Friday, February 12, 2010

A Valentine's Stepper Box

This is a stepper box I made for Valentine's Day.  I have made them for all occasions, but this one is close to my heart.  I made it using the specialty designer paper from SU - I just love that paper).


This is what the box looks like when it is closed. 















The box is now opened to reveal the cutest little tiered boxes made using origami folds.  These boxes are fun to decorate as well.














The lid is also made using origami folds.
A close up of the lid shows that I used the stamp:  Love You Much .  The heart and dots were painted with ink and a blender pen, and then glued and filled with tiny red glass beads.  Tiny stips of paper were twirled tightly around a small handled paint brush to get that curly cue effect.
This unit was placed upon two organza ribbons placed at right angles to each other.





Thanks for looking.
Any comments would be appreciated.
An add on:  these are somtimes called Fantasy boxes and these are 2 sites for tutorials:
http://www.stubbyst ampers.com/ whatsnew/ projects/ fantasybox. html

http://www.stubbyst ampers.com/ whatsnew/ projects/ fantasybox. html

2 comments:

pam said...

The box you made it just beautiful. Do you have directions for it or is there somewhere online with them? Again just beautiful.

Christyne said...

OMGosh! I just love the curled "ribbon" that you made with paper - what a GREAT idea!!!