~ Inspired by ……Kleenex?! ~
April 25th, 2009 by Holly McMillen
Good Morning 🙂
Oh Happy day! Â I slept like a baby again, last night. Â I did wake up once when I got cold because of the fan running. Â I quickly shut that off and was back to slept in seconds. Â I definitely feel rejuvenated this morning. Â Good thing, too, as I have a busy day ahead of me.
I did rise fairly early (6:45am). Â Â So, I thought I would start my day with the Inspiration Challenge. Â I got a little chuckle when I saw what our inspiration was………KLEENEX boxes! Â Â Now, don’t get me wrong, there are some gorgeous KLEENEX boxes out there, it just struck me as a little funny.
I can’t put my finger or browser on the exact box that inspired me… so I made my own little KLEENEX box :). Â Of course, I needed a card to go along with it!
The box is really basic.  I cut a piece of heavy cardstock to 5 1/2″ square and scored at 1 3/4″ all around to form the bottom.  Then I cut a piece of cardstock 6″ square and scored at 2″ on all sides to form the top.  Before I formed the top, I cut a small oval in the top/center and covered it with a piece of acetate (with a slit in it).  I slipped three KLEENEX into the box and pulled one out through the top.  Oh, and you have to decorate the top before you form it, too 🙂   I wanted it to match my card (although the lavendars are slightly off)… so I stamped the flower all over my lid and colored around them with copics.
Here is a top view of the box:
Here are my deets:
Stamps:Â There She Goes’ Flowers of Friendship, TSG Irish Blessings (sentiment); Artful Inkables (sentiment)
Colors: GP White, Lovely Lavendar
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, copic markers
Accessories: sheer organdy ribbon, buttons, floss, swiss dots ef, ticket corner punch, xacto knife, acetate, sticky tape, scoring blade, dimensionals, MS branch punch, circle punch, oval punch
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Thanks for stopping by! Â May you have a truly blessed day.
~~ Holly ~~
I love how you made your own kleenex box! Great job Holly! Blessings and hugs!
Holly, this is so cute and clever! Love that flower set from TSG! I think the inspiration from Kleenex boxes may have something to do with seasonal allergies! LOL!
This is such a cute little kleenex box!! Thanks for sharing how you made it.
Darling Kleenex box, Holly 🙂 Love the matching card too! Well done.
Holly ~ You are amazing…This is just perfecto!!! I love the colors!! Can you email me so I can ask some questions? [email protected] Thanks ~
Soooo cute! What a terrific idea!
I have really enjoyed my look around your blog, you have some great projects and amazingly original ideas
Holly this is just gorgeous!!!
Love the colors. Great idea.