Boxing Clever

Boxing Clever

Hallo there!

Looking forward to the holiday

weekend?  Of course you are

oooh|!  Just the thought of four

days of crafting time .............

be great wouldn't it?   We can

all dream.....

We have a great time ahead

with our latest topic and to

start us off here is Jane Castle:

"Today I would like to share with you

my first tinkering with these fab

and quite addictive little boxes,

or should I say cubes?

They come in three sizes,

as you will see below, which

means there are many different

combinations of displays to be

made --------or just a single

pod with a photo would make

an excellent present

For this project I used 1 large, 2 medium and 1 small. 

The Cubbeys come with or without apertures 

and for my 2 medium ones I have used 1 of each.

I started by giving all the cubes and 

the beach hut a coat of white gesso, 

then I played around with my design shape.

The boxes were then dismantled and the fun began! 

I stamped a group of flowers onto a piece of 

natural coloured calico using Archival ink. This was 

then embroidered by hand, trimmed to size ready 

for the medium cube with an aperture.

This cube was then painted in slate chalk acrylic, 

stamped and heat embossed in white using 

the smaller stamp from Blue Fern Studios 

Ornamentals set. 

I then added small touches of Treasure Pewter 

to areas of the embossing.

Next onto the other medium sized cubbey, 

this was painted in Toad Hall paint, 

a coat of Americana Weathered Wood

and finally a coat of Nougat paint. 

Then the centre panel had a small area 

in the middle dabbed with some Lake Wanaka paint 

before stamping the image in black.

These 2 cubbeys were then assembled 

and the front edges brushed with Toad Hall.

I found that the edges needed more 

than 1 coat of Toad Hall so they 

were all given a second layer once 

the whole display was assembled.

Now onto the small cubbey, 

this was sponged using 3 different colour blue paints.

The Beach Hut was painted in Snowflake and Guacamole, 

The number sign over the door was written in black. 

The base of the cubbey under the hut had some Grunge paste

 added in uneven clumps and when dry sponged with 

some Tikka paint to resemble sand. 

The fishes were stamped onto white card in black ink 

and then heat embossed using platinum EP. 

This was added sparingly as I didn't want all the 

fish to be silver. 

These were then threaded with some 

sewing cotton and attached through the top.

The bunting was cut from a Poppystamp die 

and coloured with DI in Barn Door, 

this was attached at the very end.

Now onto the final piece of the jigsaw -- 

the large cubbey. 

Using a piece of Cut & Dry foam 

the background was coloured with 

Space Cadet and Stone paints

Once completely dry detail was added with

 a stencil, Chartreuse and Claret paint. 

The words and flowers were stamped in black 

using the PaperArtsy set ZA08. 

(my favourite stamp set at the moment!) 

Then using some card that had been coloured 

with PanPastels stamped several flowers 

and cut them out. 

2 were then stuck onto the background.

The flower stems were drawn in by hand 

and 3 holes were made in the base so as to stick 

the pieces of very thin wood for the flowers at the front.

All the outside sides of the cubbeys were

 then sponged with Mermaid, Guacamole 

and Space Cadet paints, left to dry and then using 

the same stamp by Blue Fern Studios stamped 

the image around to give the impression of a continous pattern. 

This sounds difficult but it was relatively easy 

as it does not need to be perfect. 

This was heat embossed with clear powder and 

areas touched with Treasure Pewter.

I have really enjoyed trying out the Cubbeys, 

the possiblities are endless once you begin 

--- perhaps order more than one set! 

Have fun with yours"

Item List

Large set Tando Creative Cubbeys

PaperArtsy Fresco Chalk Acrylic Paints

Archival Inks

Blue Fern Studio Stamps

Detail Clear Embossing Powder

Americana Weathered Wood Crackle Medium

PaperArtsy Stamps

Treasure Pewter

Poppystamp Dies

PanPastels

Small piece of Calico cotton material

Ranger Cut & Dry Foam

Wooden stick 2mm x 2mm thick

Thank you Jane - you've really got me

thinking here - just have to decide on

the combination and I'll be away!

I heard that!  Who said "with the

faeries" ?😀

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx