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Samstag, 9. Januar 2021

DIY Storage Boxes

 Hello everyone, nice to see you here!

This is my second project for the January challenge "Squares" at Country View Challenges. Well, it is a little bit out of the box, because there are no squares on my project, but it is made of a lot of squares!



I want to reorganize my craft room a little bit, and first I wanted to make this corner in my little room look a little bit tidy and more organized.

 
Unfortunately my custom made shelves have a difficult measure, so I decided to make fitting boxes out of cardboard from boxes I found at the supermarket =)

I started to draw all parts on the cardboard and cut them out with a kraft knife - as you can see all parts are squares ;o)


Next I glued everything together with hot glue.

Here it is! But of course it doesn´t look pretty now.

So I went through my paperstash and grabed some very old design papers, they must be from 2012 I guess, cut it to size....

and glued it on top of my box. I used a gluestick and some liquid glue.

When everything was dry, I went around the edges with Archival ink in potted soil and coffee...

and highlighted them with gold wax.

I poked a hole into the middle of the lid and screwed the handle to it. To the front of the box I glued another handle so that I can slide it out of the shelf easily.



I made a second box in the same way and look. I hope you like it!




I put the boxes on my shelves - and I love how they look!


I hope you liked my boxes as much as I do and feel inspired to make something with squares for the challenge too! As you know, you can win a 20£ voucher for the shop.

Thank you for the visit and have a wonderful weekend!

Freitag, 1. Januar 2021

Be You

 Hello all, happy New Year!

2020 is gone - not the best year, we all know. Hopefully 2021 will be better!
For the first challenge at Country View Challenges with the theme "Squares" I made a art journal page.


I started the background with watercolor paper and a coat of clear Gesso. Then I sprayed water on top and sprinkled Lindy´s magicals on top. I used pink and brown and dried between the colors. After this I took a stencil with squares and put embossing ink through the openings. Then I sprinkled pink embossing powder on top and heat embossed it. But I found, it was too prominent, so I wnet over it and the rest of the page with white Gesso. Here and there I wiped it off again.
Then I did some background stamping with a checkerboard stamp and a chickenwire stamp.
Next I took one picture from the vintage fotobooth sticker from finnabair and put it into this frame.
I went through my stash and realized, that there are many things, I totally forgot that I have them! So this is my solution for the New Year to use more what I have.
So I put my vocal point together with some of my forgotten ephemera ;o)

Here are some more pictures:


That´s it for today. I hope you will have a wonderful year and will find the time to join us!
Thank you for your visit!