It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Scrapbook in a box

I created this piece way back in September when the new Mini first came out and put it aside to post at a later date......I guess this is now!

No stamping here but I have used Stampin' Up Products to create this cute 3"x 3" cube that when opened can be a scrapbook for this Christmas. A tag with the year can be attached to the top of this to correspond to the year that the pictures were taken. I can see several of these as the years go on being displayed at Christmas time so that everyone can reminisce about the festivities from that particular year.

I've used  a 9"x9" piece of Crumb Cake Card Stock as the base, this was scored at 3 and 6 inches on two sides; creating 9 3"x 3" squares. I then cut up to the center square on the same line on each side to create the sides of the box. I used the Deck the Halls DSP and cut 2 3/4" squares to line each square of the inside of the box and the 4 squares that are showing on the outside of the box.

The box with the cover off. Starting to open. The top of the box was created by taking a 7 1/8" square of Crumb Cake cardstock and scoring it at 1" and 2" on all four sides. I then cut and folded as per this tutorial.....
http://www.scor-pal.com/metric/Metric%20Tag%20Box.pdf

I like the double fold on the sides as it makes the top and the box so much more sturdy.

The top of the box was embellished with a 2 3/4" square of DSP and the sides are 3/4" x 2 3/4".

I wanted Holly for the top of this box so it was created by punching out a wide oval in Always Artichoke and then I folded length wise in two. I sponged the center fold with Always Artichoke ink and then before opening the fold I used the 3/4" and 1/2" circle punches to create the holly leaves. Once opened I sponged the edges with Craft Whisper White ink and used my bone folder to soften the fibers of the card stock so that they would be a bit pliable and easier to shape. I glued these on with Mini Glue dots shaping them to look 3D. The Holly Berries are 1/4"paper punch Cherry Cobbler circles that I rounded with the end of my paper piercer, to give them a 3D look. I added a dot with the white gel pen.

The sparkle that you see is Champagne Shimmer Paint mixed with Alcohol in a mister and sprayed directly onto the Holly.

I love the shimmer/sparkle! I hope you enjoyed this project, I will be posting more Christmas things as the big day gets closer. I am a procrastinator if you haven't already guessed so I have not got many things created ahead but I have lots of ideas that I hope will come to reality.

Thanks for stopping by,

Sharri