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Monday 8 October 2012

Autumnal Box

A shadow box (I think that's what it is called - it was a picture of a mouse in bright cartoon colours on the correct side.  I inverted it to make it a box, it wooden.  I have gessoed, sprayed and then decided to paint the inside with copper acrylic paint.  The outside of the box I left sprayed and then stencilled with copper acrylic paint through a Crafter's Workshop template.


A view of the side stencilling...

The panels are made from the covers of a Next Directory, all  but one have been covered with metal tape which I scored and made patterns with tools from a metal tool kit.  I used brown and black Stazon inks to cover the silver metal tape.  The remaining panel has been covered with tissue tape from Marianne Design as are the corner decoration.


My stamped images are from Stampotique (bee and shrooms).  My leaves are again from an old set of stamps which I don't recall the name of.  My bird and butterflies are made from grungeboard.  All have been coloured with a mixture of distress inks; Dried Marigold, Wild Honey and Tea Dye.  The grungeboard pieces have been overstamped with a script/text stamp.  The bee has been layered with acetate and gold stickles added.



As my box has a Bird, Bumble Bee and Butterflies - I included a monogram "B".



I would love to enter the following challenges with my Autumnal Box:-





I hope you like looking at my box - I have received lovely comments lately and I love reading them, they're so encouraging!  Suzanne ~x~




18 comments:

lady jasmine crafts said...

What a fab box i got to try this soon, thankyou for joying us at craftymess. xx

Unknown said...

Wow Suzanne!! This is stunning! Such amazing details and lovely colors! Have a wonderful day! Hugs and sunshine

Karen said...

Love this, fab project, thanks for joining us at Polka Doodles.

xx

chriscesar said...

Hi Suzanne, such a lovely box, probabely very difficult to do!
Love the colors you choose!
And all elements perfectly in their place!
Chris

Zoechaos said...

Fabulous decoration Suzanne love it! Thank you for joining us at The Stamp Man XOXO Zoe

Mrs.B said...

Fabulous project Suzanne, Love the metal panels, and all the little stamping details. A fabulous alteration.
Thanks for joining our Autumnal challenge at FSC
Avril xx

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous, so creative, thanks for joining us at craftymess.

Ink Art Designs said...

Hi Suzanne...wow, such exquisite detail and scrumptious colours! There is a definite autumnal feel here.
Thankyou for joining us this fortnight at Fashionable Stamping Challenges.
Dot x

Anonymous said...

your art is fantastic!
Elma

Merkku said...

Hello Suzanne! You are a very talented lady too! I'm so happy to have you in our team!

Cathy L. Calamas said...

This is really quite stunning. All the different images fit perfectly together. Very pretty.

Maggie said...

Gorgeous shadow box project so much detail and texture

MaggieH

Esther said...

Hi Suzanne - wow what a lot of gorgeous details, amazing work, I love all the texture and colours..Thanks so much for sharing with us at FSC..Esther xx

Asia King (aka Joanna K) said...

Beautiful shadow box Suzanne! Love the bee and the shroomies and the leave and...EVERYTHING! Lovely stencilling on the sides, too :). xx

Asia King (aka Joanna K) said...

Ps. Thank you for joining our Autumnal challenge at FSC! xx

Anonymous said...

Beautiful. I so like the added dimension you created inside the shadow box and lots of interest for the eye.
Thank you for sharing with us at FSC.
Wishes
Lynne

Fliss said...

Oh my gosh Suz! A real stunner with so much detail and totally awesome looking.
Sorry this comment is a bit late - not enough hours in the day at the moment!
Thanks for joining our Autumn challenge at FSC and wishing you good luck.
Fliss xx

Cazro said...

Wow! Once again you do not fail to Wow! me. It's gorgeous. Caz

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