Mixed Media Altered Box

Hello Friends...
I'm back today with my first mixed media altered project.
I have altered a gift box which I have kept since long for some experiment like this. I am very new to mixed media and I have never tried so much of layering before on my projects.
So let's take a look...

It's always fun to try something new and I was really excited to alter this one...
First I applied a coat of gesso on the lid of the box. With the help of stencils and texture paste I created the designs on it. after it was partially dry I applied a coat of crackle paste. Once it was half dried I applied another thick coat of the crackle paste. This really looks fabulous and gives this rough and old look to it.

 Then I started coloring. First I applied a coat of black acrylic paint all over and once it is dried I cleaned the surface with a wet cloth. Then I applied turquoise blue metallic paint and golden metallic paint alternatively with dry brush technique.Then I added some small stones which I collected from the sea-shore on our recent holiday and colored them too with green acrylic paint and then dry brushed with golden. Then I applied gesso on some chipboards and once these dried colored and glued on the box. I also adhered 3 metal dragonfly and a tag which I distressed at the edges and adhered on a chipboard.
Finally I added some rhinestones here and there for some bling.

 For the box I glued some tissue on the outer body and colored with black acrylic paint. Once that dried I dry brushed it with turquoise blue and golden metallic colors for the same effect as the lid.

Some more pics of the box...

The Crackle paste effect

I'll keep my travel album inside this.

Supplies Used:

Cardborad Box

Gesso

TimHoltz Flourish Stencil

The Crafters Workshop Mini Art Stencil

Ranger Crackle Paste

Acrylic Paint ( Black, Green)

Metallic Paint ( Turquoise Blue and Gold)

Papericious Chippies

Metal embelishments

Stones 

Rhinestones

Tissue Paper

Tag 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

1. Happy Little Stampers January mixed media challenge

2.Creative artiste mixedmedia Challenge #22

3. Countryview challenges january-2017-anything-goes

4. Rhedd's Creativespirit January Challenge

5. The Artistic Stamper Creativeteam January-2017-creative-team-challenge

6. Mixed media mojo January Challenge

7. Avenue 613 challenge-193 anything-goes-optiona Totally Technical

8. Altered eclecticsChallenge

9. Mixed Media monthly-challenge-32- Put a Stencil

10. Stamplorations Mixed Media Challenge stencil-sunday-january-8

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Altered Box

Hello Friends...
Today I'm sharing an altered sweet box which is a cardboard box using some quilling flowers and pattern papers.

I have made this as a DT inspiration for Indian Quilling Challenge # 24 Recycle or Upcycle Projects with Quilling in it.

So, here's an angled snap of the picture where u can see the inside a bit also.

Used the same patterned paper for the inside and all sides of the box.

Here is a small Tutorial for this Box...

Materials:

A Cardboard Box

Some patterned Papers

Acrylic Paint

Double sided Foam Tape

Lace

3 mm Quilling Strips for Flowers

Tags

Doily

Mod podge

Brad

Pearls

 As the cover is very beautiful, at first I wanted to keep the cover design intact, but I have two more boxes with the same design...so I altered it.

I colored this box with black acrylic paint from all sides. kept it for drying for a day.

Then I measured and cut pattern paper according to all sides and top and inside of the box and covered it.

 

I used mod podge to stick the paper. Also applied a layer of modpodge after all sticking is done. Then I added a layer of patterned paper on the top cover.I used double sided foam tape to stick this layer as I wanted some height.  Then I cut a doily into half and pasted it as per the design I wanted. I glued some lace on the lower part. Cut out the tag from the same Paper pack.Foam tape is used to stick the tags here also. I used a brad on the strip of paper that I attached on the lace.

And completed the look with two Quilled flowers. Here I used 3mm strips to make the flowers.

Decorated the empty space with some pearls.. And here's the finished project..

Hope you like the project.

Do participate and don't forget to link your projects here  Indian Quilling Challenge-24 

I would like to enter the following Challenges:

1. Frilly and Funkie Challenge " Layer it Up" http://www.frillyandfunkie.blogspot.in/2016/02/layer-it-up-challenge.html

2. 613 Avenue Challenge#165 http://avenue613.blogspot.in/2016/02/challenge-165-anything-goes-woptional.html

3. Altered eclectics March Challenge http://alteredeclectics.blogspot.in/2016/03/march-challenge.html

4. Fussy and Fancy Challenge#165 ( 2nd row)  http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.in/2016/02/fussy-and-fancy-challenge-158-shabby.html

5. Lil Patch Crafty Friends Challenge #28 http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.in/2016/02/challenge-28.html

6. Rhedd's Creative Spirit: March Challenge http://rheddscreativespirit.blogspot.in/2016/03/march-challenge.html

Thank you.