Sunshine Round Box

I didn't start with this box in mind! I started with a large wooden box

that I had applied industrial themed die cuts,stencils and texture paste.

Then I was going to ‘rust’ it but the sun was out!!! So I felt like doing

something bright.

I have loads of scrap pieces of rice paper lying around so that was my

answer to what I was going to use for decorating the box.

Firstly I applied a wash of watered down silver paint all over the box.

I stamped onto the rice paper.

Placing the stamped images on a non stick craft sheet I spritzed them

with water. Then added blobs of paint in various parts so the colour

would spread. Some blobs needed a helping hand to spread trying not

to make a hole in the paper. A rip is OK but a hole is harder to disguise.

Then left them to dry on the non stick craft sheet because the rice

paper would have torn into pieces if I had tried to move wet. Rice paper

is tougher than tissue but it does have limitations.

When dry I used a water brush to “draw” around the images, doing this

is easier and quicker than tearing because the rice paper just pulls away

following the water line.

I used gel medium to adhere the rice paper to the round box.

Note to self - check I have the box the right way up!!! Obviously I didn't

until the glue gel had dried! Luckily the 3 trays were easy to remove.

So whilst out of the box I applied a silver wash. Then sticking them back

into the box.

Once everything was dry I added doodles with a white pen and ‘dotted’

paint in various parts of the design.

Then I applied a metallic glaze all over, unfortunately by doing this I lost

some of the white pen doodles!

Finally I applied gloss gel medium.

Inspiration came from Anneke De Clerck

Materials used;

PaperArtsy Fresco Acrylics - Smoked Paprika, Tango, Yellow Submarine,

Orchid, Metallic Glaze. Stamps - JOFY31, EKC13.

Gloss gel medium,

Nuvo hybrid ink - brown,

Rice paper.

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