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Friday 2 April 2010

Altered Easter egg box

I finished my Easter cards, so decided I would do something else for the remaining Easter challenges that are still around.

These challenges all call for something to do with Easter, eggs or spring (more details by clicking on the links):

Corrosive 57
Magical crafts 11
Crafty angels 28
One stitch at a time
Mixed media Monday
Created by hand
Creative craft 10
Moxie Tuesday trigger
Fab n funky 17
Little red wagon 22
Penny's challenges
Cute card Thursday
ECP 9
Fussy & fancy 7
If the shoe fits Fashionista Friday 29
Res-Q
Challenge up your life 17: 'Easter - anything but a card'

and this also fits these:

Allsorts
45: 'rags to riches' - alter or recycle something
Creative inspirations 30: 'anything but a card'
Pink elephant 60: 'pastels'
The craft garden: 'pastels'
Crafty Ann 11: 'make something for someone special'
KL stampin n scrappin 23: 'boxes-n-baskets'

I altered an Easter egg box (I bought this for mum for Sunday). This is the original:



I opened out the box to make a template:



and used the template the cut around some Easter wrapping paper:



I then stuck the wrapping paper on to the original box template and did it up again, adding a few flowers (originally from Early Learning - a long while ago).

47 comments:

  1. hey you love the altered easter box Happy Easter my friend!

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  2. Fabulous box and it looks so much nicer to give to your Mum great project and great how to pic's, Thanks for joining us at OSAAT hope to see you again soon, good luck
    Sarah xx

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  3. That's lovely Hazel, I thought for a moment that you'd just eaten the egg!! xx

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  4. That's lovely Hazel, so pretty and cheerful.

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  5. What a brilliant idea Hazel - I love your altered box thank you for sharing it with us at Crafty Ann's
    Ann x

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  6. Wonderful altered Box, it looks so much better now! Thanks for joining us at Magical Crafts.
    Hugs, Donna x

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  7. Stunning altered choccie bag - what a wonderful gift and a brilliant idea!
    Sylvia xx

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  8. Hazel, How clever you are, that is just to cute...thank you so much for sharing all these wonderful how to pics and your awesome talent...

    Happy Easter!!!
    stitchy xx

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  9. great project! Thank you for joining the Allsorts challenge this week and good luck.

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  10. gorgus box,thanks for joining us at OSAAT hugs cheryl xxxxx

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  11. very inventive hun love it, thanks for playing along at creative craft challneges xxx

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  12. Great idea to jazz up the original Easter box!

    Thanks for sharing,

    Alex x

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  13. love your altered easter box Hazel .. Happy Easter Hazel x


    love maddyx

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  14. What a fabulous Easter box that is really creative I love it thank you so much for joining our challenge at Crafty Ann's
    Hugs
    Lorraine x

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  15. Hi, Hazel, what a great idea for your altered Easter Egg box for mom. I had a tough time hunting you down though, as your blog link on our challenge is for Crafty Ann's.

    Thanks for playing along at KL Stampin N Scrappin! :) Kelly

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  16. Great idea, it turned out wonderfully! Thanks for joining us at Little Red Wagon!

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  17. It's totally changed the look of the box. Lovely bright and cheerful.
    Thanks for sharing it with us at Crafty Ann's challenge.
    Beryl x

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  18. What a brilliant altered box, I love the paper you have used. Thanks for joining in at MCFC

    Jackie x

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  19. Great project, so glad you joined us at OSAAT, hope you will visit often.

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  20. Lovely card hunni..Thankyou for joining us at OSAAT this week. Good luck...Donna
    http://lildivastamps.blogspot.com/

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  21. Now then I can say in all truthfulness that my mum wouldnt get anything like this as I would have eaten the egg! I hope you mum appreciates it and thanks for joining us at OSAAT
    Sam x

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  22. This is wonderful, what a great way to personalise your eggs :D
    Thanks so much for joing in on our egg hunt and challenge at OSAAT, don't forget to check back tomorrow to see the new challenge and find out who won this one :)

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  23. What a cute box! Thanks for sharing!

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  24. This is just soooo clever!

    Love it!

    Sarah x

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  25. What an improvement on the original! Those flowers look really interesting, and add just the right touch.

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  26. Thanks for playing along at OSAAT in our challenge ! A lovely gift box! Cheers Claire(Hope Jacare - CT) x

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  27. Cute idea to make the holiday just a little more festive. I used the Mixed Media Monday theme on an altered book and had the best fun.

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  28. What a wonderful difference your 'altering' has made. Such a big improvement on the original.
    A gorgeous make for Crafty Ann's challenge - thank you for sharing.

    Irene(GD)
    x

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  29. really beautiful box hun thanks for joining us over at creative inspirations this week hugs cheryl xxxxxxxx

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  30. Hi Hazel,
    Happy Easter!!
    Great altered box..bet your Mum loved it today.
    Thank you so much for joining us this week over at Creative Inspirations and goodluck!!
    Hugs
    Tracy
    xxx

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  31. Very clever and just adorable.

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  32. So bright and cheerful from the original box. Well done. So glad you joined us at Creative Inspirations this week. Hugs Suzi x

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  33. What fun to alter things the flowers just add that special touch.
    Hugs Shirley - Crafty Angels

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  34. Hey Hazel! What a fun approach to this week's Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World. Thanks again for playing along! :)

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  35. Adorable!
    Thanks for playing!
    Dee - LRW

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  36. This is gorgeous.
    Thanks for joining us at Creative Inspirations
    hugs Mandy xx

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  37. so clever! i love it! thanks for joining us at the Shoe this week!

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  38. hat a great way to make that Easter egg extra special! Thanks for taking part in our challenge at Easy Craft Projects xx

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  39. Very clever idea, well done! Thanks so much for playing along at Creative Inspirations this time :)
    Jenni x

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  40. This looks gorgeous Hazel and such a clever idea!
    Thanks for sharing with us at Crafty Ann's challenge.

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  41. This basket is so pretty!

    Greetings
    Ulla

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  42. brilliant idea,thankyou for joining us at fab'n'funky this week
    andrea

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  43. Really gorgeous...
    Thanks for joining us at Penny's
    Hugs Alison.xx

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  44. That looks really great - thanks for joining us at CUYL.

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  45. Gorgeous Easter project! Thank you for joining us at Fussy and Fancy Friday!
    Hugs,
    April

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