I did the candling technique on this box....loved how it came out. I painted it all in brown. Then rubbed a candle on the edges and parts of the box. I then painted it blue over the top. Once dry, I sanded the areas with the wax from the candle. It gave it a distressed look. Then I took a wet paper towel and dabbed on vintage photo distress ink and rubbed it all over the box. Tinted the hardware with alcohol inks. Then I blinged out the box :)
Then for the goodies inside I dyed snug hug in different colors and then wrapped with matching Iamroses. Hope my partner loves.
Wow, Kelley! What a fabulous project! Thanks for giving detailed instructions for this wonder box! The colors are beautiful!
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I love this! Great job as always!
ReplyDeleteThanks. YOu can see in the first picture the difference of the distress ink. The half of the box on the left I had already rubbed on the vintage photo distress ink and the half on the right I had not done it to yet. It was just a little too bright and wanted to bring the color down a notch.
ReplyDeleteLove this! I need to try this candling technique.
ReplyDeleteSuper cool project! You did an amazing job!
ReplyDeleteWow - what a cool project! Beautiful job.
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