Tales of You and Me by Prima and Frank Garcia

Frank Garcia's new collection for Prima , Tales of You & Me collection, just exudes warmth, charm and vintage elegance. I decided to pull out a wooden cigar box I had been saving because this collection is prefect for a nice old cigar box.

If you keep on scrolling down, I provide step-by-step instructions for this project.  

So this is the original box.  It's rather large - 9in x 10in and is solid pine wood. 

Step 1. I took a gorgeous piece of paper,  and cut to fit  the top.  Then I added some inking to the edges using the Prima Chalk Edgers -  a blend of Teal Wall and Dark Rust.  

Step 2. I adhered the paper to the wood cigar box using Prima Finnabair Art Basics Soft Matte Gel.  

The wood surface is rough and I find that the Soft Matte Gel Medium gets in the wood grain better than glue and hold the paper in place so much better. 

Step 3. Cut strips for the edges of the box.  Ink and adhere with Soft Matte Gel. 

Step 4. Mist  Prima Memory Hardware by Frank Garcia - Grand Rosette Trim (990466) with Prima Color Blooms in Tea Stain and Cotton Candy.

Step 5.  Layer trims on the box. 

Step 6.  Cut the vintage image from Tales of You & Me paper (Notre Jardin Secret), accent with glitter. 

Step 7. Decorate with flowers, leaves, berries as desired. 

Step 8. Add accents with embellishments from Tales of You & Me collection -wood embellishments, brads and SIIC-crystals. 

Step 9.  Finishing touches  - Memory Hardware - by Franks Garcia Montmartre Latches (990336), some trims and gold cording.  The Memory Hardware Latches look like they were made just for this project!

 Here are some close ups. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  

Products:

990855 Prima Tales of You & Me paper - Notre Amour Sere a Jamais

990800 Prima Tales of You & Me paper - Notre Jardin Secret

990817 Prima Tales of You & Me paper - Contes de Toi et Moi

583798 Prima Tales of You & Me - Wood Embellishments
583873 Prima Tales of You & Me - Brads
584818 Prima Tales of You & Me - SIIC
586362 Prima Tales of You & Me - Flowers
990336 Memory Hardware - by Franks Garcia Montmartre Latches
961428 Prima Finnabair Art Basics -Soft Matte Gel.
961596 Prima Glitter Set - Luminous
573737 Prima Color Blooms - Cotton Candy
573836 Prima Color Blooms - Tea Stain
991043 Prima Memory Hardware -by Frank Garcia - Rocquencourt Doily Lace
990466 Prima Memory Hardware by Frank Garcia - Grand Rosette Trim
891268 Prima Chalk Edgers - Teak Wall
891015 Prima Chalk Edgers Dark Rust
583477 Prima Victorian Christmas by Frank Garcia - Red Stocking Flowers

Other:
Tulle
Gold Braiding Trim
Ribbon