Stash box

This started out as a box to hold my die-cuts...

Supplies and notes:

• The cute corrugated box itself was kept from a gift of Lemon Fudge made by the monks in Kentucky HERE.  (Here's a secret: I eat about 3 lbs. of fancy fruitcake every holiday season.  My folks always buy the first fruitcake of the season, she they also splurge for the extra goodies like Lemon Fudge and Bourbon Fudge... sooo goood... highly recommend).  I used the box to house the die-cuts of my new Tattered Florals by Tim (am I the last person to own these???)
• The flowers were made with these dies.  These were made with an old Kelly Maps book from the late '80s.  I sprayed them with some sheer-pink Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist and attached them to each other with Glossy Accents.  In order to make these flowers, I've looked at several tutorials, but I think in the end we all do our own thing.  Here's the tutorial I looked at multiple times, however: What A Beautiful Mess,
• The beads in the flowers are from a package from Monika at Creative With Monika (Thank you!). These were affixed with Glossy Accents
• The box was pasted with Teresa Collins modeling paste then painted with Tim's Distress Paint in Weathered Wood
• The leaves were cut from some scrap paper, but I inked it with Tim's DI in Forest Moss and then pasted with Tim's Distress Crackle Paste in Clear Rock Candy.  This didn't give me what I wanted, so I sprayed them with Tim's Distress Stain in Pumice Stone and blotted the excess ink (I always say it, but Pumice Stone is more green than Iced Spruce... take the tip if you don't own both)
• The flowers and leaves were affixed with matte Mod Podge

I plan to share this at the following challenges:

• Clear It Out: Theme: nature; Stash: greenery (the leaves are Tim's from Sizzix, and these had been cut and in my desk for a few weeks... I just unburied them!)
• Frilly & Funkie: "It's not easy being green..." Recycle, upcycle, et cetera. The Kelly Maps book has been given new life, as well as the box.  Also, I used a hotel room key-card to apply the modeling paste.  For me, it IS easy being green-- I keep everything as if I were a person of the depression era! 
• Creative Corner Challenge: Spring Flowers