Recycled cat food box!

Every now and again you see something that you are about to put in the recycling that may have another purpose :D.  I have altered a cat food container into a holder for my little art journals....
 

 
The box before...
 

 
The box had a couple of layers of gesso before I painted it with the darker green.  When dry I covered it with PVA and, while still wet, added some pale pink.  The flowers are made from circles from the *circles grab bag*.  I painted these with DecoArt Primary Yellow and while still wet added flicks of DecoArt Magenta.  They look very messy but much better when I had stamped and embossed flowers over the top. (see top picture)
 

 
The *leaves* were painted in the darker green and brown. You can see how they look better in the top picture.  The stems are painted coffee stirrers.

 
Thank you for taking a look today, take care , hugs xxx