A book of flowers - soooo pretty!! Colour INKspiration #174

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

Tonight I'm joining in with the Colour INKspiration crew and our awesome colour combination!!

Check out these gorgeous colours this week AND the stunning image which really inspired me!  

The flowers in the book really spoke to me, so I've embellished one of our lovely Book Treat Boxes.

These boxes are so easy to put together with adhesive already on them ready for assembly.  They also have adhesive on the clasp too, but I don't want the box to be torn apart when it's opened, so I've created a clasp on the front of the 'book' using one of the dies from the Peacefull Everygreens dies - this die is actually part of the assembly for a bow, but works fantastically for the clasp!!  

The cover for the book is created with some of our new Two Tone Pool Party cardstock.  I spritzed it and scrunched it and then added Pool Party ink using a blending brush to create a Faux Leather look.

I was totally inspired by Rose and her gorgeous project here to add extra cardstock to the spine of my card which I have again added ink with a blending brush for a vintage look.

There are a lots of dies used for this project - I've used the Peaceful Season dies for the title/label at the top of the book, and used Lovely and Sweet dies for the teeny flowers and Country Flowers dies for the larger flowers.  

Also inspired by Rose, I've added some more silver foil to the edges of the box making it looks like embossed page edges.  

The stamping comes from the Peaceful Seasons stamp set, and I just could NOT resist stamping inside too for a lovely surprise when the box is opened!!  

INKspired to join the challenge? It's so easy. Firstly, get some INKspiration by checking out all of the creations of the Colour INKspiration Crew in the challenge album on our Facebook page. Then you have 12 days from today to make and upload your creation to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group. You don't have to have a blog to participate but if you do you can link back to your post. Make sure you use all of the challenge colours. You can also use neutrals such as Basic White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige and Basic Black as well as Metallics.

Not a member of the Colour INKspiration Facebook group yet? Just click here and ask to join Colour INKspiration, add the group to your favourites and share it with your crafty friends so they can join in the fun too. We can't wait to see what you create with these gorgeous colours.

Book of Flowers Treat Box

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 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in joining my Stampin' Up! family - contact me to find out how.