Hello and Thank you for joining me for my first ever blog post that I have written for Lisa Horton Crafts..
Today I am going to show you how I made this gorgeous round Rustic Round Storage Box.
You may have seen one I made for Lisa’s show back in April. Well I loved it so much I thought I would make another!
I started by using a black marker pen on the tabs as I found last time when I painting them that they can cause the tabs to expand a little so it just makes it easier when it comes to assemble at the end.
I then painted it all in black Gesso. There are 8 sides to the box so I decided to use Lisa’s Wood Grain Stamp and also her Crackle Stamp on these. I done 4 of each and embossed them a brown embossing powder followed by some gilding wax to add to the texture.
I also embossed the top and bottom of the box with the Crackle Stamp… it looks so effective!
Next I took some substrates and gave them a thin coat of black gesso too.
I wanted to give the effect of mini doors and the Hinges and Locks work beautifully for this.
To get the rusty effect, I first used some Cosmic Shimmer Strata Paste. If you have never used this before, it gives a rough, gritty feel to it. I then used some Cosmic Shimmer paint in a Teal colour and sparingly coated some of the area where I had put the Strata Paste. Once dried, I then used some ArtDeco Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide and pained over some of the Teal paint. Finally topped off with a coat of Quinacridone Gold and the rust effect starts to come together. I added some Brads to the Hinges and a drop of Alcohol ink to tone down the colour as they looked a bit bright. It gives such a gorgeous effect!
For the other 4 sides I wanted to add Some of Lisa’s Wings and Cogs, I followed the step above for the Cogs too.
For one set of wings I used some glue to stick down some micro beads, these are great to add texture to projects.
For the other set of wings I used some Cosmic Shimmer Lava Paste. This is great stuff!! I used a thin layer and heated it to get the bubbly effect.
Once done I made a thin mix of White Spirit and Brown oil based paint to paint them. The Laver Paste soaked up the mix wonderfully and gives a great look.
I had some Skeleton leaves in my stash, I distressed them a touch with Ground Espresso distress ink. They are very delicate so you need to be very gentle with them. I placed these behind the Wings with some of Lisa’s Pink Sisal which I sprayed with brown Distress ink first and added the cogs.
I do love my Gilding Waxes so generally go over it here and there until I feel I have the look I am after. I also added a few little keys from my stash too.
Once done, I was able to assemble the box together and I added a little metal knob on top.
I just loved doing this project!!