Aubergine Dream

I love working with the colors from Stampin' Up! because I can get all kinds of things that coordinate perfectly...cardstock, ink, designer paper, buttons, brads, ribbon, embossing powder...the list goes on and on!  Now that I have been designing for Color Me Beautiful, I have been having a ball combining colors I never would have put together.  Just look at what we had to work with this week!

 

Aren't these just gorgeous?!  I was really excited when I saw this palette.  I haven't used Basic Gray in a while, so I wanted that to be the base of my card.  Then I saw a challenge at SUO Challenges to make a box or a bag.  I have been in a rut of making cards, so I decided to do something different for a change! 

 

 

 Here is a close-up shot of the little rosettes:

 

 

 

And the paper swirls inside the box:

 

 

These little boxes are so easy to decorate because you can easily use your scraps of designer paper to embellish them.  For my rosettes, I used thin strips of leftover designer paper in different lengths.  The longer the paper the smaller I could get the rosette wound.  The paper swirls inside the box are so much fun.  I just took thin slivers of scraps and wrapped them around a pen to give them a spiral look.  I think this would be the cutest box to give someone a gift (like jewelery, Brett...hint, hint) in!

Stamp Sets: Delicate Doilies, Word Play
Cardstock: Basic Gray, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Gray, Lucky Limeade, Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise
Tools: Fancy Favor Bigz XL Die, Simply Scored, Decorative Label Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch
Accessories: Brights Glimmer Brads, Brights Paper Stack, Orchard Harvest DSP (for the Limeade DSP), Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon, Dimensionals