Live Your Dream Box Frame by Teresa

Hello wonderful Crafter's

Teresa is back tonight with our last project for March, and its a beautiful box frame, with a lovely fresh Spring vibe. 

Apply Crackle paste onto the frame through the wildflower stencil and set aside to dry.

Mix a pale duck egg blue colour using Cobalt Turquoise Hue, Blue Green Light and Titanium white, and paint over the frame and crackle paste. Once dry mix a wash of colour using Burnt Sienna and Titan Buff and apply thinly to the frame, blotting away excess with a paper towel. 

This just tones down the colour, creating a slightly timeworn vintage feel. 

Apply Rose Gold gilding wax sparingly around the edges of the frame to add subtle metallic highlights.

Use Titan Buff paint and Rose Gold gilding wax to colour the embellishments - this unifies the colour scheme allowing the individual elements to fit well together. 

Dry brush Titan Buff paint over a selection of paper flowers. Again, this tones down the individual colours slightly and coordinates the colour scheme. 

Glue the printed tissue inside the base of the box and allow to dry before colour washing with the duck egg blue colour. Apply the sienna wash to the edges and blend in. Once dry, arrange the flatter elements onto the base with 3D foam and silicon glue for dimension. 

Now add in the bulkier elements - sticking into place with silicone glue. 

Add in some bits of cork along the base and dry brush with Titan Buff paint. Cut a piece of wire mesh to fit and place over the box before fixing the frame back on top. 

Dry brush the wire with Titan Buff paint and add some Rose Gold gilding wax to knock back some of the 'silveryness'. 

Finish by adding some metal corners to the frame with strong glue. 

I love the soft vintage tones of this piece, it really feels like a romantic memory box.  

Well I love it too Teresa, the vintage feel, yet a fresh look. And I just love the wire mesh front. 

Get the look with Teresa's Shopping list below. Click HERE to go to the website. 

From Teresa's own stash

Box Frame

Crackle Paste

Silicone Glue

3d Foam

DecoArt Paints

Gilding Wax

Please leave a lovely comment to support our designers and thanks for looking. 

For more projects for Teresa please check out her blog http://thefatcactus.co.uk and You Tube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChNbVhMz7jX66gevhKgz5Ig/feed 

Jules xx

Mixed Media Birdhouses by Katie

Evening Crafters

Perfect day for Katie's post tonight, as it perfect the perfect spring day, and we have just put up the bird feeders, although judging by the state of my car this morning, they are eating way too much. Ha ha. 

Katie has decorated two fabulous bird houses. 

Start by painting both papermache birdhouses with white gesso. 

Once dry apply crackle paint. 

For the fairy birdhouse spritz with Lemon and Lime Green mist spray and leave to dry.

Use Glimmer Glam paint to colour in the Scrapiniec Blueberry Fairies fairy, flicking some over the bird house for extra colour.

Paint the Scrapiniec Grape Vines and glue them to the side of the bird house. Add dew drops around the sides.

For the butterfly birdhouse spray with ink.

Apply a stencil mask and once set spritz with another layer of ink.

Paint crackle paint on the top half of the bird house.

Ink it again and then paint the wooden butterflies. Add flowers to the front to finish.

Wow, don't you just love that crackle and the bright colours. Thanks Katie.

Katies Shopping List

If you would like to see more of Katie's projects, please check out her blog https://whatkatiedid2.blogspot.co.uk/

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Thanks 

Jules xx