Friday 4 July 2014

My Box Is Finished At Last

Last year I was in the Andy Skinner club at the Craft Barn, over the year we learn't lots of different techniques using DecoArt products. Over the last three or four months we had a large 30cm x 30cm Artimio box to decorate. Of course me being me didn't get it finished, so a couple of months ago I decided to finish it. When I got it out of the bag I decided that I didn't like the colours that I'd used so after a few new coats of paint and a bit of dry brushing I finally had a box that I could live with.


This is what the box looked like minus the panel in the lid.


This is the lid. I adhered flowers and metal charms to one corner, I stencilled modelling paste through a mask on the edges and for the inner part of the box I used a Sizzix die to die cut some thick card and added some chipboard letters. Then everything was painted.
I enlarged a Gecko Galz image and adhered it to some mountboard. I then covered it with Crackle Paint and adhered it to the lid when the crackle had dried.


 Here is a close up of the corner of the lid.


Here is a close up of the crackle.



A couple of photos of the sides.


And finally the inside of the box. I'm going to use the box as a memory box, so I adhered some photos to the inside of the lid, they are photos of my mum and dad, my grandparents, sister and aunt, sadly they are not with me any more - I'm the only one left. I'm in some of the photos and that's me at the top - I must have been about 18 months - 2 years. I've got lots of spaces left so I'll fill them with more photos.

I'd like to enter my box in the following challenges
Rhedds Creative Spirit - Altered Art Only
Altered Eclectics - Altered Art

17 comments:

  1. Wow, what a treasure! Valerie

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  2. oooh this is beautiful.xxx

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  3. this is AWESOME Hazel.....what a lovely job you have done with project ! very inspiring

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  4. Absolutely beautiful box. Love the colour and how you've decorated it. It's actually given me an idea to create a box to put sentimental bits and bobs in to pass down to my boys for when I'm no longer around.
    It will have to be a blinking big box as I'm not planning on going anywhere just yet, lol, x

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  5. Hazel
    This is a thing of beauty and what a gorgeous place to store all the photographs and mementos you treasure.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  6. Beautiful finish to the project. Thanks for sharing how you did it, love what you did with the geckogalz image.
    x

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  7. This is absolutely stunning and I just love it. Thank you for showing us over at Altered Eclectics this month and really hope to see you in future challenges hun.
    Elaine aka Ellapu
    Handcrafted by Ellapu
    DT Crafty Ribbons
    Owner of Altered Eclectics
    Owner at Eclectic Ellapu

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  8. This is stunning Hazel. I love the decorated sides

    Chrissie x

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  9. I love the flowers around the edge - a really great touch on a beautiful box.

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  10. Beautiful box a real treasure for your treasures leaves me lost for words to express my admiration. XOXO

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  11. that is truly divine Hazel. you must be so pleased with it. shows all your crafting experience!

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  12. A really lovely box it looks even better in real life. Well done. x

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  13. Beautiful. Love the colour and decorations and the image is so gorgeous. Lovely piece.

    Thank you for joining us at Rhedd's Creative Challenge.

    Moira DT xx

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  14. Congrats on finishing your box Hazel! It's absolutely stunning!
    Alison xxx

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  15. It's such an achievement finishing a project and this one is gorgeous. Love the colour and textures xxxThanks for coming over and joining in with us at Rhedds Creative Spirit.

    Great Big Huge Hugs

    Becca xxx

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  16. Absolute stunning project.
    Julie x

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  17. This is fab - gorgeous thankyou for sharing with us over at Altered Eclectics this month.
    Eclectic Ellapu - Owner
    Altered Eclectics - Owner
    Handcrafted by Ellapu
    DT Crafty Ribbons

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