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Set of 3 Woodware paper mache boxes

Artemio Silhouette Flowers clear stamp set

Stampendous flock powders in:-

Olive You

Sunshiny Yellow

Citrus Orange

Indigo Blue

Chocolate Lotto

Cataloupe Orange

Stampendous pearl glitter Tiger Lily

Double sided adhesive sheet

Woodware craft wire

Woodware buttons

Gold brads

Caviar beads gold & copper

Brown, burgundy & pale gold organza ribbon

Gold Mica paint  

Memory mists in copper, silver & gold

Punch craft tools used:-

Double ended etching tool (DEET)

Character shaper 

All available from http://www.woodware.co.uk/

I'm working with flock this week & thought I'd take a break from card making for a while to get creative with this set of 3 different sized boxes. I've used Artemio's SilhouetteFlowers stamp set to give me my flower & leaf shapes. I've stamped onto paper the same colour as the flock I have chosen to use, placed the image onto a piece of double sided adhesive sheet & cut out my flower or leaf. I have used the DEET & Character Shaper to give the rounded shape to the petals & some veining to the leaves. I have treated the boxes with a mixture of layers of Mica paint  & Memory Mists spray which I have then wiped & sanded to give the aged, distressed look. I've added the flowers & leaves & embellished with brads, caviar beads & buttons. As you will see I have used a mix of flock colours on some of the flowers & leaves & I've added some glitter also to the small box. I've acheived the worn, tattered effect with the ribbons by heating very gently with a heat tool. Be very cautious if you try this as the ribbon does shrivel very easily but this is also a good technique to use to seal the ends of ribbon that is going to be handled a lot. Here are the individual boxes hope youlike them.