A gift box for Madelaine...

 A gift box for a friend.. 

En liten present till en vän....

The box is covered in dry embossed cardstock sealed with Matte Medium 

and then painted with acrylic paints from Decoart. 

Lådan är täkt med embossad cardstock, ett lager Matte Medium och sedan

målad med akrylfärger från Decoart.

 First I painted the box brown then I dry brushed the raised areas with a gold 

metallic.  To get the green tarnished look I used Decoart Antiquing cream

Först målade jag lådan mörkbrun och torrborstade sedan med en guld färg.

Massor med grön Decoart Antiquing cream för att få den att se ärgat ut.

One of Spellbinders wonderful 3D embossing folders...

En av mina favorit embossing foldrar från Spellbinders.

The lock from Rox stamps..

Låset från Rox Stamps....

Lace on the edge of the lid.

Lite spets under färgen runt kanten på locket.

Two layers of cardstock. I used an embossing folder from Darice for the 

card underneath and then added a die cut (Die from Spellbinders) on top

Två lager papper, först ett lager cardstock embossat i en folder från Darice och

sedan en die cut skuren med en die från Spellbinders ovanpå.

I had a hard time finding a gift for Madelaine that would fit in the box,

 not a great idea to make the box first and then go shopping for a birthday 

present LOL

När asken var klar insåg jag att jag borde nog hitta en present också....inte 

världens bästa ide att göra asken först och hitta en present i rätt storlek efteråt.

I lined the box with a golden tissue paper.

Asken är fodrad med ett tunt guldpapper

Another die from Spellbinders, I wish that it was my own handwriting...

but NO .. a laser print. Aged and distressed with acrylic paint.

Ännu en Spellbinders die, jag önskar verkligen att jag skrivit texten själv....

men NEJ det är en utskrift från laserskrivaren (fördelen är i alla fall att den

går att läsa) Lite akrylfärg för att få den se gammal och sliten ut.

I started out with a box, a pile of embossed cardstock, lace and some metal feet...

...and as always I changed my mind along the way, I ended up using Hitch 

Fasteners from Tim Holtz for feet instead of the ones I planned to use.

Jag hittade en papplåda i gömmorna, embossade lite cardstock och skar ut

några remsor med en Spellbinders die. Som vanligt ändrade jag mej under 

resans gång och bytte ut dom fötter jag tänkt använda mot Hitch Fastneners

från Tim Holtz. Konstigt att det aldrig blir som man tänkt sig :)

Stampendous & Decoart

Stampendous-DecoArt bloghop day five

 The excitement continues as conclude our grand tour of amazing artists playing with Stampendous, DecoArt, and Princeton Artist Brushes via inspired by Willow Wolfe products! The inspiration has been amazing, and today you'll be even more astonished! If you missed the beginning of our journey, be sure to go back and check it out!
MONDAY - TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY 

For the final day of hopping around the world I decided to play with the new DecoArt 

Antiquing Creams and a lot of Stampendous embossing powders, tinsel and mica flakes. 

I altered a cardboard box using DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics and Black Antiquing cream.

Embossed cardstock to create the texture....

A lot of embossing powders, mica flakes and tinsel on the petals

Antiquing Cream on the flowers to add to the distressed look.

And of course... I use the box for storing my embossing powders.

I covered the cardboard box with cardstock embossed in an embossing folder.

First I primed the embossed cardstock with Matte Medium and then painted

it with Media Fluid Acrylic Metallic Gold. 

I applied some Stampendous embossing powder Aged Gold to the edge of the lid.

I covered the whole thing with black Antiquing Cream and let it dry. Then I used a

damp cloth to wipe the Antiquing Cream back. The Antiquing creams dries but it

doesn't cure so you have unlimited working time and if you don't like the result...

just wipe it all off and start over and when you get the result you want seal with a

Media Varnish. I sealed it with DecoArt Media Satin Varnish.

The flowers gave me the perfect opportunity to experiment with a lot of embossing 

powders, mica flakes and tinsels....and I did!! A lot of different powders on the petals.

A brad in the middle to hold them together.

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Your comments on the blogs are your entry into the drawing! Stampendous will randomly choose three blog posts from all the designer posts this week and then choose a winner from each to receive a prize package. BUT there are few bonus goodies for some lucky people who SHARE our Facebook posts and Pinterest Pins! Stampendous will send three prize packages to commenters with a U.S. Mailing Address, DecoArt will send three Sample Packs to international commenters so they can play, too!! 

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Ready for your trip around the world???  Let's get Hoppin!

Louise Crosbie (Scotland, UK)

Lea Kimmel (North Carolina, USA)

Claudia Neubacher (Vienna, Austria)

Asia King (Oxford, UK)

Iliane de Fockert (Elly) (Niedersachsen, Germany)

Suzanne Czosek (Illinois, USA)

Julia Stratford-Wright (near London, UK)

Kristine Reynolds (California, USA)

Angelica Stark (Hudiksvall, Sweden)

Mark Gould (West Sussex, UK)

Debbie Cole (California, USA)

Jamie Martin (Oklahoma, USA)

Tobi Crawford (BC, Canada)

Wendy Price (New Jersey, USA)

Jessa Plant (Arizona, USA)

A few of the bloggers this week are new to hopping, so if you have an issue with any of the links, here's a little tip! If you get a page that says "Sorry that Page is not here" or something similar, try clicking on the header of the blog, or look for something that says Home. The hop page should be near the top of the day's posts. We will fix broken links as the day goes on, as well, so check back here if you are really lost.

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