It's dragon week for me in my crafting world and I have been working on a few themed projects that I'd like to share with you, starting with my decorated dragon box.
I love dragons!! and I was so enthusiastic when Amanda told me that she had designed a dragon collection.
The Dragon Within Breathing Courage & Creativity Collage & Mixed Media Mystical Dragons digital download Kit from Opulence by Design Crafts is a stunning collection and I have absolutely loved crafting with this.
It has 40 pages of backing papers (10 x 8 PDF) - including textured prints, beautiful prints and panels for your projects, toppers and embellishments, mystical affirmations and dragon inspired greetings, quotes and sayings.
The 8 x 8 inch prints fit the boxes that I use from The Works perfectly and i love the selection of textured dragon skin prints too.
The hard part was deciding what papers I was going to use as these would be printed onto rice paper.
I think this one is my favourite and I'm loving how this design looks on the rice paper too.
I can't recommend this rice paper enough, it is brilliant! They do recommend to use the Cadence stencil spray, which I believe is very good as it leaves no residue behind, to adhere to a piece of copier paper so that it can pass though your printer (I have and Epson Ecotank) but I tend to use up whatever I have in my craft stash first and what I had was the Stick & Spray from Crafters Companion, which does the job - just use sparingly.
I feather the edge of the rice paper to aid a smoother join and used a mix of two mediums to seal my box. I started off with a matt medium primer from my stash from Stamperia (what was left and used Cadence Satin Magic bond and seal for the top coat of my box).
I love the Celtic feel to this paper, which was just perfect for the mould that I decided to add to it.
I have really been looking forward to using this dragon eating tail mould from Emlems and thought that it would sit perfectly inside the lid of the box. I didn't want to add any dimension to the top of my box as sometimes I like to stack them.
It's the first time that I have ventured into using resin and I purchased a complete kit from IndigoBlu which suited me fine as I'm a slow crafter, don't make many projects and this resin also cures quickly.
The inside of the box has been painted with a mix of Pretty Gets Gritty whipped Mousse in sea glass (watered down) and CreaBox Metallics (a fabulous metallic paint set from Lidl). I wanted a mottled look for the inside to tie in with the base.
I also used the leather look band from one of the papers to edge my box. Any edges can be hidden with a touch of wax when finishing off.
Along the inside edges I had some advocado paint in my stash which I dabbed over the edges of the rice paper. When dry, I smudged in some art alchemy antique lucky emerald wax (which has a great antique gold hue to it) and merges the rice paper more into the box leaving a darker border around the box.
The edges of the lid have been painted with some matte brown paint and I have used one of the Celtic symbols from the papers, heat embossed it and mounted it on greyboard to create a disc to go inside by dragon ring which I have added gold wax to.
I have added a touch of emerald green wax to the tips of the dragon fins to break up the gold and I've also added a few gold cogs and some tiny black metallic gems in the centre of the symbols on the inside of the lid.
I've also added a touch of the same vintage green metallic wax to the edges of the base of the box.
I love decorating boxes as they are always useful and perfect if you need to make one to a theme to gift too.
Not forgetting that glorious dragon to grace the top of my box. I sealed the image with some Cadence satin magic bond & seal. I like the satin finish on my boxes. I added some brass corners, glossy accent, clear gems and a hint of shimmer down the neck of the dragon.
The lid of the box was finished with a touch of gold wax around all the edges.
I've loved the fantasy theme on this one and the fact that I can size it to my boxes too!
If you want more inspiration and demos from Opulence by Design, follow the links below. Amanda is a very talented designer and has a wide selection of kits and crafting sheets that can be mixed and matched with your own crafty stash.
Have a great week, whatever you have planned for yourself.
Happy Crafting
9 comments:
What a great project Michelle and a super Dragon image in those string colours.
B x
really beautiful work!!
really beautiful work!!
WOW! The box is fantastic too- perfect to keep your beautiful journal safe!
PS
It would be a perfect fit for our Fantasy Challenge at Fab'n' Funky
xx
Well done getting into resin though I warn you it's addictive! The box is perfect and those papers are stunning. Happy crafting Angela xXx
Wow, this caught my eye on a challenge page and I'm really happy about it. I love dragons too and the colour is perfect also. I love this so much, so beautiful project!
So pleased to see this amazing project at Fab'n' Funky- thank you for joining in.
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WOW, what an amazing creation - both inside and out! The dragon is beautiful!! Thank you for sharing your project with us at the Crafts Galore Encore “Anything Goes” Challenge. Good luck and we hope to see you again soon!
I LOVE this! It's brilliant! I too use that Rice Paper. I use double sided tape just along the lead edge and attach it to an A4 piece of copy paper.
Pamela
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