only thing getting me through this C-VID crisis. Join us again soon.

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    1. Sidelle Menon28 May 2020 at 23:01

      haha same! Just finished my batch of chocolates which are currently out of stock :(
      Chocolate has definitely been a saviour this crisis. thank you for the kind words! Hope you are staying safe xx

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  19. CRAFTIVATION28 May 2020 at 13:09

    Awesome! Thanks for joining us at Splashymix Challenge ❤️

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  20. Ovisha Creations by Apoorva Agrawal29 May 2020 at 11:10

    Beautiful... thanks for joining us at Splashymix Challenges, Apoorva Agrawal,DT.

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  21. Kriti Mishra1 June 2020 at 02:09

    Its beautiful..love it😍😍
    Thanks for playing along at Splashymix Challenge

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  22. Shylaashree1 June 2020 at 07:11

    This is very pretty sidelle. beautiful colour choice.Good luck to you.Thanks for playing along with us at Splashy Mix Challenge.Hope to see you again
    Shylaa Founder @ Splashy Mix challengeAdhiraacreations  Splashy Mix Challenge 

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  23. Melanie7 August 2020 at 11:22

    A lovely project!
    Thank you soo much for taking part in our "anything goes + optional add sparkle” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
    Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…

    Hugs,
    Melanie
    (DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)

    (DT Crafty Friends)

    (DT The Sketchy Challenges)

    (DT Simply Create Too)

    (DT Kreativtanten)



    PS: Sorry for the late comment, life had been very busy these past weeks…

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