Starlight Express

Starlight Express

Morning All!

Another lovely day and

here is another lovely project

for you to try. 

Get your cuppa and sit back

and relax............

Hazel Harler has brought 

this gorgeous box and here

she is to talk us through

how she achieved all that

gorgeousness ...

"For my latest project I've decorated a wooden box

 with Imagination Crafts Starlights paints

 I painted the box with white gold Starlights, 

it gave the box a lovely shimmery layer 

with the woodgrain showing through

 I added some tissue tape to the top and sides 

and stamped some foiliage with green Archival ink, 

I also stamped some script with black Archival.

I then painted some copy paper with pink sunset Starlights paint

 When the paint was dry I stamped some flowers and cut them out

The flowers were glued to the sides of the box. 

When the glue was dry I used a craft knife 

to carefully cut between 

the lid of the box and the base

 I decided to keep the decoration on the top of the box simple, 

I was going to use stampbourd but then 

found an acrylic ATC in my stash and used that

I stamped and painted the flowers on the backside of the ATC

 I glued the ATC to the top of the box and 

added some gold gems to the corners"

Supplies used:

Wooden box
Imagination Crafts Starlight paints - white gold, pink sunset and passion flower.
Tissue tape
Archival ink - black and green
PaperArtsy/Kay Carley stamp set
Copy paper
Acrylic ATC, you could use acetate if you haven't got an ATC
Gold sticky backed gems

Thank you Hazel, this box

really is beautiful - the shimmery

effect of Starlight Paints is superb

and using the gems as rivets a masterstroke

If you haven't tried these paints, then

you really should put these on your 'To Buy' list

you won't be disappointed in the shimmery loveliness

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx