Saturday Savers - Around the world - Sylvie

Hi, 
You are in for a treat today with this beautiful project, or "the art of recycling  a box of chocolate" with  Sylvie (trust her to have a lot of chocolate boxes to alter :D) 
A lot going on here, a lot of texture, details... and an amazing result... 
Enjoy!!

Box closed

Box opened

Inside

I started by painting my chocolate box with Fresco Finish Paints (Irish Cream & Nougat)

I then aged the box using Distress inks

On the Kaisercraft paper (75 cents collection: Penny) I stencilled the Village using Grunge Paste and a palette knife. 

I let it dry and added some Distress ink (here Vintage Photo)

I cut more paper to fit inside the box and glues them in

I cut the rectangles and squares from the Kaisercraft "Sovereign" and added them to the box. 

I then added some Distress Stain Walnut Stain on the edge of the box.

I cut 4 strips in kraft paper (here the back of one of the Kaisercraft paper), cut the corners, inked the edges and glued them to the box to make a "window"

I started covering the Tando Creative hot air balloons with paper

 I crushed eggshells (always good to keep some in a little box to add texture to your samples) and inked them with Distress Stains (Salty Ocean, Spiced Marmalade)

I then applied some Glossy Accents on the hot air balloon and added the eggshell bits, alternating the colours

I added another layer of Glossy Accents once you have finished

I did the same for the second hot air balloon

For the 3rd one, I applied a layer of Grunge Paste and added a pattern with a knife before it dries

 Once dry, I added a coat of Fresco Finish Mermaid, a bit of Distress Tea Dye and Vintage Photo inks and some Treasure  Gold classic

I cut some brown cardstock border before aging them with Distress Stains

I stamped the clock from CI-353 on a Kaisercraft paper and cut it out to add it to the front of the box

I stamped CI-336 on a spare piece of paper, only kept "around the world" and added it to the box 

To finish, I added the embellishments: string, metal etc.

 Details

Sylvie used

Distress Inks (Vintage Photo, Tea Dye)

Distress Stains (Walnut Stain, Salty Ocean)

Crafty Individuals stamps : CI-353, CI-336 

Tando Creative grab bag

Imagination Craft Stencils "village"

Nestabilities: Marvelous squares 

Tim Holtz alterations: On the edge die

Marianne Design Creatables: Anja Lace

Marianne Design Craftables Dies flower border rectangle

Metal charms - Clock face Steampunk style: brass

Kaisercraft Paper - 75cents collection (Penny, Sovereign) : 

Ranger Glossy Accents

Grunge Paste

PaperArtsy Fresco finishacrilyc paints: Irish Cream, Nougat, Mermaid 

See you tomorrow