You may have seen the little dresser gift I made my husband Andy for Valentine's Day in Wednesday's post. See that post here:
Here are a few tips on how you can make your own.
To make this little dresser I cut out 6 matchbox drawers in Real Red card stock & 6 wraps or covers for the drawers in Black. The Black wraps do not show up well but they support the drawers. Glue the 6 Black wraps together first in two stacks of three & then glue the two stacks together. Each drawer is then inserted in each cover. I punched a heart from the Love Letter DSP for each drawer knob which are Red & Black glimmer brads. Wrap a long piece of that same Love Letter Designer paper around the entire double stack.
See the little buttons for the 'legs'? I adhered two Red buttons together with glue dots & then to the dresser base.
For the dresser 'mirror', I cut two Top Notes - one from Black card stock & the other from Vellum card stock. I trimmed the vellum one down to the stitching. These two Top Notes are adhered together only at the bottom & under the heart since Vellum shows adhesive easily. To adhere the entire mirror to the dresser I cut another Black piece that fit behind the 6 drawers so I had something to attach the mirror to.
This piece for the back side & is 2 1/2" wide X 5 1/4" long. I scored it 1/2" from each end & tucked it behind the DSP wrap on the very back side of the dresser. You can see the back of the Red drawers.
- Stamps - Fabulous Phrases
- Ink - Black
- Card stock - Black, Real Red, Very Vanilla, Love Letter DSP, Glimmer Red, Vellum CS
- Accessories - Full Heart, 3/4 X 15/16" oval & small heart punches, 1/8" narrow Black taffeta & 5/8" Red satin ribbons, mini glue dots, Matchbox Bigz XL die, Big Shot, Brights & Neutrals glimmer brads, Vanilla ribbon roses, Brights designer buttons for the feet of the dresser
Oh I love it! Wish I could get or wish somebody would give me something like this is.
Posted by: Solid Oak Tables | May 09, 2011 at 07:08 PM
This is such a cute project that I had to give it a try. You can see my dresser here
http://www.danniesdesigns.com/my_weblog/2011/02/valentines-day-dresser.html
Posted by: Dannie Graves | February 11, 2011 at 03:33 PM
Beautiful, just beautiful!
Posted by: Joni | February 03, 2011 at 07:57 PM
Did you put some little goodies in the drawers?? This is really pretty and sooo creative. TFS
Posted by: Elly Kohfeld | January 23, 2011 at 03:21 PM
GORGEOUS! I love this. Thanks so much for sharing.
Ter ;)
Posted by: Terri | January 22, 2011 at 09:37 AM
This is so cute. I love the little pulls and the "mirror". Great detailing. Thanks so much.
Posted by: Beverly BL | January 22, 2011 at 09:07 AM
Oh this is soooo cute - I could see this in so many different colours, embellishments - really great!
TFS!
Posted by: Beverly | January 22, 2011 at 03:30 AM
Very creative idea with lots of great details. Thanks for sharing the close ups & tips.
Posted by: Jennifer Headlee | January 21, 2011 at 11:04 AM
This is so awesome! I do have a question, I am ordering the matchbox die. What size piece of cardstock do you need for the box itself?
Posted by: Kelly Collins | January 21, 2011 at 10:51 AM