For the Girls

For the Girls

Hallo Everyone!

Present time is looming ever closer

and we thought we'd inspire your

crafty instincts.  

Claire Jackson has used one of

the Art-C Display Boxes to get

started:

"I started with the Art-C display kit box.

It comes in 8 pieces and the Perspex panes 

are covered in film to protect them.

I glued the two base, and two lid pieces together 

as per instructions, and gave them a coat 

of black gesso. 

I then decided that the top looked 

a little plain and added some Kaisercraft 

wooden embellishments before 

gessoing them too. 

It is really important that you don’t get paint

 in the slots for the panes or they won’t fit in.

 Next I gave the lid and edges of the base 

a coat of Imagination Crafts Rusty Patina 

in verdigris. This has a lovely gritty texture

I added a few more embellishments 

before using my fingers to dab on DecoArt

 worn penny and a little matte black paint.

While the paint was drying I started on the 

glass vials to go inside.

To get a deeper colour I first put a few drips 

of alcohol ink inside each vial and turned

 them around to coat the inside

Next I used a felt applicator to add the same

 colour to the outside. 

I then added a second colour to the outside

 of each vial to get a marbled effect.

 I then added drips of copper mixative.

 I lightly rubbed gold Alchemy Wax on the 

butterflies and added enamel accents.

 I added embellishments to the vials before

 assembling the box. 

The kit is so well designed that the pieces 

fit together very tightly without glue so 

if you wanted you could take the lid off 

at a later date. 

 With the reflection it was difficult to photograph. 

This project makes a pretty present 

in its own right but you could, 

if you wanted to, fill the vials with essential oils 

as an extra gift "

Materials:

Art-C display kit
black gesso
embellishments
Imagination Crafts Rusty Patina
alcohol ink
Alchemy Wax
Enamel Accents

Thank you Claire.  Love what

you have done with the bottles

I can almost smell the essential

oils I imagine are in them.......

lovely......

This particular display kit would 

also showcase a small treasure

or two..... you know the sort of

thing you have put away safely

in a drawer so you don't lose it

and then hardly ever see it....!

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx