Hi! Well, that's how it should be anyway. That's the theme I wanted to convey with this project I created for
TGF's Royalty Contest week 4. I'm kind of addicted to these contests, I think. Umm, might be the competitive side of me although really I'm a laid-back, calm kind of person. What do you think, Cheryl? Anyway, week 4 asks us to use one of the 4Cs (castle, crown or tiara, carriage and/or carats or bling). I know it says one of the 4 but I did manage to get in all of the 4.
So, I've been seeing these book card boxes in blogland and wanted to try to make one too. I saw a tutorial
HERE. If you do a search for them you're likely to find one tutorial or another. But I wanted this book card to be more than a card because I like functional and practical gifts. I thought well it's a pretty fancy card to give a person but then what would the person do with it? So I thought about if for a bit and came up with this baby memory book/box idea.
A view of the "pages." Looks like a book doesn't it?
Another view.
The cover. I used TGF's girl baby from the Oh Baby set and placed her in a blinged up carriage. Ha! I know TGF probably didn't mean baby carriage but it's a carriage. My DP does have carriages on it as well though.
A little tag to welcome the baby princess into the world. I found a tutorial and a template for the carriage and a 3D carriage from
HERE. This is one spoiled baby!
A while back when I was planning a friend's baby shower I found this poem (
HERE--scroll down a bit) and thought it was a really cute idea so essentially that is what I turned this book card into--a memory box for a baby princess. I wish I had this when my daughter was born.
A crown that I ended up placing rhinestones on. It looked like it was missing something so I used my liquid glaze and stuck some rhinestones to make it look more regal. The crowns were a gift with my order from
Stamp and Create. Isn't that nice of them? And it came in handy with this project.
Inside. I should mention my book card is 8x8 inches. I followed the tutorial but changed the dimensions to the size I wanted. I think scoring and folding the "pages" accordian style took the longest.
The pages create a pretty sturdy box. It's just a bit more than an inch deep.
I created a pocket on the left side to hold some paper that I die cut (from PTI) to jot down simple notes. The original TGF princess too.
On the right side is her castle of course! It's a page from Imaginisce Enchanted paper pad. I covered the top edge of the "pages" with PTI satin ribbon and placed corners with bling too. I actually used lots of bling on this project. Must remember to buy more! Hehe.
The back cover. I thought I only had one sheet of this cardstock and was really bummed that I didn't have enough for the back. I thought to myself why did I buy only one sheet?? Usually I buy 2 of every cardstock just in case I want to make a big project. But I found the 2nd sheet in between some other paper. Thank goodness!
This ended up being a pretty big project for me since there were so many details. Hopefully I'll be able to let it go to a nice home. I do have an idea of who I'd like to send it to. I hope it survives in the mail.
Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!
