Boxes for Calico Lavender Bags Part 2 Butterflies and Bees

The second of two posts for today, continuing on the subject of the boxes I made for the calico lavender bags.

Butterflies Box

I began by heat embossing the inside with two different butterfly stamps, using gold embossing powder.

On the outside, I stamped using my archival inks, using small butterfly stamps, exactly as I did on the lavender sachet, and distressed the edges lightly with Vintage Photo distress ink, using an Inkylicious Ink Duster.

I repeated the distressing with Vintage Photo on the inside, this time making it a bit bolder.

The completed box.

 

Blue Butterfly Box

I really like this box – the simplicity of the design and the colour scheme.  The shape of the box lends itself quite well to single motif stamping, set off by the line around the shape of the box piece.

I began by stamping two larger, and two smaller, butterflies where they would show on the outside when the box was assembled, and went around the edge with a blue marker pen. I lightly distressed the edges with Broken China distress ink.

On the inside, I stamped with blue archival ink using my favourite swirl stamp, and repeated the outlining and distressing as for the outside.

The completed box.

 

Bee Boxes

I made three of these, and began embossing with gold embossing powder on the inside, using all the bees from Stampotique Originals.

I used the small bee to stamp repeatedly all over the outside of the boxes, using sepia archival ink, and outlined the pieces with my Faber Castell Pitt artist pen (medium thickness).

The completed boxes. I added a little doodle to the top of each box.

These were all the boxes I completed yesterday. Here is a group photo. Smile, please!