Matchbox Challenge

Not done any challenges for ages and ages so now that the jet lag seems to have gone I decided to have a look at a favourite of mine Out of a Hat Creations.

What a lovely set of decorated matchboxes the DT have done, just had to join in and now that I have I am going to have a look at what others have done with regard to their decorations.

Here is mine

I began by using a piece of scrap copy paper which I scrumpled, opened up and and rubbed over with Peacock Brilliance.  Then I re-scrumpled (is that a real word?) it and opened again and rubbed over the mountains (the sticky up bits) lightly with Gold Brilliance. Opened it out again, sort of straightened it a bit with a bone folder lightly over the back side and cut it to fit my matchbox.

If you tear the "lap over" it doesn't show that there is a join.

Then I decided to use the same paper to make some flowers and butterflies to decorate it with.  I rubbed more of the ink over to make it much darker and cut the flowers out using a Cheery Lynn die (Oyster Stamps), popped the green from the pad on the reverse side of the flowers and then cut out my tiny butterflies.

Inside I popped a domino that I had decorated with UTEE a long time ago.  Same principle as feather icing on a cake.

So there it is - my entry for those gorgeous gals at Out of a Hat Creations.  You can see the tiny butterfly a bit more clearly now.

Why not join in, you still have time.

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