Labour of love

First off all a warning as there are lots of photos.........lol you have been warned :)
Wanted to make something for my mum who will be 60 at the end of the month for her to keep but didnt take up to much space and also had a purpose so on one of my many trips to the local charity shops found this box complete with eye shadows which i binned.

Wasn't sure where to start but dug out the acrylic paint and gave the drawer and box several coats first over a few days only for disaster to strike and the whole lot to fall off in one piece from the drawer section as i hadnt keyed the surface.........lol

So sanded down drawer front and started again with the acrylic paint,box was covering fine and then on to cutting up some wrapping paper,my mum loves roses and i decopatched them all over the box

but decided i didnt like that effect so next came the varnish which i coated all over,making rather a mess!

Loved the bumpy texture it gave to the paper where it had not dried smooth which gave me my next idea which was to cover it in black acrylic paint!! i know what was i thinking.....lol
Anyway once dried raided the tool cupboard for some sandpaper and had fun attacking and sanding down and getting a very distressed look and covering me in dust :)
Well after that came the nice bit of adding some decoration to the box to complete it,so there we are one finished box.

Just hope she likes it after all that,now need to find something to go in the box.
Thanks for hanging onto to the end,this has taken me two weeks on and off so must be a record for one of my longest projects.
Can i just say how much i appreciate all your lovely comments on my blog and i do try to repay the favour and hello to my new followers,x