It's another homespun Christmas pressie project from me with this beautiful fabric covered box that I made with a cross stitch panel. I have to admit I have had this kit for far more years than I should have and had done the cross stitch but never actually made the box and mounted it. There is so much detail in the cross stitch and you mount it onto wadding and add the braid around it, it is very tactile and shows all your hard work off to good effect.
Inside the box I have added green tissue paper and some pretty jewellery as a gift for my friend who I know will appreciate the work that has gone into it.
It has been nice to make gifts for people and is something I would like to continue doing during 2011.
I would like to enter this into the following Challenges :-
- Creative card Crew - Anything Goes
- Bizzy Becs Store - Christmas
- Everybody Arty #121 - Handmade Present
- Paperplay #50 - Anything But A Card
- Rainbow Lady #131 - Vintage
- Crafty Catz #63 - Your Choice
- Allsorts #83 - Anything Goes
- Creative Inspirations #49 - Anything Goes Christmas
- Wee Memories #36 - Colours of the Season
- Aly's Sunday Sketch #31 - Anything Goes
- Crafty Pad Challenge #102 - Anything Goes
- Creative Cowgirls #3 - Christmas/Winter
- Cupcake Inspiration #90 - Santa Cake
- Just Cute Bears & Friends #41 - Anything but a card
- One Stitch At a Time #43 - Anything Goes
- Pile it On #48 - Gift Box
- Alphabet Challenge - H is for Hats
- Winter Wonderland - Wrap It Up
Fab to see some cross stitch...that was my first love before papercraft took over! Hugs Juls
ReplyDeleteA truly beautiful keepsake Mandy. You have clearly put a lot of work into this beautiful gift, and your friend will treasure it I'm sure. THank you so much for sharing with us at OSAAT this week - hope to see you there again. Have a Merry Christmas -
ReplyDeleteHugs, Sylvia xx
Fabulous box, I'm sure your friend will absolutely love it. Thanks for sharing in the last challenge of the year at The Crafty Pad. Hope you have a great Christmas and New Year
ReplyDeletePat xx
Beautiful. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Catz and have a lovely Christmas. Suzie x
ReplyDeleteWOW! Fabulous! Thanks for playing along at Cupcake Inspirations this week! merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteTruly fabulous Mandy. You care so clever to do cross stitch something I can't do. Thanks so much for your entry Love Cynthia x
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous Mandy, I'm sure your friend will be delighted with it. I used to do lots of cross stitch but not much now. Thanks for joining us at Just Cute Bears & Friends.
ReplyDeleteKat x
This is lovely Mandy, I can imagine the time and effort that has gone into this! Thanks for joining us at OSAAT. By the way....it's nice to see a 'Brummie'.....I'm commenting from Canada, but was originally from Wolverhampton! It's a small world. Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! That cross-stitch is so pretty! Gorgeous box! Thanks for playing along with us at Wee Memories :)
ReplyDeleteAnother fabulous box thanks for joining us again at Alphabet challenge.
ReplyDeleteSuch an original project! I am not very good in cross stitching, so i am impressed!
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Marianne
What a gorgeous creation, thank you for sharing it with us at Winter Wonderland this week. Pop back on the 31st December for some exciting news
ReplyDeleteHugs and have a great Xmas
Kate xx
LOVE IT! Thank you for joining us at The Crafty Pad @ http://thecraftypad.blogspot.com/
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What a great creation, lovely!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at One Stitch at a Time Challenge Blog.
Georgie x
(Crafting Gina G)
Gorgeous box! You did an amazing job. Thanks for playing at OSAAT. Hugs Nataliya.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas!!!!!
Beautiful cross stitch Mandy! This is a gorgeous gift, thank you for joining in at Creative Cowgirls :D XXX
ReplyDeleteMandy, this project is just beautiful. I too used to do counted cross stitch and it is time consuming but very rewarding. You did such a nice job. I am sure your friend will love it. Thanks for joining us at Creative Cowgirls. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, I love the cross stitching element. Thank you for joining us at Creative Inspirations.
ReplyDeleteSuzi xx
Such a beautiful gift Mandy, I bet your friend loved this gift as it shows how much you appreciate her to have put such love and care into her gift.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your beautiful project with us at the Creative Cowgirls Challenge. Hope you have a wonderful New Year. :-) xx
Oh, how cute is this? I love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing with us at Wee Memories! :D
oh this is brilliant and thanks for joining us at crafty catz
ReplyDeleteA gorgeous gift!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at Pile It On!
Helen x
...and Just Cute Bears & Friends!
ReplyDeleteHelen x
That's beautiful, Mandy! It's been a long time since I've cross-stitched! It's a lot of work, and you've done so fabulous with it! Thanks for entering it in Wee Memories' Scrappy Saturday Challenge!
ReplyDeleteStunning cross stitching - adore what you created.
ReplyDeleteThank you for playing along with Paperplay on this Challenge.
Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year and all the best for 2011. ♥
A gorgeous project. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Catz this time x
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