Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Make and Take box


I am heading home from LA - it looks like my flight will not be canceled after all.  I hope the weather conditions are OK in Boston.  I am on the overnight flight so I will be a bit mixed up on time for a few days.  I thought I make a quick post to show you one of the things I made at CHA.  When I get home and have a chance to catch my breath I will do  some posts to share other projects I did this week.

There are various workshops put on for CHA attendees and these generally involve doing projects and learning techniques to show off the latest and the greatest that a particular company has to offer.  There are also demonstrations and projects at many of the booths.  These can be simple or quite elaborate.  I did not get a chance to do a lot of them but I saw many that my fellow team members made and I was quite impressed.


The projects at the ProvoCraft booth were very nice.  There were classes for elaborate projects and two "make and take" tables for simpler projects and these varied each day.  This lovely box was one of the projects.  For the "make and takes" the projects are kitted with the preliminary work finished (in this case, painting the box) and the pieces cut to size for you.  The assembly of the projects takes 20 minutes or so and you often have to wait in line but it is fun to talk to others and find out what they have discovered at the show.


We made these crumpled flowers by misting the pre-cut flower shapes and squashing them with our hands.  They are held together with a brad and then we added a gem for a lovely sparkly center.  I will probably try to make more of these at home so I can post some step by step photos but they are simple to do.  They do require some drying time.


We used a Cuttlebug border folder to emboss the pink strips on the bottom of the box.  The embossing makes the project much prettier for a very small additional effort.  There are new Cuttlebug options that will allow a lot more variety in your projects and I'll try to post more about this new system when I am home.  You do not need a new machine - just the new plate to hold the movable embossing pieces and it isn't very expensive. 

The Hollywood sign was visible from our roof deck - it was pretty far away but exciting to see!

I'll be leaving for the airport shortly - it has been a great trip and I have learned a lot.  I am eager to get home, settle in and try some of the new things I have seen.  I am also curious to see just how high the snow is by now!

Thanks for sharing in my adventure  and stay safe and warm if you are in one of the snowy places!

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22 comments:

  1. Pretty box! I'm looking forward to hearing about all the new things you've learned.

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  2. Safe travels, Diane. Looking forward to your terrific tutorials to show us all you learned at CHA. I saw some prelim info on the new Cuttlebug system and it looks promising. I especially liked how it worked on the box you did at the Make & Take.

    Ellen
    CardMonkey
    www.cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com

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  3. Very pretty :) Have a safe trip home :)

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  4. Oh so pretty!!! I am very interested in learning to make the box, but more so that beautiful flower on the top. Safe travels, and hope the snow is not to deep when you finally get home.

    Thanks so much!

    Kimberly
    Kimberly.pate@gmail.com

    http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/

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  5. Lovely box. I can't wait to see more.

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  6. GORGEOUS box! Can't wait to hear and see more! Safe travels!

    Melissa
    www.disneydreamerdesigns.blogspot.com

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  7. Safe travels! Lovely box. Looking forward your CHA posts. Glad you had a wonderful time :D.

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  8. Beautiful box! Can't wait to see your posts for CHA. Glad you had a great time.

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  9. Hope you arrived home safely, Diane! Love the flower on the box (the box too) and can't wait to see your tutorial on how to create them.

    ~ Jennifer

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  10. That's really pretty! I love the look of the flower.

    Do you know what cut the black & white shape is behind the flower? What cart it's from? It's kind of like one of my favorite nesties.

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  11. The box is super cute...you have to tell us how to make one. Ok...you don't have to but I will beg if required...lol!

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  12. Lovely box. You picked a good time to be away from the snowy New England.

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  13. That is a very pretty box! I hope you had fun. Seems like most of the country got bashed by this storm but here (in Buffalo) where everyone expects huge snowfalls...we got almost nothing! About a total of 7" over the 2 days and no wind.

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  14. Travel safely, Diane! Love this box project. It is a fun item to make for small gifts isn't it?
    Look forward to hearing more about CHA techniques and ideas when you are settled back at home!

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  15. The box is very pretty. I am looking forward to the tutorial!

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  16. Beautiful box. I can't wait for the directions so I can try it.
    Thank you
    Linda in Stanwood

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  17. Oh so pretty, Diane! I am very interested in learning to make the box, but more so that BEAUTIFUL flower on the top. Safe travels, and hope the snow is not too deep when you finally get home.

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  18. Very pretty box! I would love to see a tutorial on that lovely flower, too! Thank you for sharing so much of CHA with us!

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  19. Diane,
    Thanks for sharing the messages with your bloggers. Hope you have a safe trip home. Love the box.
    Cannot wait to see what you have to share with us.

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  20. Well the box is beautiful and I love the flower. Can't wait for you to show us how it's done. Hope you get home fast and safe. I think you may have more snow in Boston now than we do in Minnesnowta.

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  21. OMGOSH I loveeee this!!!!
    hugs
    Brenda

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