It's the beginning of January, the days are short and there is a lot of winter left to live through so the thought of plumeria (also known as frangipani) flowers and tropical vacations is cheering! First, I put together the flower box. It is very cute and very quick and simple to put together. The cutting file includes a top and bottom for the box, the flower and the leaves. I cut the flower out of plain white cardstock and sponged it with Raspberry Distress Oxide ink to give a lovely pink colour.
The flower centers are flower stamens from Heartfelt Creations that I coloured with a bit of yellow alcohol ink, but you could use a cardstock circle, different types of beads, or as I'll show you shortly, the insides of the 'do not eat' silica desiccant packet.
Since I was thinking about Hawaii, and beautiful fragrant flowers, I cut a few extra plumeria flowers and did this quick scrapbook layout. The patterned paper is called Tropical Paradise by Heartfelt Creations.
I wanted to do something different for the flower centers and found a little package of silica desiccant in my craft room. I opened it and saw these cute little beads. I mixed them with just one drop of reinker, let dry for a few minutes and then glued onto the flowers. They turned out beautifully. Be sure to save your desiccant packets for crafting!
The 'Amazing' page title is a die from the Way with Words dies at Quietfire Design. It's packaged with 'Beautiful', another useful word for scrapbookers. :-)
That's it for today. Try creating some of these plumeria flower boxes - they make beautiful little gifts and are big enough to slip some trinkets, sweets or money into. And be sure to upcycle your silica desiccant beads into flower centers. It's a fun frugal touch.
