Keepsake Box For Stampendous And DecoArt

Today is Day Three for the Stampendous, DecoArt and Princeton Brush Co. Blog Hop. (If you've missed the first two days click HERE for Monday and HERE for Tuesday.)

Here's what Stampendous have to say:

WELCOME - to our weeklong blog collaboration with DecoArt Paints, Princeton Artist Brushes, and inspired by Willow Wolfe. If you missed Monday's excitement, here's the LINK.

DecoArt creates so many fantastic paint products, our team was excited to try so many! We know you'll be stunned when you see what these great products add to your stamping! When you combine them with Princeton Artist Brushes and Catalyst Wedges used on the Stampendous Creative Palette, well WOW!


To take part all you have to do is:

• Visit each blog and leave a comment
• Like Stampendous, DecoArt, Princeton Artist Brushes and inspired by Willow Wolfe on Facebook!
• Repin our projects onto your Pinterest boards and tag us when you do (#Stampendous, #DecoArt, #PrincetonArtistBrushes, #byWillowWolfe) we'll be tracking!

What's in it for you: 

• Stampendous will choose three blog posts from all the designer posts this week and then choose a winner from each to receive a prize package - Princeton Artist Brushes, through Willow Wolfe, is sending a Select 3750 Brush Set and a Catalyst Wedge, and we'll be adding a Stampendous Creative Palette so you can use all the new techniques you'll learn here this week.  (America and Canada only)
• Bonus goodies are on offer for some lucky people who SHARE our Facebook posts and Pinterest Pins.
• For International commenters: DecoArt has agreed to mail out three fab Media Paint sample packages to international bloggers as well. YAY! 

And if that's not enough:

Would you like to own this little beauty designed and made by the amazingly talented Andy Skinner using DecoArt Media fluid acrylic paints and mediums?

Just leave a comment on each blog in the hop and the winner will be announced on Friday. 

And finally, here's what I made for today's hop, hope you like it!

A tiny little matchbox sized keepsake box. I found this really challenging because the piece is so small and I wanted to pack it full of techniques - well, some techniques at least!

These are the products I used from Stampendous and DecoArt to create my little box - for some reason, I forgot to take photos as I went along this time!
I used the bottom two stamps from the pack for my box - that means I have one more to play with! If you look carefully, you can also see the free stencil in the pack - still with dried paint on I'm afraid!

The box is diecut using a piece of card which has a monoprint added from the Stampendous plate. The monoprint was made using DecoArt Media range acrylics (as previously shown).
Top and back view shown.

This side view shows the box closure mechanism made from thick jute string with rusty wire I wrapped around it. You simply pull out the lid flap to open the box.
The white lines on the design are where the stamp was applied to the Creative Palette - so clever!

The opened box reveals the inside which has the same altered monoprint on the base. Sorry about the fingers on view - it wouldn't stay open for the camera!
The monoprint was made by adding colour to the plate with a brayer then stamping my chosen stamps into the surface. The paper is then laid on top, smoothed out and hey presto - you have a monoprint ready for to be altered.

The mono print can clearly be seen here in the background. The circles were altered using either a black pencil or some DecoArt Media range Quinacridone Gold paint. Machine stitching was added around the larger circles. Finally a coat of DecoArt Crackle Glaze to finish.
The tiny flowers are punched from scraps of the print, crackle glazed then rubbed with carbon black paint. Tiny black gems complete the flowers.

The free stencil was again put to good use for applying the embossing powder. Versamark ink was applied through the stencil followed by the embossing powder. Gently heated from below then a final coat of crackle glaze was applied as before.

The jute string was tied in a knot at the front of the box. The rusty wire extends from the ends of the sting and some curl was added to them to complete the look.

 What would you keep in your little keepsake box? 

Now it's your turn to hop around part of the world and look at the fabulous inspiration on display. Here's your list, let's get started:

DecoArt Blog

Stampendous Blog

Claudia Neubacher (Vienna, Austria)

Kristine Reynolds (California, USA)

Iliane de Fockert (Elly) (Niedersachsen, Germany)

Julia Stratford-Wright (near London, UK)

Julie Robertson (UK)

Jamie Martin (Oklahoma, USA)

Debbie Cole (California, USA)

Shannon Moyer-Szemenyei (Canada)

Tamiko McCurry (Illinois, USA)

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Thanks again for your visit and your comment. It's always good to know someone is having a look!