There is a new "it" for the Art-Venturers "Tag You're It" swap. One person in the swap is picked each month, she becomes "it" and chooses a theme. Then everyone in the group makes a small item incorporating that theme and sends the item to "it" by the end of the month. This month, Autumn is "it", she choose the theme "mermaid". As I finished up organizing my craft area and supplies I found this make a box kit. Just the thing for a mermaid: a box for cherished treasures, little beauties or embellishments.
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I wanted to try to run the box through the Cuttlebug. First, I inked up the box with broken china Distress ink then ran it through the Cuttlebug in a swirl embossing folder. It was too thick for the usual "sandwich". I did A plate, fun foam, box in embossing folder, C plate. It embossed the box, but not as deeply as I see with card stock. Then I ran a darker Distress ink over the raised area, turned the box around, ran it through the Cuttlebug again, and inked the raised areas with the same Distress ink.
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To add some shimmer, a ran both a light and dark blue Brilliance ink over the box.
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The box needed something. After seeing what
Debbie did on her blog with foils on embossed items, I decided to add gold leafing to the outside of the box and outer edges.
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Here is the finished top of the box, after adding embellishments:
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The inner surface has the reversed embossed design on it.
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I colored this large fish image with spots of broken china Distress ink and colored over it with yellow Twinkling H2Os.
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Here is the finished inside of the box.
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It is fun to find unused supplies and turn them into gifts.
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