Hello crafty peeps! I'm back this month with this wooden box that I received as part of a monthly parcel kit from designer for Prima Marketing Frank Garcia. I've been receiving these parcels since they first began like 3 years ago or so. I've missed maybe a few but have always tried getting every single month. I had two different parcels that I had stashed away and then received another one last month that they all were collections from Carta Bella. The one I received last month had this wooden box to alter, we usually get chipboard mini albums with our parcels. The collection that came with this one was a new collection called Farmhouse Market, the previous collections I had were Home Again & Flower Market. Anyhow I love trying to combine collections from the same companies usually and have done so before using 2 collections, so this was my first time trying 3 and I really love what I came up with! I hope u like what I came up with!!
*Note: I didn't post an entire tutorial only because of the copyright since these are designs from Frank Garcia but I did share some photos.
I began by painting the edges of the box using Apple Barrel Vanilla Ice Cream Matte Acrylic Paint. This box measures 8 1/4 X 8 so once the paint was dry I began cutting my papers, I cut and layered 5 different papers on the cover. Before adhering I used some Nuvo Embellishment Mouse in Toasted Almond Color to ink around the edges of the papers that I layered. I used Helmar Acid Free Glue. I adhered all of the papers on this project using this adhesive, you don't need to add a whole lot to your papers this way they won't wrinkle and warp. Plus it dries much faster!
I then cut some strips and adhered them together with clear tape on the inside part this way I could adhere just one strip all around on top and bottom part of the box. Once all of the outside of the box was done, I used some DecoArt Americana Pink Chiffon Acrylic Paint mixed with texture powder to paint the small milk can and the hardware for the box. Just to make it a little more shabby! I also painted a wired circle that I had come in a packaged home decor frame that is supposed to be an embroidery hoop, I use the frame as a prop and so I decided to use this to add to the lid,I painted that using the same acrylic paint I used for the box. I also painted the Memory Hardware frame that came with this kit, I used just white gesso and texture powder as well on this , then just set them aside to dry and started on the inside.
I cut 5 pieces of ivory card stock to fit into the inside of the box and made an accordion album. I then began cutting and adhering the papers from the 3 different Carta Bella Collections (photos & links where you can purchase below)
I absolutely LOVE these colorful collections and I thought they went so well together!! I will be using the left over papers, stickers, etc to create mini albums to go with my box which I will be displaying in my craft room of course!!
Anyhow now onto the inside, I did make a short video showing the project in it's entirety but here are a few pics of the inside while being created.
I used Ivory Card Stock for the photo mats, on those photo mats I used the stamp set from Maggie Holmes called Flourish, which I believe is 1 of 3 sets for this collection. I used the adorable camera stamps and Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink. I used stickers from the collections to embellish my pages, I used some thin lace on the inner cover where I made a pocket to hold some of the cut outs from the collections. I also added some Prima Marketing Flowers on there as well. I added a pocket on the last page as well. I used a decorative punch from Anna Griffin on both pockets. I also used Helmar Fabric Glue for the seam binding and trims. I used E6000 for the heavier items on the cover as well as my hot glue gun for my flowers on the cover!
You can see my box album in its entirety below!! I hope you enjoyed what I created this month! If you would like more info on the Monthly Parcels I get from Frank Garcia Studio, you are welcome to message me or just leave a comment below! I hope you all are stay safe during these times!
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