What an Honor!

Good Evening Sistahs!

I have to share that I am on cloud 9!  Yep!  Thanks to my stampin' friend Theresa I finally had the honor of meeting one of my stampin' heroes:  the ever lovely Holly McMillen or Toy on Splitcoast.  I have been the biggest fan of her work long before she was ever a "Dirty Girl," and I was so excited that she invited me to her home to do some stampin'!  I squealed like a little girl, then composed myself so that she wouldn't think I was a NUT-JOB! *giggle

While we were there, she asked us if we wanted to help her out with samples for the TLC Challenge over at Splitcoast...UM YEAH!!!  So here's what I made!  

Now mind you, I did NOT complete this project while I was with Holly....I am the slow duck that needs days apparently to finish such a neat project. Here's what it looks like with the box open:

I found the cutest Pirate paper while I was out the other day, and I couldn't help but buy it for this project.  I actually bought the last two pieces and I'm SO GLAD I did.  Here's JUST the card:

The image was a gift to me from the ever sweet Lee Murphy...who was also there stampin' away with us.  I just fell in love with Lili of the Valley's Pirate Bear so I just HAD to ink him up and create my project with him.  Isn't he adorable?  I colored him in with my Copics, which took a good few hours.  It's hard to tell in this photo, but his hat and the tube are both popped up.  Since I couldn't find a sentiment to go with him, I made my own.  I tried to make it look as piratey as possible....what do you think?

Finally, here's a photo of my project without the card peeking through the window:

I wanted you to be able to see the skull and crossbones on the inside when the card wasn't inside. I also covered the edges with thin strips of the pirate paper, and managed to get the words, "Dead men tell no tales" along the spine.  I was going to take a photo, but figured you'd see the good stuff already...do you really need to see the edges of the box too? *giggle

The flap is held closed by some magnets which were carefully placed on the inside between the tray and the flap.  I tried to do as much concealing as possible.

Now that you've seen my sample...it's time to create your own!  Make sure you check out the challenge {HERE}.

Thanks for stoppin' by!

Inky Hugs & Happy Stampin'

Comments

[Theresa]

Angela this came out soooooo PERFECT!! This is just too cute!! Love the coloring as always and the sentiment & font are very piratey. Great job!!

[Darsana]

This is very cute. I love that little bear. Great job on the centering and placement of the window. Wonderful!