Altered Jewelry Box - HDH131 Macabre Monday - CASE a Minion

So this week at Haunted Design House the challenge was to CASE a Minion.  Basically you are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece that has been CASEd from one the Minion's DT offerings.  CASE = Copy And Steal Everything.  I chose to CASE Sultana of the Sinister Lynx aka Black Dragon, you can find her project that I CASEd HERE!!!  I fell in love with her jewelry box and I just knew I could at least attempt to create something similar.  Plus, this jewerly box will give my Halloween jewelry a new resting place until October every year from now on.

I already knew I had the cardstock I wanted to use.  The cardstock I used was in a Halloween pack from Recollections.  I picked up a very inexpensive wooden box from Michael's.  I painted the entire box with black craft paint.  Covered most of the box with the cardstock.  I sanded the edges down just a bit.  I applied a glossy Mod Podge over the entire surface of the box and let that dry overnight.  I then hot glued some really interesting black ribbon around the box.  I cut 16 little flowers out with my Cuttlebug.  I put 8 of those flowers together with a brad and began to shape the flower.  I created 2 flowers this way.  I also added a small black pompom to the center of the flower.  I then lightly brushed some silver glitter paint onto the edges.  I cut 3 leaves out with my Cuttlebug.  I added some Crackle Accents to the leaves but they didn't create the effect I wanted (I don't think the Crackle Accents liked the silver cardstock).  I cut out on my Cricut the scull from Happy Hauntings at 4 inches.  One was cut in the silver cardstock and the other in black, I hid the contours on that one to create a black out scull.  I attached the two together and then added Glossy Accents to give it some dimension.  Once I had all the pieces dry, I hot glued everything to the jewelry box along with some other embellishments...the spider was just something I had to add (maybe he'll keep some little hands out of my jewelry).

I am entering this Altered Jewelry Box in the following challenges:

• HDH #131 - Macabre Monday - CASE a Minion open til 5/6
• Forever Night Challenge - Freaky Friday Challenge #35 - create anything altered and creepy dark - open til 5/10
• Hooked on Craft Challenges #20 - Flowers - open til 5/26

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Altered Jewelry Box!!!