All Dressed Up

It's FRIDAY!!!  Yeay!  And that means it's time for another challenge from Christmas Stampin' All Year Long.

Our sponsor this week is Creations by AR!

 

The challenge this week is ANYTHING GOES!!! 

  How easy is that??  I have THE most adorable project today.  The design team was able to choose which templates we wanted to work with and I chose the Tux and Gown Box set.  Here they are:

 Are they not the cutest little boxes you have ever seen???!!!  And they were so fun to "dress", too.  Now just think of how many occasions you could use them for.  They are little, 2 inches by 2 1/4 inches tall.  They would be perfect for favors at (here you go) wedding receptions, bridal showers, engagement parties, Christmas parties, Valentine's Day parties, New Year's parties OR holding a little gift for any of the above or prom, or graduation . . . My couple is going to a fancy Christmas party.

 Here are the details of the man:  I wanted a little bit of pin striping on the tux, so I stamped and heat embossed with clear powder some narrow stripes.  Inspired by the project on the store website, I created some pleats along the button placket with my scor-pal.  To match the Christmas theme, I drew a little spring of holly and some berries for the jacket lapel and added some red square gems for the buttons.  Don't you just love that bow tie?

And the lady: she is dressed in a shapely gold dress to which I added some gold glitter along the bodice to imitate some elaborate beading that you might find on a formal gown.  Of course, she had to have some jewelry, so I made her a "diamond" necklace.

While these might look involved and maybe a bit difficult, they're not.  The templates come with all the base details you need and instructions, too.  Unfortunately, I lost mine (thought I put them in a certain folder but can't find them anywhere) but was able to put the boxes together without them.  My 7-year-old even made her own gown box after she saw what I was doing.  I printed the templates out for her, but she did all the cutting, decorating, and construction.  I didn't get a picture of hers, but I might try to add one later.

Challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #142--cut it out (there was definitely a LOT of cutting with scissors on this one!)

Lacy Sunshine #17--anything goes

There She Goes #225--the gift of giving

Tammy's Scrappin' Corner #80--anything goes

Divas By Design--anything goes

Art Impressions #119--anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra--anything Christmas goes

Supplies:

Template: Creations by AR "Tux and Gown Box Set"

Stamps: PTI "Distressed Stripes" pin stripes on the tux