One thing I like to do is take a few files, combine them together, and cross my fingers to hope they make something cohesive. When I saw that
Dreaming Tree was having a
summer challenge of taking two or more of their files and making something, well that was a bomb I was willing to jump on.
To start with, I took the
Cozy Kitchen SVG Bundle and cut out all the elements for the recipe box. The box itself took 8 sheets of Core d'nations 'Broken China Distressed' 12x12 cardstock. Then I cut out the details in the wonderful brand new double sided 12x12 'Birds & Butterflies' stack by DCWV (HIGHLY recommend this stack).
As I was cutting, ideas were flying. A while back, my cousin had recommended I make a box of cards for popular occasions that someone can just grab a card and go. Since I don't really have a use for a recipe box, I decided to take her recommendation and see where it led!
So, I took four dowels and hammered them into four gold eyelets with the divider pieces assembled and in place.
Next I grabbed some orchid files from the
Orchid Events SVG Bundle.
I did a quick brush of color to the center of the flowers
Next I took the butterflies from the
Butterfly Fairy House and floated some color onto the wings using white cardstock, Sharpie markers, and the Craftwell eBrush.
If you haven't caught on, butterflies are my jam.
Next I wanted the butterflies to float over the orchids. To do this, I found some bread ties my husband had lying around. I stripped the wire out and coiled it using my Netlab quilling tool.
My husband usually doesn't mind me repurposing his things. He usually only worries when I start asking where his power tools are. Take one bathroom apart and he worries for life, I mean come on what kind of damage can I do on my own....a lot. He does have reason to worry. Next I grabbed some random stamps, embossing powder, and white cardstock for some sentiments on the cards.
Embossing always puts a smile on my face
To take it from powder to this metallic looking sentiment, yes please!
I grabbed some new embossing powder the other day. Not because I needed it, but because it has glitter in it and I take any chance to annoy my husband with glitter.
Next I started to assemble my cards using the
Xyron Mega Runner® .
I also used the
Xyron Creative Station® to create some foam pop up strips for the back of the sentiments.
Final Project: The paper is just so beautiful on it's own, there really was little to no cause to change it up any.
For this butterfly card, I used elements from the free
Butterfly Favor Box.
Materials Used:
- Paper
- DCWVinc.
- Core d'nations
- Broken China Cardstock
- Snowcap White
- Die Cut Machine
- Silhouette Cameo 3
- Silhouette Studio-Designer Edition
- Silhouette Design Store
- Dreaming Tree Files
- Cozy Kitchen SVG
- Orchid Events SVG
- Butterfly Favor Box
- Adhesive
- Extras
- ColorBox ink pad
- Craftwell eBrush
- Sharpie Markers
- Netlab Quilling tool
- VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
- Ranger Embossing Powder
- Darice Heat Tool
FTC disclaimer: I received some of these products for free but was not compensated for writing this post. To view my complete disclaimer, click here.
I ran the white portions through the Sizzix Big Shot with a Darice polka dot embossing folder
Just to add a bit of texture that looks like snow.
I wanted my tree tops and roof to look like it had snow on it so I took the slicing tool in Silhouette Studios, selected the freehand option, and sliced the tops off.
Final Project: 
