Boxing Clever

Boxing Clever

Hi Everyone!

Haha!  No we are not taking up

bloodsports............... we are 

revisiting an old topic with a

twist or two

Next Sunday is Mothering Sunday

and in case you are wondering

what to do aside from chocs and

flowers here is Claire Jackson to

the rescue with a beautiful little

present .......

"I started by painting a small wooden

 trinket box with shades of green 

and blue chalk paint on the outside 

and pearlescent paint on the inside. 

I then stamped the flowers and leaves 

around the sides and a border flourish

 around the top.

The leaves were coloured with alcohol markers

 and white gel pen, before I added Glossy Accents

 to the leaves and stems and

 Enamel Accents on the flowers.

The border on the top was decorated 

in the same way. 

The centre piece was made from chipboard pieces

 painted and glazed. 

To finish off I put patterned paper

 on the bottom.

The little trinket box even has a small magnet

 to snap the lid shut. 

It would make a lovely gift on its own, 

filled with chocolate or with some jewellery in it."

Thank you Claire, that really is a

lovely box and fun to make I shouldn't

wonder

Have you noticed the links?  I have

linked some of the items in the text

to help you find them easier on the

website

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Boxing Clever

Boxing Clever

Hi There!

Upcycling is the topic of the

day today.  Jane Castle has

turned a very plain box into

beautiful storage ........... or

maybe a useful gift for a craft

buddy.......

"Hi Folks, today I'm going to show you 

an inexpensive way to tidy-up those loose 

bits of ribbon and lace that end up getting 

scrumpled and creased in the drawer 

or needlework box.

I began with a 17cm x 11cm x 8cm 

cardboard box that many businesses 

use for mail order. 

This was given a base coat of white gesso 

on the outsde and the inside of the lid.

 I then cut some ATC cards from some

 thickish card scraps.

The box was then decorated by adding some 

Grunge Paste through a Tim Holtz and

 PaperArtsy stencils. 

Once dry Fresco Chalk paint was added

 with a piece of Cut and Dry foam 

gradually building up the colour.

Just 3 colours were used in the end and

 then the whole of the outside was brushed

 with Satin Glaze. 

I then wanted to enhance the relief work 

without completely covering up the existing 

colours so I replaced the clean stencils

 and added some DI in Pumice Stone. 

Loved the colour but it needed to 

be a little more defined .......

So after some head scratching and a

 coffee I sponged on some DecoArt 

Metallic Paint in Zinc, perfect!

Some die-cut letters, ribbon and a wooden bead

 to pull open the flap and a 

little bird from Jofy 15 stamp set.

The inside was lined with some brightly

 coloured felt and the ribbons and lace 

wound onto the cards.

Then I had one of those 'Light-bulb' moments -----

If you had somewhere that you could attach

 a cup hook the cards could be stored 

on a book-ring......

Happy Crafting to you all. X"

That was a light bulb moment

Jane, thank you for sharing along

with your beautiful box

Now just in case you don't do much

in the way of online shopping, or

maybe everything you buy comes

in a padded envelope..... have a

look here for a suitable box to 

decorate in a similar way

"Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Starlight Express

Starlight Express

Morning All!

Another lovely day and

here is another lovely project

for you to try. 

Get your cuppa and sit back

and relax............

Hazel Harler has brought 

this gorgeous box and here

she is to talk us through

how she achieved all that

gorgeousness ...

"For my latest project I've decorated a wooden box

 with Imagination Crafts Starlights paints

 I painted the box with white gold Starlights, 

it gave the box a lovely shimmery layer 

with the woodgrain showing through

 I added some tissue tape to the top and sides 

and stamped some foiliage with green Archival ink, 

I also stamped some script with black Archival.

I then painted some copy paper with pink sunset Starlights paint

 When the paint was dry I stamped some flowers and cut them out

The flowers were glued to the sides of the box. 

When the glue was dry I used a craft knife 

to carefully cut between 

the lid of the box and the base

 I decided to keep the decoration on the top of the box simple, 

I was going to use stampbourd but then 

found an acrylic ATC in my stash and used that

I stamped and painted the flowers on the backside of the ATC

 I glued the ATC to the top of the box and 

added some gold gems to the corners"

Supplies used:

Wooden box
Imagination Crafts Starlight paints - white gold, pink sunset and passion flower.
Tissue tape
Archival ink - black and green
PaperArtsy/Kay Carley stamp set
Copy paper
Acrylic ATC, you could use acetate if you haven't got an ATC
Gold sticky backed gems

Thank you Hazel, this box

really is beautiful - the shimmery

effect of Starlight Paints is superb

and using the gems as rivets a masterstroke

If you haven't tried these paints, then

you really should put these on your 'To Buy' list

you won't be disappointed in the shimmery loveliness

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx