Love and Lace Heart Shape Quilled Trinket Box

I have seen some creations in black and red and the combination is so classic and pretty. So this time I decided to try my hands on making something in black and red. But I had nothing in black so I CHEATED.I die cut the cardboard which came with my template. ( The ones that come with dies or plastic templates to prevent them from bending in the mail). Then painted it with black ready mix paint. I also wanted to use lace, but again : no black lace. So I colored the white lace with black promarker.

before the transformation

heart shape Quilled trinket box

The lid of the heart box is filled with small rolled ( at both ends)quilling strips though it looks like beehive technique. The box turned out to my liking so I decided to make a pair of earring to put in it. My daughter Ananya also joined in and made a few pairs. ( I had to bend the headpins with pliers for her as she is just 8). For my earrings, I used a pair of charms by making memories, which I have had for more than a year.

lace heart box

earrings made by Ananya

earrings made by me

I will gift the trinket box to my BFF. Now Ananya wants to gift something to her BFF. So I am thinking of making another box using a 'philadelphia' box along the same lines as this one. Hope to finish it before 14th :)

I am entering this box to : Cut it up: Valentine's Day ( dies used : Nellie Snellen and spellbinders lace heart)

Anything but a card: Tic-tac-toe ( 2,5,8 : Recycling, heart and Black)

Crafty Calendar : Love is all around
 Kitty Bee Designs: Valentine's/Love
 So Artful Challenges : Flourishes in the shades of red ( I hope my quilled swirls qualify)
Sugar Creek Hollow: Love and Adore
 Sunflower Designs : Valentine's Day/Hearts