Couture Creations 1

Wedding Keepsake 

Box

By Sue Smyth 

Hi Bloggers

Today I am sharing a special project, using the beautiful

Magnolia Lane Resin frames.

I was inspired by their gorgeous pearly lustre and 

decided to make a Wedding or Baby keepsake box in the 

same pearl white colour

To crown the box, I have added 5 Magnolia flowers

I have literally painted them with pearl paint to make 

them look almost like porcelain.

The box opens up to, reveal space to put your 

keepsakes and also to decorate. I have used some of the panels

from Magnolia Lane pretty patches.

To cover the base I have embossed white cardstock

with Petite &Tied Together emboss folder.

And on every intersection on the folder I have 

placed a 3mm white pearl. 

The top, has a frame that is altered with gesso 

and pearl paint, see below for a tutorial on 

how to.

The large pearl resins, look similar to an ornate

key plate. so I have placed one on the front.

I have added a painted key hole shape to 

make it more convincing. 

On each of the corners, I have added 

4 resin corner frames, and joined

them with a strip of pearls.

Here is a close up of the pearls and the embossing on the

folder, you can see I have added Magnolia Lane

lace, a strip of pearls and then at each join

a 3 mm pearl. My tip is to glue each pearl 

with extra glue, so it is sturdy and 

will not come off with handling. I 

use the pointed Couture Creations tool

to remove each pearl from the acetate it comes on, then

place it on a dot of glue.

Step 1

Paint an MDF box with white gesso, and then

paint over white pearl paint, around the 

edges and corners.

Step 2

Emboss white cardstock with Petite &Tied together

 embossing folder, trim to fit

and adhere to the sides. Layer over White 

Magnolia Lane lace.

Adhere with wide double sided tape, then 

sprinkle with white glitter.

The glitter will stop the sticky tape feeling

when touching the lace on the box, and 

adds sparkle !

Step 3

Adhere the elegant lady patch to the top of 

the box, I have used gel medium here.

But you could use any good quality glue.

If you wanted to, you could finish this project here, 

but I am going to layer over top of our elegant lady, 

such a shame really !

Step 4

Add another elegant lady inside the lid, and the

Time Goes By patch. I have adhered the

patch to a scrap of white cardstock to make

it sturdy and sit better on the side panel.

Dry brush the edges with pearl paint again,

to edge and frame them.

Step 5

Now for the chipboard frame, paint with

gesso, and dry. Then paint with gesso 

again only this time thickly with a 

foam brush using a stipple motion. Dry with

heat gun so it blisters and bubbles.

Repeat this step until you

are happy with the bumpy texture 

of the frame.

Then paint with pearl paint.

Step 6

Adhere frame, again you could finish the project here, as

this looks wonderful too.

Step 7

Gather White Magnolia Lane lace and use 

hot glue to adhere down inside the frame.

Step 8

Paint 5 of the Magnolia Lane

paper flowers with a small brush and Pearl paint.

When dry, snip off stems and adhere over 

pleated lace with hot glue. Tuck

in some white fibre too if desired.

To finish, add large pearls to the bottom for some

sturdy legs

Ultimate Crafts products

.Ult157498 Magnolia Lane Pretty patches

ult157271 Magnolia Lane Petite and Tied together embossing folder

ULt157501 Magnolia Lane Resin frames

Ult157506 Magnolia Lane White lace

ULT157508 Paper Magnolias

C0724633 Couture Creations Snow White 3 mm pearls 

Happy Crafting !