When I was preparing this a couple of months ago - working in advance for the challenges - I should have taken notice of the date and seen it was for Friday the 13th!!!
First of all I wanted to do something with a couple of my cat food boxes (again) and decided to make a holder for my finished cards so I always had a birthday card, get well card etc ready. No vision, you understand, of what the finished product would be like or what I would use on it for colour/decoration etc. It started life just painted with old Acrylic dried up dabbers that had been mixed and mixed with water to get to some consistency that could be painted and then stencilled. Didn't like!
Tissue paper from shoe box? Didn't look right. Torn up dictionary/street map pages. A bit of Distress Ink - ugh! Like the inside (why did I not leave the outside as was?). Inka Gold - Orange? Green? Hematite? More Orange which looks a bit like Gold? Ah well, can cover most of it up with ...
Die cuts.
Steampunk bit centre top is handle
Steampunky die cuts. Bits of card, book pages, bits of mountboard (good job I hoard scraps) - here it is - my box for storing my cards in. Not really what I would have envisaged but it is grungy and it sort of is me. I'm happy. Now I need some more cards to store in it!
My advice on this challenge? Wait until tomorrow to start and then it will be the 14th - join in the fun at Artful Times with us.
10 comments:
brilliant idea Neet, looks fabulous to me....pam
Well it may be Friday 13th but I love how the box turned out.
After the day I had yesterday, I totally share your view on the 13th!... but I do love your steampunk card holder, it is fabulous and well worth all the effort. I a doing a DT piece for posting tomorrow and it went through four make-overs before I got that right too... and I am still not sure (sigh). Hugs, Anne x
Looks pretty good to me Neet - no-one would know it was a cat food box! Love all the texture - do I spy some sequin waste being used as a stencil? Turned out great.......pop over here; I've got enough cards to sink a battleship! lol
Hugs.
Karen xxx
Gorgeous card holder. Another superb idea to use up cat food boxes. Very arty and fun :) Pxx
Oh Neet you made me giggle, I love your card box and for some reason I thought it would look different reading along and then bam all finished and steampunk, gotta laugh. Brilliant.
also comment on former post about masks. here it is.....
Wow, I am blown away by some of the stuff that you have photographed and your mask is great too. Thanks for sharing I will pass this on to Myrene.
Hugs Eliza
Absolutely fabulous Neet - a great idea.
xxx Hazel.
Looks real good to me Neet :) and a great idea as well. Hugs Sandra X
Your box has turned out fab. Something useful and beautiful,
Rosie x
Fantastic box Neet with some great ideas. Useful and beautiful all at the same time
Love Chrissie x
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