For today's SKETCH;
Would you believe that this was my little girl's empty ballet shoe box that I almost threw out into the recycling bin?? LOL!! Altering it into a sparkly keepsake/gift box for FALL was definitely more FUN and worthwhile!
To Alter the BOX, I began with covering it completely with Shimmery Fabric CS, Gold textured CS & matting with MM Maroon CS;
These embellishing flowers are the perfect texture to : Paint, stamp, ink, spray, stain, color or just use as is-> in natural white tones.
To Alter these lovely Naturally uncolored Flowers
Start by spritzing these flowers with water, then ink/sponge them with a SU dye ink. Once dried, brush on Gold Leaf fast dry Enamel to the outer edges. Afer that enamel has dried, add Gold Stickles glitter and MS Gold Ultra-fine Glitter to the flower's petals and vines. This adds extra sparkle & Glitz!! The final touches were topping everything off with Gold Shimmer Spritz.
The inside of this BOX is also decorated with the same metallic shimmery CS DPs to match!
TFL & Happy Creating!
America
Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2011 GMT Views: 2506
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Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Thu, Sep 08, 2011 @ 12:35 AM
so neat...!!!....Im glad you didnt throw it out, what an awesome design you made of it...will be a lovely keepsake box....and of course I see the sparkles...right on...:0)...one of my fav. things...lol...this is just a great reminder that no matter what we are we can always be used for something helpfull...:0)....I also love too that your daughter was in ballet...that must be so beautiful...I love ballet...TFS...:0)
------------------------------ We as people are raindrops of colorful ink , falling down Crisp and Clear, each a different shade more vibrant then the last, but once we realize at the bottom of an endless abyss we all fall into the same inkpot forming one color, only then can we come together as one My son.
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Sun, Sep 25, 2011 @ 10:55 AM
Oh My Godness - I'm in awe of this creation. And to think it almost landed in the trash LOL! Those flower are truly spectacular! Thank you for sharing all the details too!!