Blues Cigar Box

Ok... I can finally post this since the recipient received it today!

I've been working on this for a little while and finally got a chance to finish this at my recent scrapbook retreat.  I made it for a very good friend of mine and have been teasing her about making one in Green ... a color that is not a favorite for her.  Since her Soro colors are Blue and White, this was as close as I could get to those colors using papers that I thought were oh so pretty.  I hope she treasures this as much as I enjoyed creating it.  We had a side joke about my altering a cigar box for her using the color green (which she isn't too keen on).  I managed to add a little green surpise in the box.   I hope she got the significance.

First off, I want to say thank you to my dear friend Karen Atkinson who had her SO (Robert) get me a boatload of cigar boxes for me to alter. So thank you for helping me keep my creativity going.

While shopping at Hobby Lobby, I found this gorgeous paper stack and knew exactly what I was going to do with it.  I  mod podged the paper to the box and added some Tim Holtz feet to make it stand up.  I used some lace to cover the bottom of it.  Bling and flowers on the outside added just the right touch that I wanted.  I didn't want to distract too much from the pattern paper, so I decided that enough was enough. 

On the inside , I used some of the plain blue cardstock that came from the stack.  I could not find    any blue cardstock to match this paper like I wanted to.  I added some string rhinestones and some Recollections flourishes.

The mini, ah....the mini.  I wanted it to be unique and able to add lots of pictures and journaling.  I measured the inside so that the mini would sit perfectly inside of the box.

So I chose to do a mini in which the pages alternated from left to right.

This is the mini all wrapped up.

The cigar box also had a piece of wood inside, so I altered it by painting it blue on the edges and the bottom and adding the patterned paper to the top.  I added the lace under it so you can pull the entire piece out along with the mini at one time. 

The closure from the mini is made with a button I picked up at Joann's and secured with ribbon.  I embellished the top with some Recollections rhinestones.

Here are a few photos of the mini and the tags that were created to go inside of the album.

Recipe:

Cigar Box

My Minds Eye Paper Stack

Tim Holtz Feet

Chipboard

Recollections Flowers

Recollections Flourishes/bling

Ribbon from my stash

Button closure from Joanns

White Coredinations cardstock