Artful Days Altered Steampunk Box

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Today i am posting my final project for Artful Days. I have enjoyed creating may projects using the products and it has been a great team. Here is my altered box i made and the full tutorial is on the team blog Artful Days.

Products used
MDF Cog & Gears
Steampunk Flying Hearts Frame
Steampunk Cogs Charms
Resin Faces

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Bleeding Art January Anything Goes Heart Jewellery Box

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It's time for our first challenge of 2019 and it is anything goes!!

Here is a link to the challenge

https://bleedingartchallenge.blogspot.com/

1. Paint with gesso
2. Stamp over texture background stamps
3. Apply a stencil mask
4. glue on mdf shapes,resin wings, art sand, and glass chips
5. Sprinkle on Lindsey's Magicals Oumpah Pah pink and apply water so it can be used as a paint.
6. Use metallic luster on wings,add sand and glass glitter.
7. Finish with art balls and a charm.

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DecoArt Metallic Luster Polished Coral

Artful Days

Lindsey's Magicals 

White Resin Wings

White Art Balls

White Art Sand

Fuschia Deco Sprinkles

The Blank Page Muse Chain Link Pattern Background Stamp 15% off BPMDtKatie2019

The Glittery Hands Box Sparkles Mini Box

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I have altered this tiny little box using items from the May and July Glittery Hands Boxes. 

https://www.theglitteryhandsbox.co.uk

Paint the mini box using the Amethyst Acrylic paint and leave to dry.

Paint the inside with Amethyst paint too.

Write a word in glue and the sprinkle on the Rainbow Glitter mix, shake off the excess glitter and leave to set.

Take the rainbow ribbon and glue it around the middle of the box and the lid.

Decorate the lid with gems and sequins.

The little box is great for storing your sequin mixes.

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How To Create An Altered Box With Best Glue Ever

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I have a altered box to share today using Best Glue Ever from ScraPerfect available here http://scraperfect.com/

Start off by painting a small wooden box with gesso and then paint over with chalky finish paint.

Stamp over the whole box with a texture stamp using dark green ink and leave to dry before applying modeling paste over the top with a stencil.

Use Best Cleaner Ever to clean the ink off you stamps and tools. 

Apply blobs of Best Glue Ever to the bottom corners of the box and then carefully attach the feet. Leave the glue to set. This glue is perfect for adding metal to wood because it dries fast and has a strong hold once dry unlike PVA glue which is a lot more runny so the bits tend to slid off while it tis drying.

I used clay with silicone molds to create the shapes which i painted with Quinaodone Gold fluid acrylic and then dry brushed with gold paint. Once dry i glued the heart to the wings and adhered it to  the box. I added mdf cogs around the front.

I rubbed a bit of bronze metallic paint over the box to highlight the wood grain a little.

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How To Create An Inventive Steampunk Altered Box With DecoArt

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I created a steampunk box for the Decoart Blogger Outreach Program.

I covered the whole box in black gesso and once dry i then used a stencil with black modeling paste over the box.

I dry brushed the box over with Silver Spark, Copper Kettle and Gold Rush Metallic Lustre. For the fastening i painted the metal with gesso and then Texture Sand Paste which i molded over the fastening. I then painted it with Gold Rush Metallic Lustre and Quinacridone Gold to give it a rust wore look.

I used Chipboard cogs and embellishments i had created using a mold and casting plaster. I first painted everything with black gesso and then metallic lustre but it was too clean so i added texture sand paste and more Quinacridone Gold to weather it.

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DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics in Quinacridone Gold

DecoArt Media - Gesso

Metallic Lustre Copper Kettle

DecoArt Media - Black Gesso

Cogs Grab Bag

How To Alter A Heart Shaped Box

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In this tutorial you are going to learn how to alter a  heart shaped box using mdf shapes and Decoart acrylic paints.

First of all i painted the box pink and then glued white lace around the top.

Apply texture paste using a stencil mask and leave to set.

Paint a frame in gesso and then paint with a dark red paint

Paint over with Weathered Wood Crackle Medium and leave to dry

Paint over again with the light red paint and let dry

Paint over the box lid with Radiant Red Metallic Lustre.

Use a stencil to add texture to the frame and leave to dry

Paint the mdf word and glue to the frame

Glue frame and love birds to box lid

Decorate with flowers