Little Cow Box and Surprise!

It's Softpencil Thursday and I'm SO excited to show you my project for this week! After I saw the image we were given this week and reading that the Design Element is to make a 3D project, I was seriously stumped! Then an idea came to me and I'm so happy it turned out just as I envisioned it! First off, here's a matchbox (2.5" x 3") with our adorable image called Little Cow:


I colored the image with Copics, stamped the sentiment with a small alpha set and then made the little box out of some yummy double-sided Cosmo Cricket paper. But that's not the best part! There's a little giftie waiting inside:


Yes! It's a Little Cow made out of felt! The best thing about digi images is that you can print them almost any size you want! I just printed the image a little larger a few times on regular printer paper and then used the various pieces as patterns for the black and white felt. The black spots were stitched on and then I did a little chalking on the nose, ears and horns. After sewing on the buttons, I stitched it up, leaving a little opening on the bottom so that it can be a pencil topper:


Here's the back view where you can see the extra spots I added and the little custom tail I made by braiding 3 pieces of crochet thread and then tying on a bunch of tiny strands for the end:


Lastly - I glued on 2 black half pearls for the eyes and poked a tiny bit of stuffing in the head for some shape. I hope you like my box and pencil topper and maybe you'll be inspired to make your own felt creation using a digi image as a pattern!

Other challenges:

• AiFactory - anything goes! (BTW - I found AiFactory because they just started carrying Softpencil images in their store!)
• My Time To Craft - On the Farm

P.S. I also wanted to mention that it was my hubby who suggested having a fence inside the box so I added the Sizzix diecut and it was perfect! Thanks Honey!