Graphic 45 Mon Amour Book Box

Welcome to sneak peek week! Graphic 45 is sharing the new Summer 2015 Releases and today I have a chance to share a project I made with the NEW Mon Amour Collection! As soon as I saw this beautiful collection, I fell in love with the red, pink, and ivory color combination. Take a peek at my project!

Artist Trading Cards have been around the craft world for decades, but the Graphic 45 ATC Book Box and tags take this medium to a new level. I created this adorable ATC box, suitable for a bride-to-be, from the Mon Amour Collection and the NEW Ivory Book Box. The ATC tags are blank on the back, enabling bridal shower guests to write a note to the bride. The box makes a fun centerpiece for any party table!

Use the Graphic 45 ivory ATC Book Box for the project base. Trim Mon Amour papers to cover all surfaces of the box. The sample uses: Signature Sheet reverse for the front, spine, and back of the box, and Heart's Desire for the edges of the box. (All papers are 12" x 12".)

To decorate the front of the box, trim out the image from the Signature Sheet and mat with black cardstock. Attach the image to the box with foam adhesive. Trim out the "Mon Amour" sentiment from the Signature Sheet and attach it to the lower left corner of the main image with foam adhesive.

Fussy cut a second butterfly from Precious One paper and lightly ink the edges. Glue the butterfly to the sentiment, bending the wings up. Glue a small pearl to the center of the butterfly. Glue paper flowers to the upper right corner of the box.

Decorate the spine of the box by cutting the image from My Beloved paper and attaching it to the box with foam adhesive. Glue two small Shabby Chic Ornate Metal Keys to the lower left corner of the image. Add a bow of ivory twine to the top of the keys. Fussy cut the sentiment from One and Only paper and attach it to the top of the spine with foam adhesive.

Add a Shabby Chic Ornate Metal Key Hole to the right side of the box. Glue two pearls to the key hole.

The back of the box is plain, simply covered with paper.

Decorate the top of the box by gluing a Shabby Chic Door Pull to the lower center of the box top, creating a sconce. Fill the door pull with flowers. Add a curled strip of heart border cut from One and Only paper, as shown.

Cover the inside flaps of the box with True Love paper. Cover the inside box with Forever Mine and True Love paper. After adding paper to the inside of the box, decorate the left flap with the journaling block cut from My Beloved paper.

Decorate six ivory Artist Trading Tags (instructions to follow) and tuck the tag book into the box. The box comes with three tags. You can purchase extra tags in packages of 12.

Decorate the front of each tag and hook the tags together with the provided ivory ring. Use the reverse of the tags to add journaling or small photos.

Cover Tag 1 with Dearest Darling paper, using a 5/8" circle punch to punch out the hole for the grommet. Glue pre-made flowers to the center of the tag. Add a fussy cut butterfly, cut from My Beloved paper, to the flowers. Glue a pearl to the center of the butterfly. Trim the sentiment from One and Only paper and attach it to the upper right of the tag. Add a red mini clothespin.

For Tag 2, trim Signature Sheet reverse paper to 2 1/4" x 2 1/2" and attach to the center of the tag. Add border strips cut from One and Only paper to the top and bottom of the tag. Fussy cut a flower and leaves from Dearest Darling paper and attach to the tag with foam adhesive. Add three sequins to the left side of the tag.

Cover Tag 3 with True Love paper, using a 5/8" circle punch to punch out the hole for the grommet. Cut the image from My Beloved paper and attach to the tag with foam adhesive. Use a 1" circle punch to trim out the sentiment from One and Only paper and tuck behind the image. Glue two Shabby Chic Ornate Metal Keys to the right side of the tag and top them with a bow of black twine. Add a curled strip of heart border cut from One and Only paper, as shown.

Cover Tag 4 with Dearest Darling paper, using a 5/8" circle punch to punch out the hole for the grommet. Cut the sentiment block from Forever Mine paper and attach to the tag with foam adhesive. Glue a wire pin and two flowers to the lower left corner of the tag. Add a ivory twine bow and a pearl to the upper right corner of the of the sentiment block.

Cover Tag 5 with a journaling block cut from One and Only paper. Do not punch out the hole for the grommet, simply make a small hole for the binding ring to fit through. Use distress ink to color the rose. Fussy cut a butterfly from Precious One paper and attach it to the tag to create dimension. Glue a bingo number over the number "2" on the tag.

Cover Tag 6 with Precious One paper, using a 5/8" circle punch to punch out the hole for the grommet. Use foam adhesive to attach the image cut from Forever Mine paper. Add the journaling block and border sentiment cut from One and Only paper to the bottom of the tag. Attach a pink mini clothespin to the upper left of the tag. Glue a mini pie tin to the clothespin. Glue a pink rose to the pie tin.

Tuck your tag mini into the box.

Thanks for joining me!

Graphic 45 Supplies:
Mon Amour Paper Collection:
Mon Amour Signature Sheet
Dearest Darling
True Love
Heart's Desire
My Beloved
Forever More
One and Only
Precious One
Staples:
ATC Book Box - Ivory
Artistic Trading Tags - Ivory
Shabby Chic Ornate Metal Keys
Shabby Chic Ornate Metal Key Holes
Shabby Chic Door Pull

Other Supplies:
Cardstock: WorldWin Papers black
Ink: Ranger Distress Vintage Photo, Fired Brick
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Pearls: Want2Scrap
Mini clothespins: Canvas Corp
Sequins: Craft Medley
Wire pin: Tim Holtz Idea-ology
Bingo number: SkyBluePink
Mini pie tin: craft supply
Burlap string: May Arts
Circle punch: Punch Bunch 5/8", Stampin' Up 1"
Adhesive: Scotch 3M ATG tape, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L foam squares, Scor-tape, Aleene's Tacky Glue, hot glue