Thursday, March 4

More Grunge Roses!

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Hello everyone! Thank you so much to all my lovely WOYWW friends who stopped by yesterday ... even in my absence ... and left me a message to return home to ... made me feel all cosy and warm you did ... I think I managed to visit it you all by 11.05pm last night ... and there was a lot of you ... Mr Linky certainly helped.ZZproject20310

As many of you guessed I was teaching yesterday ... a fab class it was too ... but after taking a piccie of my desk at 5am ... I forgot to take my camera so I have no class photos to show you ... sorry!

OK ... back to the box ... I am not sure if I should start apologising for making more grunge roses or not ... I have been making them for ages now and the total must run into high double figures ... possibly even low triple figures ... but the phase still has n't passed and I love making them ... so I am not going to apologise ... even if you demand it :0)

ZZproject2d0310 This is a gift box that I made as part of my monthly submission for the Zutter DT ... it is made from white scraps of mount board and really does n't take very long at all. The cost is pennies rather than pounds and just imagine the price tag if you bought it in a card shop or one of those paper boutique places!

I have coloured it using Tumbled Glass; Bundled Sage and Brushed Corduroy Distress inks ... the Ornate frame is from Lord Tim of Holtz. You know Tim ... the man that can win a world chess tournament in his lunch break while having a short nap and restoring ancient monuments with just a ZZproject2c0310 class size bottle of Sepia Glossy accents and some Heirloom Gold perfect pearls. The roses are indeed Grunge Paper coloured with Brushed Corduroy and spritzed with Walnut Gold Glimmer mist. I also used some TSS gold metal for the Wendy Vecchi stamped leaves.

Right ho ... I must away ... I have a shed load of stuff to do ... Have a good day and Thank you all for your scientific signs of Spring ... I think it may be Summer here because the sun has been out three days in a row ... don't laugh ... remember last year ...

35 comments:

Sandra said...

Just gorgeous. You're right, can you imagine how much it would cost to buy something that lovely. And hey, I could never get enough of the roses :)

Annie said...

Love the box. Gorgeous roses. Ive just learnt how to make paper roses thanks to Paula and I'm rather pleased with the first I made :-)
A x

Andrea said...

just a beautiful box Linda and Adore on the front is very appropiate for such a stunning piece of ART xx

Jen said...

Hi Linda,
Thanks for reminding me of why I bought a Bind it All! I still haven't got around to making one of these boxes but much prefer your grunged one to any other that I've seen.
Have a great day.
Hugs
Jen x

Unknown said...

I don't KNOW you - but through this blog, i;m getting to 'know' you...: I KNEW you'd forget something tee hee.

I LOVE the grungeroses - I AM definately going to buy grungepaper today - keep threatening it now i'm going to do it and hopefully create fabulous roses like yours - stunning projects Linda - they really are.

Paula x x x

Albajane said...

Don`t apologise for more grunge roses...you make them beautifully and are a delight to the eye .......I must buy grunge paper and have a go as everytime i see them I want them ....

Karen said...

Such a gorgeous box XXX

Helen said...

!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so gorgeous, words (nearly) fail me.

Hels Sheridan said...

Gorgeous art...loving those colours :O))

Heather said...

WOW!!!!! This is incredible!!!!

shaz earl said...

Gorgeous box Linda and those roses are wonderful i still can't get the hang of them though xx

maddy hill said...

wow what gorgeous makes Linda .. those flowers are fabulous !
love
maddyx

Glen said...

Ooo..I LOVE the box Linda. Any tutorials to come? Please can you let me know where you got the frame on the front? TFS. ~Glen~

Julia Dunnit said...

A study in lovely that is Linda. Glad you had a fun class - remember how nervous you were about it - just a handful of weeks ago!

tracy said...

lovely box :) and thoses roses are georgous :)

Lori said...

Gorgeous box, Linda! Love the roses. and the metal for the leaves, genius. I really like that leaf stamp

Diane.W. said...

Luvly box,like the framed word on the front too,makes it look all vintagey!!!

I just got in from work & warmed up,my cheeks are very flushed now,will nod off next,lol!!! Deffo not summer here :o)x

Angelnorth said...

Beautiful box Linda, love it! Walnut Gold Glimmer Mist you say? I wonder what made you choose that one from your extensive range of colours? ;o)

craftimamma said...

Wonderful, wonderful box and still fabulous (no matter how many) roses. Love the whole thing!

Lesley Xx

Dan said...

Cette case est si belle, et les couleurs sont magnifiques!

Claire said...

Linda this is stunning absolutely stunning, I love all your creations but this box rocks

Mandy said...

amazing!!!! I just LOVE this box

hugs xx

Andrea - Wales, UK said...

Adorable!!!! A.x

Isabelle Norris said...

Such a beautiful box! Love the roses too!!
hugs,
isax

Angie said...

What a gorgeous box ...us tired of seeing your roses ...never xx

Anonymous said...

Absolutely stunning!!! Such a beautiful box!!!

Craftyideas said...

Gorgeous box. Love the colours and the roses.

Carmen said...

The box is bootiful, just bootiful. I really must get my BIA out the box and read the instructions!

Liverpool Lou (Anne) said...

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. I love it. Think I may try to make one, it's about time the BIA got an airing (so long since I've used it, it took a minute to think what it was called LOL) As always you make me LOL with your descripton of Tim ;)
Anne xx

Victoria said...

ooooooooh aaaaaaaaaah. So scrummy Linda and I'm so sorry I'm so far behind on my commenting, playing catch up now!
Hugs
Victoria
x
I haven't even read about how your 'meeting' with Tim went lol!

Kathy said...

Oh Linda, these are just too gorgeous for words - especially those super-fab roses. I must dig our my grunge paper and have a go

Minxy said...

I just Adore your box :) *wave*

Shazza said...

stunning, I love your roses always
x

Clare said...

That box is awesome Linda. The roses are beautiful too, you are so clever. Hugs Clare xxx

Alexandra said...

Love this box Linda, very pretty.

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