Boxing Clever

Boxing Clever

Hi there!

It is the start of the first

holiday of the year - how

fabulous is that?  

Since you have time on

your hands best enjoy it

with some serious crafting.

Speaking of which, just

look at what Louise Thomson

has done with those Cubbies

from Tando Creative

"For this project I started by making 

myself a base board. 

I smeared distress oxide ink over my 

non stick mat and spritzed with water 

before pressing my card down in to it. 

I repeated several times until the layers 

of colour were well developed. 

I then stencilled and blended more inks 

on top until I was happy. 

I stamped the ‘seaside memories’ stamp twice

on to the base card using embossing ink and

embossed in white.

I also did an impression using faded jeans distress oxide ink.

I painted onto the blue stamped image

using Fresco Nougat and White Fire

Setting those aside for later, 

I coated the cubbeys in gesso,

 then painted using fresco paints. 

I assembled the cubbeys after I

painted them, but I think it may have been

better the other way around

(something to test out another day!)

Now for the really fun part… 

I chopped up my base board in various ways

 and started playing around with the different 

possible layouts. 

I threw a bit of vellum and a die cut of bubbles 

in to the mix for good measure too!

For these I used 3D foam mount pads 

to create lots of layers at different depths.

Once I was roughly happy with the arrangements 

I put all the cubbeys together. 

I also added texture sand paste to the 

base of them and left to dry.

With the paste dry, I smooshed a bit of 

fossilized amber distress ink on to my 

mat and used a wet paintbrush to pick 

up the colour. 

I painted it on to the sand paste giving 

the look of sand. 

Finally I added a few beads and tiny shells 

from my stash to finish it all off.

Here is the final finished assembly"

Materials list;

Tando cubbeys

Sizzix die – bright bubbles

Crafty individuals stencil

Blue fern studios stamp – seaside memories

Embossing ink – clear

Texture sand paste

Distress oxides 

(spiced marmalade, fossilized amber, 

faded jeans, broken china, iced spruce)

Non-stick craft mat

Blending tool

Paint brush

Mister spray

Double sided tape

White smooth finish card

Vellum

Fresco paints (Antarctic, Nougat, Turquoise, White fire)

Color bloom spray – Sorbet

White embossing powder

White Gesso

A fabulous project Louise

Thank you very much

Think I might have a play with

these this evening - I'm beginning

to become more and more inspired

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx