Wedding Card Box ~ GDT Word Art Wednesday

What a lovely week!! Our children all gathered here yesterday to celebrate Elizabeth's birthday and to watch Elizabeth and Andrew open their wedding gifts. It is always so wonderful to have the family together. The fall leaves are turning more vibrant with each passing day. The gorgeous color won't last long, but it sure is beautiful right now!! 

It is reveal day at Word Art Wednesday. What an amazing privilege to work with this gorgeous Word Art!! This week's Word Art comes from my favorite book of the Bible. James 1:17 ~ Every good gift and perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights. This verse is such a beautiful reminder that while we live in a fallen world and unfortunate things happen around us and to us, our Lord gives us perfect, beautiful gifts. My life has been blessed in so many ways! 

One of the items I created for Elizabeth and Andrew's wedding was the card box for the gift table. What a perfect verse to include on their box:

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and to see the inspiring creations by their talented DT!

There are two wonderful sponsors this week.

Heart & Soul Rubber Stamp Company

Patsy Paterno of www.papemelroti.com

has donated this gorgeous necklace.

Please take a moment to browse her store.

Here's the top of the card box:

Techniques:

Handcrafted Flowers ~ I had some sheer white fabric in my stash which I cut into concentric circles. I lit a tea light candle and using tweezers heated the edges of my fabric circles. As the edges melted, they curled upwards creating lovely flower petals. A dab of FabriTac in the center of each petal works perfectly to put these beauties together. Then, I applied a circle of Art Institute Designer Dries Clear glue to the center of each flower to hold the marine blue microbeads ~ the color of the lovely bridesmaid dresses. 

Vines ~ I'm always looking for a bargain and a couple years ago during the after Christmas markdowns, I found a huge berry vine that I thought would work perfectly into some of my paper crafting projects. I just painted the bright Christmas red berries with a coat of white gesso for an elegant vine for the box. The leaves were left-overs from the wedding party flowers. 

Cut Work ~ Their names were cut with my Gazelle. Such a handy machine that will cut any font I have downloaded onto my computer. 

Word Art ~ Because I was placing the Word Art across the lid of the box, I needed to cut the Word Art apart. I wanted it to be all one connected piece, so I did the cutting in Photoshop. I opened the Word Art file in Photoshop, cropped each line, then lined up the individual pieces in layer windows before welding them together. I resized it to fit the 12 inch width of my box and printed on a 12 x 12 piece of pearlized vellum from my stash. It takes a long time for ink to dry on vellum. It's best to let it sit overnight to dry completely before cutting and applying to your project. 

Decorative Paper ~ I used elegant flocked paper to decorate the box. When selecting the box to decorate I made sure it was no larger than 12 x 12, so 4 sheets of paper would cover it. I created a lid to fit the box and covered it with black fabric before decorating. 

~ May Arts/Helmar Ink It Contest Reminder ~ 

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Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~