St. Patrick's Box Lunch Auction

We had a fund raising event at work yesterday.  It was a Box Lunch Auction.  Where we prepared a lunch, place it in a container, decorated the container and then auctioned them off to the highest bidder.  It was a blast!
The theme was St. Patrick's day. I did not embrace the idea as much as others did.  The top left corner is my decorated box.  I wrapped my box with green tissue paper then gold and clear cellophane.  Wrapped some wired green ribbon and created a bow on the top.  I attached a green Gerber Daisy to the centre of the bow.  The top right is what I put in my lunch.  One container held roasted chicken breast, another quinoa salad, the third a chocolate torte slice.  Then a Snapple Iced Tea, a few tea packs, an apple and a container of yogurt with Pomegranate and granola bars. 
We had an actual gavel to declare the winners.  The centre left picture is the place setting which was set up for each participate.  You will notice the bidding number at the top of place setting. There was a shamrock on the back to let the bidder know which way was up when raising the number to place a bid. 
The pop top Chunky Soup cans which held our prizes for the best decorated box (rainbow entry) and the box raising the most funds ($50). We chose soup cans because it really worked with our lunch theme. We really fooled the participants.  Here's a tutorial on how to make them.  The bottom is a picture of all the entries. As you can see creativity was really exercised in the decorating and the meals. We sat together, revealed our meals and had very good experience.

Baby Boy Card 2

I created a couple more baby boy cards with the leftovers from the previous cards I made.  For these ones I cut the blue giraffe color printed on the vellum with my Creative Memories oval cutter.  I then but a bit of tape behind his nose to keep him in place while I trimmed around with scallop decorative scissors.  I found coordinating blue card stock which I trimmed leaving a small border around on the white card. This was adhered to the white card front.  I chose a white flower and brad to add an accent on the right top corner.  This also helps to keep the vellum where it belongs.  A couple more cards for my stash.

Baby Boy Card

I started with the blue toy giraffe.  I color printed him onto vellum then cut the vellum with the Tim Holtz Ornamental die. I know it doesn't show very much on the scan.  I found some boy looking designer paper with soft dots in green, taupe, mustard and cream on a blue background. I place it on some coordinating taupe card stock.  I glued the designer paper to the card front then I held the die in place with 2 brown eyelets on the top and bottom.

Card - Ivory Camillia

I started with a taupe card onto which I adhered a piece of designer paper.  This paper had blue/pewter accents so I selected a silver organza ribbon which I placed from top to bottom slightly left of centre.  Taped the ends to the inside of the card.  I then added 2 cream colored velvet hydrangeas and an ivory velvet hydrangea all held in place with a pewter flower brad.  I added some silk leaves held in place with double sided tape. This flower really reminds me of a Camillia.

Card - Gold Hydrangea

I started with a taupe card.  I cut a 5.25x4.00 piece of the same card stock and embossed it with the Cuttlebug Polka Dots folder. I wrapped gold metallic ribbon in a cross pattern slightly to the left of centre around the embossed layer.  The ribbon is taped to the back.  This layer is then adhered to the card.  The flower is an ivory hydrangea flower with heavy gold embellishment.  I added a set of green leaves.  This accent is held in place with a jumbo gold brad over the intersection of the 2 ribbons.  The brad has been sanded slightly to remove the super shine it had.

Card - Taupe and Blue

I started again with a taupe card. I found some designer paper to coordinate.  This paper had a bit of silver/blue in to I cut an oval with my Creative Memories oval cutter, embossed it with the Cuttlebug Stylized Flowers folder. I then glued it to a blue grey card stock and cut around it with scallop scissors.  I brushed the flowers and couple other areas with Bashful Blue ink to highlight them.  I punched a slot at the top and bottom to run organza ribbon through the back and over the card front.  I added a bow at the top of the oval.

Card - Flowers Galore

I started with a taupe card which I embossed with the Rebecca Cuttlebug embossing folder making a frame around the edge of the card.  I decided to fill the centre with flowers.  I selected pink flowers, added a smaller white one in the centre and they are held in place with a white brad.  I added an organza bow at the top which is held in place with a tiny brad through some of the ribbon layers but not all so it does not show on the front. I managed 9 flowers over the front which filled the space very nicely.