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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metallic glaze applied on top of paint

metallic glaze mixed with paint

My inspiration for this project was a blog post by Jennie Atkinson and Leandra's Metallics video .

I started by gluing scraps of embossed paper to a 12 inch square card as i want to display this in a 3D frame. Also die cut scooter.

Applied black gesso all over.

After watching the video i mixed the metallic glaze with the colours i had chosen. I did a couple of layers but disappointed that the metallic wasn't shining! Then i realised that the metallic being a glaze was meant to be applied over the top of the paint like a glaze. Lesson to self read the label and the answer will be there!!!

Stamped with paint then covered all the background with metallic glaze.

Printed some photos of me when i was a teenager. I'm planning to incorporate photos of my early years as a punk, skinhead and scooterist because I've had so many different hair and clothing styles and i want to be able to show my great nephews and niece what it was like in ‘My Day’. I'm  jealous that these days bright pink or blue hair is ‘normal’ because back in the day some people thought i was ‘weird’.

Using mini clips and screw head brads to hold the photos in place so i am able to change them at a later date.

Lastly added some embellishments and mounted into a 12 inch frame.

Materials used;

Paperartsy Fresco Paints - south pacific, tango, green patina, metallic glaze.

Paperartsy Stamps - ZA01, ELB31

Black gesso

Mini clips, brads, die cut embellishments.

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