Nothing is more fun than a box of craft goodies full of surprises! AC Moore and Fuji Film teamed up with the Hello Lisa design team to create a Halloween Shadow Box. Each designer had to use only what was in the package mailed to us to create a shadow box. The focal point was a print of our choice by Fuji Film. Here is what I created with my box:
This was such a fun project to create! I actually used two of the Fuji Film prints in my box. Here is a 1 minute and 15 second video of how you can create a similar box:
The hardest part was waiting for the paint to dry! I live in the southwest and normally it is very dry here, but we have gotten a lot of rain. The air is humid and everything is taking hours to dry -- something I am not used too! This is a really cute statement piece that comes together in under an hour (paint drying time may take longer).
The photos were by far the easiest to cut out! I thought for sure I would get smudges all over them, but they stayed looking great!
If you did a shadow box with a picture as the focal point, what picture would you use?
I created this piece for one of my dear close friends. I am super happy that it is a magnet and she can hang it on her fridge or at work. It was a lot of fun to make!
I have a
friend whom I met about three years ago at a mixed media camp. Her and I hit it
off quick and she has been an amazing person to me. For my birthday she found a
company that specialized in gluten free cookies (I have Celiac Disease and can
not have gluten) and had a box sent to me. She is thoughtful, smart, talented
and loyal. She is my person and the inspiration behind this piece.
To create
this I found a large heart magnet at my local craft store (It is 6 by 6!). I
added a layer of clear gesso, let it dry and then painted it Victorian Purple
by Plaid Folkart paint. Once it dried I stamped Rita Barakat’s background art
foamie stamp on the heart with Plaid Color Shift Paint in Purple. As it dried I
cut a circle by hand from a piece of cardboard that I used the pouring
technique with Plaid Folkart paint and Extreme glitter. To see how I did it
check out my video here:
I
inked the edges of the hand cut circle and heart magnet with clear embossing
ink. I dipped all the edges in Rita Barakat’s Dragon Egg’ Embossing powder and
heat set it. I stamped my sentiment and placed it in the circle adding some
gems from my stash. Finally I stamped the BFF image, colored it in with Copics,
cut it out and used pop dots to adhere it.
I am so excited for the NEW release of the Rita Barakat Embossing Powder line by Emerald Creek! I got to play with two of the new colors -- Dragon's Egg and Mermaid Fin. Dragon's Egg is a gorgeous purple and Mermaid Fin is a sparkly glitter blue. The first project I created with it is this:
I had so much fun with making that tag that I decided to create another:
I first gathered my material: a tag and these three paints.
Using my fingers I applied the acrylic paint to the tag.
Using the Zen Cloud Art Foamie stamp I stamped and embossed the image with Dragon' Egg.
I applied the color shield and I inked the edges and embossed them twice with Mermaid Fin to create a gorgeous thick border.
Using foam dots I adhered the mermaid to the tag.
Finally I added some glitter glue and clear glaze to make her shine.
Make sure you hop on through to see other amazing projects from the design team and leave a comment on each blog to be entered in a chance to win a set of embossing powder! Winner will be announced on Mixed Media via Rita Barakat's FB page September 3!
