Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Small Oval Treasure Boxes

2 1/2" oval "treasure" boxes $20 each

We had great fun at studio em last night. There were 6 of us. Jennifer, Lynn, Marianne, Katherine, Nancy and myself. Thanks Marianne for a much needed "girls night" after all the backpacking and camping and hiking I have been doing lately.


Before heading over to the studio, I embedded keys, and antique buttons and beads to the top of each box, this gave the modeling paste a chance to dry. I also added a touch of e6000 glue to each key were the button overlapped to make it extra secure.



Inside each little box, I added a word...live...believe...hope...mom...harmony...hope.

 The fun part was adding collage tissues around the sides of the boxes and then using various very thin layers of acrylic paint to the sides of the boxes as well as the modeling paste. I used at least two colors on each box to bring out the texture of the modeling paste as well as add a richness to the finish.


Little jewels of boxes, I will hate to see these go...


2 comments:

Diane said...

Very cool little treasures...

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