New Beginnings

Lesley kindly sourced me some mdf chunky atcs. I gave them both a coat of everlasting chalky paint followed by a coat of vintage. Once dry I sprayed them with media misters in turquoise shimmer, purple, black, blue and violet shimmer.

Once dry, using a template I used white modelling paste to create the heart shapes and used the pallet knife on the left one to create some texture.

I painted both of the heart shapes in dioxazine purple acrylic paint from the media range. Because I added the texture to the larger heart I was able to add metallic lustre in champagne ice and silver to enhance the texture. I stamped some script in everlasting chalky paint and on the left one black stazon using one of the stamps from Andy Skinner's industrial set.

Then I decided to do the backs too. Painted them both with amethyst dazzling metallics and added a spritz of turquoise shimmer media mister. Added stamping in black stazon from Finns sets and then using everlasting again over stamped some script using a PA mini.

Close up of the back, hopefully you can see the shimmer here.

Added some words and then decided to join them together so they would stand up on their own.

A view from the back with the hinge on.

And finally the finished project from the front withe the hinge. 

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Another Config Box

This is the 2nd pair of config boxes, so I made another chest type box with them again using LP images but not the oriental ones this time.

The canvas is painted in a washed out tango fresco paint.

Images are stamped in black stazon. 

This is the back. The image on the right is the only one that didn't stamp that well, but I didn't have any spare canvas to stamp another piece, so had to go with it.

This is the top. The boxes are coloured with blood orange and edged in little black dress.

And a view from the side with the clasp open.

And from the other side.

As you've probably gathered by now if you've read the other box posts, Artful Times have a theme of box clever.

Oriental Configuration Boxes

One of my prizes from the Arty Inklings December challenge was a configuration box. Unfortunately the first parcel went astray, but Anita kindly sent me another package which arrived yesterday.

Two lots of the inside boxes are exactly the same size. So I painted them in haystack fresco paint and stamped LP images onto pre-cut canvas panels in black archival. 

Attached the boxes together with a hinge and a couple of brads.

And at the front I attached a clasp.

And the tops.

And one side.

And the other side.  

Artful Times have a theme of box clever this week.