Quick Get Well Card & Gift

Morning folks! I hope you had a lovely Christmas? I had a lovely time with my family and even managed to sneak a bit of crafting in on Christmas Day whilst everyone else was sleeping (see insomnia does have a few advantages!!!).

My Mother in Law had a major operation two days before Christmas and was due to be in over the Christmas period, so I wanted to give her a really nice cheer up pressie in addition to her Christmas present. Unfortunately, the hospital has a no flowers policy and as she's diabetic we couldn't take her in choccies (plus I thought she'd not really fancy anything like that anyway), so I decided that I'd have a go at making a tissue box cover with a matching card. It was a really quick and easy make and she was thrilled to receive it on Boxing Day when we popped in to see her.

I've attached a few pictures, but you'll have to excuse the quality of them. My camera is playing up and won't allow me to use certain functions and in addition I had to use artificial light :(

Tissue Box & Card

I made the tissue box cover using this tutorial. Once I'd cut and embossed all the panels it was a really quick and easy job to assemble it. The hardest part was deciding  wether to keep the embellishments minimal or go for total overload! I went for the middle ground and decided to embellish all four sides, but to be honest I think it would have been nicer with just the front embellished :/

The Tissue Box

I decided to make the card to match the box and so again it was just a case of chucking some embellishments on the pre-scored card - lazy of what?? The butterflies took the most time as they are stamped, heat embossed and then cut out by hand, before being glittered and Glossy Accented, luckily I already had a few left from an earlier project, so only had to do a couple more :D

The Card

Materials
White Card - The Papermill
Lilac Paper - Poundland
Purple Card - Poundland
Green Card - The Papermill
Butterfly Stamps - EJ Crafts
Sentiment - Computer Generated
Sizzix Bigz Daisy Die
Fern Leaf Die - Little Claire's
Card Candy
Sizzix Swirls Embossing Folder
Mica Paints - Oyster Stamps
Heat It Up Holographic Black Embossing Powder
Stardust Stickles
Glossy Accents
Card Candy - Craftwork Cards

 I'd like to enter this project into the following challenges:
City Crafter - Make the cut
Everybody Art - Anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Anything goes
Ohh La La Creations Challenge Blog - Anything but a card
Creative Inspirations Paint - Anything goes
Sparkles Forum - Anything but a Christmas card
The Crafty Pad - Anything but Christmas
Mark's Finest Papers - Anything goes
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Anything goes