I assembled the box and glued it with glossy accents, and then put a few coats of gesso on both the inner and outer surfaces. I followed this with a thin wash of Lindys Stamp Gang. The binding area has a coat of gold liquid leaf paint.
The top is oil on canvas, it was inspired by Deanne's "Anything Under the Rainbow". I started out with bright colors, added a lot of white, then rubbed and brushed on mica powders in different colors.
I prepped the fairy with gesso,and painted her with watercolors. I put on a thin coat of glossy accents, then sprinkled on glitter. I repeated this, but made the glue layer thicker. I applied some silver stickles, and gold leaf paint.
Thanks for looking, and have a great weekend!
Gina's Products Used:
Book Box Medium
Other:
Canvas
Oil paints and watercolors by Winsor and Newton
Perfect Pearls
Some flowers,bling, and feathers by Kaisercraft and Prima
Tim Holtz bird
Graphic 45 fairy
Some Swarovski crystals
Microbeads
Glossy Accents
Twinkling H20s
Plaid Liquid Leaf Gold Paint
Lindy's Stamp Gang - Magicals Set - Powdered Paint - Victorian Bouquet, Ramblin' Rose Pink
Prisma Glitter, Ultrafine Multi
Distress Crackle Accent
OMG, this is super beautiful, Melissa. I love the shabby chic look of this, and now I am inspired to make one of those fabulous book boxes for myself. :)
ReplyDeleteOh I love this. TFS
ReplyDeleteMelissa, I just adore this!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the wonderful comments!
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