Stamp Act: Verve Project Parade ~ Day 8 ~ Valentine Gift Set!!!

When Julee showed us the inspiration piece for our Project Parade challenge, found HERE. We all chatted about our wonderful memories of our grandparents and candy dishes! My Granny didn't have a pretty, delicate dish like the picture shows. My Granny had a leaf dish that matched her YELLOW/GOLD (LOLOLOL) kitchen but more importantly, she would ALWAYS have it stocked with miniature chocolates, including my FAVORITE, Almond Joy!!! We didn't have candy like this at home, except for Halloween time so it was always a treat to go to Granny's house!!

For my project today, I did not replicate my Granny's leaf dish! LOLOL!!! I went with a pretty, soft Valentine theme. I will be giving this set to my daughter for Valentines Day this year ~

I decorated a heart, paper mache box that I bought at Joann's for $1 and a matching vellum card. For the box, I first painted it with Antique White acrylic paint and once it dried I added the COOLEST Tattered Rose Distress Crackle Paint by Ranger. I did the same steps on the sides of the lid and as well as the Maya Road chipboard hearts. The decorative paper and cut out butterflies are from Webster's Pages Sweet as Cherry Pie collection. Both sentiments are from Verve's new release, Celebrating You and were stamped using Chocolate Chip ink.

Here is a picture of the card ~

The wings are also from Maya Road and were also painted with the Antique White paint but instead of adding the crackle paint, I added clear Martha Stewart glitter. The heart card was cut from vellum cardstock using the largest heart Spellbinders die. The sentiment was stamped on the same DP and then punched using my small oval punch. I tied it on using THIS Cream burlap string.

Here is a picture of the box ~

I added some off white lace around the sides of the lid and on top, I added some white tulle, Zva rhinestones and some Zva pearls. The sentiment on the box was punched using my large oval punch and tied on using the same Cream burlap string I mentioned above. Here is a closer look at some of the detail on the top of the box ~

Here is another look at the box and the awesome crackle paint ~

So, now it's your turn! We'd love for you to play along with us and show us your Tags, Tins & Treats! Verve stamps are not required, but if you've got 'em, why not show 'em a little love? ;)

And, as with all of our project parades, we've got prizes!
To enter, just link up your NEW creation (posted Jan. 25 or later) to the Mr. Linky widget on THIS post before midnight MST on Monday, February 15. One lucky stamper will win a $25 gift certificate to the Verve Store.

And for another chance to win, be sure to give the Divas a little shout out in the comments on the Verve blog as they parade their fabulous creations inspired by this month's theme. One lucky commenter during the course of the parade (Jan 25 - Feb 14) will win their choice of any Verve set.

Thank you so much for coming by and stop back by tomorrow as I will be showing you a really cute baby gift I made! I am SO excited to share it with you!

Have a great day!

~Lynda

9 Comments

Lynda this is GORGEOUS. WONDERFUL work.

Posted by: Cindy Haffner | February 03, 2010 at 07:12 AM

Hi Lynda - this is one VERY special valentine for your daughter. Absolutely fabulous. I love the many textures you used - crackle, tulle, glitter, pearls,etc. along with the softness of the colors. Just wonderful!

Posted by: Stephanie L | February 03, 2010 at 08:08 AM