First Altered Box~

Happy Saturday Krafters!

I would like to finish out the week of “firsts” by sharing with you the first box I altered. It was an awkward box because of the opening.  I still had a lot of fun making it.

I painted the entire box with Folk Art Metallic Gold Paint. Once that dried, I painted it with Picket Fence Distress Crackle Paint. I dried it with a heat gun. I then used Antique Linen Distress Stain to take away some of the whiteness of the crackle paint. While that was drying, I cut down couple pieces of The Paper Studio’s Antiquity paper pack. I distressed the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink. I applied the paper using Mod Podge.

While I was waiting for the Mod Podge to dry, I used the stain to color white lace. I also made some roses using some fabric I had in my stash. For the leaf, I colored it with the same metallic paint I used for the box. After everything dried, I assembled everything on the front, back and sides of the box.

For the top box, I cut some butterflies using the MS Butterfly Punch and from a small punch. I also made a stick pen. I used the flowers I made and placed those on some fabric which was also stained. I added the pearls for a finished look. For the feet, I used some balls from some old hair bows. I painted those in that gold paint.

In the inside, I used some extra paper, lace and flowers that were left over. I really enjoyed sharing most of my firsts with each of you. Thank you for the comments and words of encouragement that were left. Enjoy the rest of your weekend! Krafthead~

Materials:

Folk Art Metallic Gold Paint

Distress Crackle Paint- Picket Fence  

Distress Stain-Antique Linen

Distress Ink- Antique Linen

Paper Studio Pattern Paper

Lace

Fabric-Flowers

Baby Breath Flowers-Stash

Sheer Fabric

MS Monarch Butterfly Punch

Other Butterfly Punch

Gold Glimmer Mist-used on Baby Breath

12mm Halfback Pearls

6mm Halfback Pearls

Hair Balls-Feet

Stick Pen

Crystals

Glossy Accents-to hold crystals on the stick pen

Mod Podge

Glue Gun

Marvy Heat Gun