Is a Box Such a Big Deal?

     Boxes when they are just boxes are not a big deal.  But when a box is the first one ever made using new tools and dies, THAT's a big deal!  And this is the first ever box made by and decorated with my own hands.  Just in time for a celebration of Valentine's Day.

This photo shows how I decorated two sides of the box and the top.  

I turned the box so that it actually opens on the side

and it's large enough to hold a cupcake or even one of those huge, 

solid-chocolate Hershey Kisses they make for Valentine's Day.

Personally, I think I'll carefully slide in one of those decadent

Triple Strawberry Cupcakes from my local bakery.  :-D

This is a shot that better shows the butterfly on the top of the box.

     The doilies and the butterfly are cut with dies from Cheery Lynn.  The hearts are cut with Spellbinders' dies.  The box is done with a board from Memory Keepers.

     I double cut the butterfly, used a matching angel wing die for the darker pink cuts, and adhered it all together along the body for that layered look.  Then it's popped up with dimensional dots onto the white heart.

     Challenges:
613 Avenue Create
A Gem of a Challenge
Allsorts
Cheery Lynn Designs
Crafty Friends
Crazy 4 Challenges
Creative Fingers
Cut It Up
Hiding in My Craft Room
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Paper Artsy
Scrapy Land
Sweet Stamps
That Craft Place

     OK, I'm off to make a few more boxes for Valentine gifts.  Maybe I'll have to buy my cupcakes by the half dozen to fill them all.  :-D  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie