For this project I used the deep ATC Art Box. Like any good magician I thought this box should be sawn in half. But this was easier to do before I stuck the pieces together, because I didn't want the cut to be boringly straight. See pictures.
Check to make sure the bits fit together before you start glueing, and that they match up neatly.
When dry I base coated the bottom half with texture paste and added some small Art Stones to give it some interest. When dry I painted it Forest Green then dry brushed Primary Yellow to highlight the Art Stones.
For the top half I used some of Julie's homemade background paper. I painted the inside of the box black.
At some point our magician will pull either a rabbit from a hat or a string of hankies from a sleeve, or in our case a bunch of flowers from an Art Box.
I used a die cutter to press a bunch of flowers from ordinary paper, reinforced with slivers of wooden coffee stirrers. I made enough so that they sprang apart when the lid was pulled off. The flowers were coloured with a selection of watercolour paints.
Squeeze the flower heads gently so they fit inside the lid, then secure the box with a red ribbon.
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