I'm honoured to be a guest DT again at Creative Artiste Mixed media Challenge for this month. The theme is always anything goes with mixed media and today I'm sharing another A5 book box that I have decorated for a birthday gift, one of my favourite things that I enjoy doing.
I used one of Gecko Galz beautiful images from their blog for the front of my box and gave the box a coat of white gesso before using one of Stamperia's stencils with texture paste to create the design for my box.
I also added texture paste down the edge of the box and created the faux book pages. When dry, the edge of the box was painted in a buff acrylic paint.
I chose to paint the outside of the box with this blue pearl paint from Pebeo which is a more turquoise shade, I thought would compliment the image on my box really well. When dry, I added a touch of gold wax over the stencilled areas of the box.
I then added a few metal embellishments with a little gel medium and didn't think it needed any more on this particular project. The inside of the box has also been painted with gold metallic paint.
Gecko Galz also have loads of inspiration on their blog along with challenges to enter and free images to download to craft with. Pop over to their page follow and subscribe to their monthly newsletter.
I enjoy decorating these types of boxes, they come in very handy and make nice gifts too.
Don't forget to drop by Creative Artiste's blog challenge there are some amazing projects and fabulous inspiration on their blog and links to their DT for you to follow.
Perhaps think about adding your project and sharing your love of craft, just follow the link below.
Have a great day, whatever you have planned for yourself and fab weekend to come too!
Happy Crafting
18 comments:
Beautiful! Love the image and your box is fabulous, would definitely make a lovely gift.
xx
Absolutely fabulous Michelle,love the gorgeous image,texture and the gold embellishments-a brilliant gift.
Carol x
ooops meant to say congrats on your well deserved GDT spot too.
Carol x
What a beautiful box! The colours and design are stunning. Thank you for joining us at Creative Artiste as our guest designer this month. Hope you will visit us often. JUDY DT
Such a beautiful make! Loving the image and the textured surround is amazing - perfect😊. Thanks so much for the inspiration and for joining us at Creative Artiste as Guest Designer. Happy July! Hugs, Jo x
Michelle, this box is just fabulous! At first, I thought you made a mixed media cover for a book, but a book box is equally exciting! Probably more for this project, since you also created faux pages. :-) I really love the colors you've chosen and the textures you've created. Congratulations for being our guest designer this month at Creative Artiste Mixed Media, and thank you for sharing this beautiful project with us! -Anita xo
What a beautiful book box! Thank you so much for joining us at the Love to Craft challenge!
A beautifully decorated book box Michelle. The gorgeous image, matching paint colour, textured surface and metal decorations make it look very luxurious.
Thank you for being a fabulous Guest Designer for Creative Artiste this month xx xx
Amazing work. I love the box and the very beautiful image, shown off beautifully. x
Gorgeous Michelle and loving the colours. I've not been joining in with many challenges for a while and you've reminded me that I must try and get back to it soon. Happy creative week, Angela xXx
Absolutely gorgeous Michelle, love the gorgeous colour and image, what a wonderful gift, I need to try something like this..
Luv CHRISSYxx
What a stunning mixed-media piece that will make a perfect gift for a lucky recipient!
Wow Michelle your wooden box is so beautiful. I love the Image, the color and all the texture. A wonderful birthday gift that I'm sure will be treasured. Hope you are doing well. Take care and have a wonderful day my crafty friend.
cindys-greencricut
Beautiful decorated book box. Did you make the box yourself? I am hoping my husband will turn some books into boxes for me. Angela
how pretty ... love the design and brilliant colours here, great post x
Another stunning project Michelle, I too thought it was an altered book cover but a decorated box makes it even more appealing, what a beautiful gift this is, I'm sure it was adored. Love all the dimension, chosen colours and that fabulous image insert. Thank you for sharing your talents with us @ Creative Artist and being our July Guest Designer, we are very lucky to have had you.
Hugs Tracey xx
P.S Sorry I am late to visit, had some family stuff that urgently needed my attention x
Beautifully done, it looks amazing.
Michelle, this is gorgeous! I love the image you chose and the teal colours over the textured surface - just beautiful.
Thank you for sharing your project with us at the Crafts Galore Encore “Anything Goes” July Challenge. Good Luck and hope to see you again soon!
Carole x DT Craftilicious Creations
PS Please come over to the GG Fbk page and share :)
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