Hexagonal Gift Box - Jewelled Blooms

I've recently been playing with gift boxes and flowers.

I'm sorry but the colour of this box is very 'punchy' so you may need your sunglasses.

I think I'm missing summer already, I really do hate these dark, wintry days!

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(Put sunglasses on first)

The box measures 45mm high x 85mm wide.

(1 3/4" high x 3 3/8" wide).

I inked the edges of the box and lid with VersaColor 'Burgundy' ink.

The flower centres are made using the Woodware punch 'Splat' - I love that name, sounds like it's straight out of a comic book!

A snowflake punch would work too but it wouldn't sound half so good.

I've included a printable template for the flowers at the end of this post.

Here's how I made them:

I printed the template onto 'Stampin-Up' orange card and cut out two large (layered them together for extra dimension), one medium and one small flower

1)  Using the rounded end of a Sakura gel pen I curled the petals by running the pen from centre to tip of each petal a few times. I used my Wizard embossing mat for support.

2)  Using a small embossing tool I scored three lines on each petal.

3)  I inked the petals lightly, using a piece of sponge and VersaColor Burgundy ink then dabbed the ink pad directly onto the petal tips (to give more depth of colour) and blended using the sponge.

4 & 5)  I curled the petals even more by holding each petal between my thumb and a pricking tool handle and rolling up.

6)  Using the Woodware 'splat' (did I tell you I love that name) punch, I punched from copper mirror board then applied gemstones.

7) Finally I attached this to the flower centre - simply glued it.

The Leaves:

Three layers of fantasy film with some fantasy fibre sandwiched between and ironed to fuse.

The leaves were punched using the Woodware grass punch.

I dimensioned by running my thumbnail down the centre of each leaf and nipping the tips.

Flower - A4 Sheet Download

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There's a downloadable template for this box on 'crafticious'.

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