The Gift of Time - Altered Gift Box
I love to emboss, and ever since I purchased black embossing powder, there's no stopping me! I embossed our Pocket Watch stamp onto watercolor paper and cut out around the clock part so it would fit into the metal time piece.

The corners of the top paper are curled to reveal some more silver metal leaf. I admit that if I were to purchase metal leaf again, I would buy the gold color. Unfortunately, silver reminded me of aluminum foil, so I added some brown ink on it.
The script paper was a 12" x 12" scrapbook paper from Michaels. And the fleur de lis border is a sticker roll also purchased at Michaels.
At first, I didn't know what to do with these metal pieces, but they are so pretty, I had to make it a centerpiece on some project. I really enjoyed making this gift box and working with metal leaf. Any reason to distress, is a good day :-)