Card and Box from the "G" Key

The challenge at Rose Blossom Garden was to use the G key from the Artiste Cricut cartridge. I went a little overboard and cut out everything on the key (except the doily and the "g's"). I've never done that before because I'm a little scared of my Cricut. But it was so much fun to see what could be made! I used the colors from Color Throwdown and translated them into Smoothie, Lagoon, Buttercup, and Kraft. Dotty for You worked PERFECTLY for those colors! I cut the box and the card in Kraft, then decorated the outsides with various colors of cardstock and dotted B&T paper. Here are the other challenges I am entering:

Heart 2 Heart - Ice Cream
Atlantic Hearts - Sketch
Pink Elephant - Feminine Birthday

Here is the card with the box:

To make the ice cream cone on the card, I masked portions of the party hat from Life is Tweet, stamped them upside down in Desert Sand and Lagoon, and then masked and stamped the balloon in lagoon for the ice cream. We are going to King's Island in a few weeks, and they have a famous blue ice cream. That inspired me to stamp the ice cream blue! I'm looking forward to trying it!

Here are more angles of the box:

 

This box is really neat! I think I will give it to my niece when we go to visit for an early birthday present. The card has a slot for a gift card inside (my Cricut messed up and cut it crooked, so I didn't take a picture of the inside, but it will still fit a gift card), and the box is excellent for holding little candies or goodies!


Materials used:
Cardstock: Kraft, Lagoon, Buttercup, Smoothie, Blush
B&Ts: Dotty for You (retired)
Stamps: Life is Tweet (retired)
Ink: Desert Sand, Lagoon
Other: Artist Cricut cartridge, Pink Brad Assortment (on clearance!)