Joan's Gardens Challenge

Good morning!  Hope you've had a nice weekend so far!  Other than almost setting the garage on fire (long story!), mine's been good!  Before I head out for the day, I'm popping by to share the project I made for this week's challenge over on Joan's Gardens' blog.  This week, the challenge was to make a pizza box using Selma's tutorial, use Christmas paper and create and decorate a belly band for the box. 

Here is my box:

I didn't have any 12x12 sheets of Graphic 45 Christmas paper, so I went with last year's Christmas paper from Basic Grey called Jovial.  I used one pattern for the box and another for the belly band.  I created the poinsettia with Spellbinders Layered Poinettia dies.  The "holly" leaves were made using the next larger Layered Poinsettia die.  I added a few gold adhesive pearls to the flower center and attached it to the belly band.  The tag image is from Flourishes A Gift For You set.  I stamped it on Cryogen White and colored it with Copics.  I added a bit of Glossy Accents to the ornaments.  The tag was cut out with a Spellbinders Labels Fourteen die and sponged while still in the die with Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink.  A bit of turquoise twine finished it off.

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy the rest of your weekend!