For the Girls

For the Girls

Hi There!

Good to have you with us

today and you won't be

disappointed......

Craftyfield is here with a

gift we'd all love to

receive.....

"The best thing about the Art-C products 

is the ability to customise an item entirely 

to the person you are creating a gift for. 

Colours, textures, and even features such as

 drawer inserts can be made exactly

 how you want!

The construction of the box is self explanatory 

but I suggest you first lay down all your pieces

 according to the notice to avoid errors later.

 The pieces of the box slot into each other 

and hold together well in the finished item 

but a bit of glue is required. 

The above photo is showing where I apply

 the glue (in the recesses) but really it's a 

matter of looking at the contact points and

 spreading a bit of glue at these points.

There... much easier than an Ikea flat pack! 

I gave my box 2 layers of Gesso to provide

 a blank canvas for my rice paper 

and possibly my stamping, stencilling etc...

I cut the paper to size and used gel medium

 to stick down, immediately covering

 with gel medium on top.

In the end, the paper looked so good I 

covered all sides and the drawers! 

Still, I had to add a bit of stamping... For this,

 I used some Starlight paint in Dark Orchid, 

applied to the stamp with a piece of 

Ranger Cut N Dry foam. 

And yes, as the picture suggests, I use the 

WRONG side of the foam, because the right side 

has a tendency to deliver too much paint 

to the stamp, spoiling the details.

A bit of Metallic lustre on all ridges... 

[Cosmic shimmer Gilding polish or 

Treasure gold will work too].

At this stage, I varnished the box with 

2 layers of DecoArt Ultra matte varnish.

 For embellishments, I made corners die-cut

 from recycled metal and "molded" around 

my box before glueing down with gel medium.

 For earrings (the kind for pierced ears),

 I made a drawer insert with a piece of 

styrofoam covered with découpage paper. 

I'm still mulling over how to make 

cylindrical cushions to hold rings...- 

all suggestions gratefully received - 

but, in the meantime, I just lined the drawer 

with a piece of the same decoupage paper.

More pics for you:

The back

The side

and the front again

I hope this has inspired you to make 

gifts for the girls...."

Supplies: 

Art-C Masonite Shelf with Drawers kit:
Gesso:
Imagination Crafts Rice paper:
Matte Medium:
Kaiserkraft stamps:
Imagination Crafts Starlights :
Gilding wax:
Decoupage papers:

Absolutely gorgeous Craftyfield

and you make it all look so

easy to do too  Thank you

Now come on Everyone..

who wouldn't want to 

receive such a beautiful gift.........?

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx