Nautical boxed card from Saturday's show

The light is not brilliant for taking photos today, but here is one of the cards/boxes that featured in the show.

I used the Gator Gumbo Olive from the Mardi Gras set with the cling film technique on the top of the box and sprayed the bottom half of the box.

You can see how the box folds inside, I initially thought all they all folded under into themselves but this is a much better way of making them.  It really is worth following the instructions for the first box, then they are easy peasy every time.  You don't need to use glue or cut anything, just fold them.

The next couple of pictures show the pattern of the cling film technique. 

I used Moonglow Midnight Teal Obsidian embossing powder to emboss all the designs.

I wanted to put a gold embellishment, such as a ship or anchor charm on the bottom LHS of the card, but could I find one?  No... I will have to find one before I can finish the card properly.  I like to use buttons and have some somewhere with an anchor, they will turn up eventually I'm sure.

I used the dry paper stipple on the background before stamping the script randomly with brown Stazon.  I folded the edges around a paintbrush to make a scroll for the wording.

 

 

One of the demos I was going to show was a finishing touch to the box lid.  I opened up the box lid and fixed the ribbon ends inside so they were hidden to give a neat finish on the inside of the box lid.
 
I used a plastic button for the centre of the bow, I used wire cutters to remove the shank and fixed it into place with silicone glue.