Hi everyone and welcome. This month's theme for Eileen Hull Designs team is “What’s in the Box?”. We’ll be taking a closer look at the Sizzix Scoreboards Treasure Box Die and sharing projects made with it! Unsurprisingly, this Scoreboards Die is extremely versatile and you’ll be inspired to get creating. Make sure to hop on over to Eileen's blog to see what the rest of the team have made with this die.
This month I have taken inspiration from the pages of the books inside the box to decorate a Treasure Box in a collage style.
You'll see I've used Eileen's Sizzix Watercolour Flowers & Lattice Stencil Set, and flower dies from the Sizzix Thinlits Painterly Blooms & Background Die Set, Sizzix Thinlits Envelope, Folder & Flowers Die Set and Sizzix Thinlits Shadow Box Frames #1 Die Set to add detail and pops of colour.
The colour palette is inspired by the Sizzix Surfacez 'Muted Colours' Cardstock collection with each sheet matched to a corresponding PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paint. In this way I've been able to build on the die cut cardstock colour pieces to add detail and definition without the need to worry about leaving white card visible beneath. Note: I changed the choice of pinks to 'Rose' and 'Sorbet' after making this original swatch card.
You'll have seen that strips of the cardstock were also embossed using Eileen's gorgeous Sizzix 3D Embossing Folder 'Lace'. Pieces of these were included in the collage background for extra colour and texture. On top of the box you can see more clearly how the paints and cardstock worked together to enhance the die cut flowers around the box handle.
As mentioned earlier, inside the box are three books filled with collage pages from which the inspiration for the outer decoration was taken. As there is a lot to see I will be sharing these individually from this post so stay tuned!
I hope you've enjoyed seeing this month's Treasure Box project. Make sure to check out all the boxes and ideas from the rest of the team - links to their posts can be found on Eileen's blog.
For now thanks for visiting,
Jenny xxx
love it!! =)
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