Monday, March 21, 2011

Yellow Makes Me Happy Gift Set


I made this set for a friend who's favorite color is yellow.  

I made a personalized box using my Gypsy to design everything.  I measured the top of the box, then I made a rectangle on my Gypsy that was the size of the box top so that I could design all the elements there and see exactly how they would fit without doing any test cuts and wasting paper.  

Here's what the top of the box looks like
First I painted the outside of the box white. Then I added all my cuts with some Scotch Quick Dry and Mod Podged over everything.  The paper is Stampin' Up.

The font is from Ashylyn's Alphabet.  

The flourishes and swirls are all from Straight From the Nest.  The one on the bottom is 2 that I welded together.

The butterflies are from Serenade.

Inside the box I painted yellow, and then added more Stampin' Up paper.

Inside is a little crocheted purse that I made for her & her card.  I really wanted them to match nicely.  For the card I added some Stickles to the flowers, but it didn't show up in the main photo, and I didn't want to take a whole bunch of photos so sadly you won't be able to see that detail.

Thanks for stopping by today!

12 comments:

Amanda said...

Awww Amber, your gift set is beautiful!! The colors you used are so bright and cheerful..

Amanda:0)

Stacy said...

Amber,
Super cute box. I love it. That font is gorgeous. I may have to get this cartridge
Hugs
Stacy

Erika Valdez said...

SOO Cute!! What a great gift idea!
I am beyond happy to have you be a part of the WW DT, I love your projects and I am proud to be your newest follower!

Lots of Cricutlove,
Erika

Anonymous said...

Amber, this is BEAUTIFUL! What a sweet friend you are! LOVE the design on the outside...the layout is so pretty!

girlia said...

pretty. Yellow reminds me of sunshine and fun.

Yoshiras time to craft said...

you did a beautiful job with this gift for your friend.love the flourish.

Katy said...

another beautiful project amber well done! love the paper you used really bright and happy.
TFS
katy

Maria Elena said...

Super cute project !!!
Have a great Monday ;-)
Maria Elena~
http://mariaelenaworld.blogspot.com/

Marlene said...

What a sweet gift! Your friend is so lucky...she's going to love this.

abusybee - DoubleClick Connections said...

So pretty! Beautiful colors and a great gift!

scrappinC said...

What a wonderful gift. Everything looks wonderful the colors the box and the crochet purse.
TFS!
Cindy Lou

Unknown said...

Amber that is just gorgeous! I love yellow too. Your friend is very lucky to be getting such a great gift.