MATCHBOX AND ATC'S BY NICKY ROUSSOU
Hello lovely people and welcome to my blog today. I'm going to share with you a fabulous product by Tando-Creative. I absolutely love these!! These Matchboxes great to work with, so many possibilities for designs.
So for my project for Tando-Creative I have decided on this quite rustic rusty theme. I do like the dark rustic feel in my makes.
I began with assembling my matchbox outer shell and then the inside box. Once assembled I gave the entire piece a coat of black gesso to give it a good seal to work on.
I then used Stamperior Clear Crackle Paste with one on Tim Holtz stencils to create a rough rustic texture on the outsides of the box. I did the same for the draw fronts as that is the bit you will see once done.
I do find that if you leave the crackle to dry naturally you will get a nicer crackle but I do sometimes give it a helping hand with a blast from a heat gun to speed things up a little.
Once ready to be painted, I picked 3 main colours to work with to achieve my rusty, aged look.
A yellow iron oxide, a brown and a teal. This time I decided to go with a Metallic Teal colour for a bit of shimmer.
I start out with either the Team or Yellow generally first as the brown can cover if I think I've added too much of the lighter colours.
I randomly add sporadic coverage to the piece, no set patterns, just here and there over the crackle and around the box until I feel happy with it.
Once I'm done with these two colours, I then start to fill in any gaps with the Brown I have chosen.
Then give the entire thing a good coat of ModgePodge to seal it.
Once all dry I then used a mixture of Brown Oil Paint and some white spirts mixed to cover the piece to give a real aged look to it. Apply and then use a baby wipe to rub off the excess. leaving such a fabulous effect.
I then repeat this process for the ATC Cards and Circles to give a matching effect. On the back of some of the cards and tags i used some of Tando's substrates to add tot he texture and design.
I then delicately edged some of the project with some gold gilding wax to bring out some beautiful highlights.
I finished this off by adding 2 butterflies I had in my stash. The colour of these was absolutely perfect to compliment the Matchbox's colour and feel. they suit it perfectly!
PRODUCTS USED:
STAMPERIOR CLEAR CRACKLE PASTE
TIM HOLTS STENCIL FROM MY STASH
COSMIC SHIMMER
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