March is National Craft Month! An entire MONTH dedicated to crafts! I love it!
And since St Patrick’s Day is also in March, I decided green was the
color to focus on.
One of my newfound favorite thinlits is the Window Bow
Thinlet. It makes a very handy and
beautiful little box. You need to cut
two pieces of the box in order to make a full box.
Once you’ve cut the box pieces and before you put the box
together, you can do a many different things in order to spruce up your
box. In this first box I cut pieces of
DSP in 1-5/8” squares and adhered them to the sides. In this example I chose DSP from the Bubbles
& Fizz as well as the Coffee Break.
I also took a 1-1/2” x 12” piece of DSP from the Coffee Break (actually
used the other side of the piece from the sides) and created a rosette. I added a snowflake (yes they are retired,
but I don’t have the small doilies yet), and a box using the Bow Builder Punch.
Of course, I couldn’t just stop at one box! I had to make two (and may be making more as
soon as I post this). This one I decided
to use some of the other thinlits that come in the group.
I also decided to
play with ribbon this time. And again,
not just one! I used my Light Old Olive
Blends pen and colored some of the ¼” organza ribbon – I love that we can do
this and make any color ribbon we’d like!! I also used the Dark Daffodil
Delight Blends pen and colored some of the 1/8” Whisper White Sheer
Ribbon. Added in some of the Old Olive
1/8” Sheer Ribbon and tied them all together to make a bow.
This one also needed a little pizzaz to go with the
beautiful cutouts so I added a Daisy and Dragonfly to the top.
This is one versatile box!
My mind is racing with all the possibilities! I’d love to hear what you have made with it!
Kreate
with me today!
Kathryn Randall
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