Altered Candy Box ~ Frosty mixed media magic!

 

Har dekorert en sånn ORO lakris godteri boks som man får kjøpt på rema for å gi til moren min ♥ Ble veldig fin syns jeg! Mixed media boksen er mitt DT bidrag hos Creative Fingers #186., som Angelique er sponsor for denne gang med et flott stempelsett! Som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema, og velkommen skal du være :) Og jeg har en ny BlogCandy om du vil sjekke den ut ~ her!

For my DT project this fortnights challenge #186. at Creative Fingers, I altered a candy jar with some mixed media magic ~ it looks all frosty and wintery after some drybrushing of white gesso! It's my favourite mixed media technique right now ~ see my Stamperia Jewellery Box here! On that blogpost you will also find links to many of the wonderful artists that has youtube channels where you can watch how to do this magical mixed media technique! :)
The Creative Fingers are sponsored by our DT Angelique with a fab stampset! As always it is an 'Anything goes theme', and you are more than welcome to join with your creations ♥

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Step-by-step Mixed media box / candy jar:

First I gessoed the jar in black, and when dry, I adhered the metal ribbons. Then adding the modelling paste and artstones, using a stencil on the lid. And then covering everything in black gesso.

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When the gesso was all dry I used a stippling brush and added several kinds of waxes to all the surfaces. Inside every nook and cranny, leaving only a little of the black gesso as a shadow bottom layer.

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Now, I could have left it there and only highlighted a little bit, but my mum is more a light romantic style person ♥ So next I dry-brushed on white gesso (using the heat gun to keep it dry), on the raised surfaces only. 
Stippling the brush against the surface everywhere makes the gesso look like frost or snow! Leaving the waxes to peek through in the recessed areas. 

Finally I added some shine and glitter glaze/pastes. It doesn't really show well in photos, but it is very noticible sparkly when it catches the light. See the detail photo at the bottom of the blogpost!
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♥ The finished frosty-looking box/jar ♥

I enter my mixed media project in theese fab Chall.: [Ends on] ok
● Get Creative #91. ~ Make it SPARKLY! (se detail photo below)[May 31st.]
● Creative Artiste #60. ~ AG Mixed Media! [May 31st.]
● We Love 2 Create #5. ~ Always AG Creative/Mixed Media! [May 25th.]
● Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #131. ~ Anything goes! [May 16th.]  
● More Mixed Media ~ AG Mixed media opt. Pink! [June 5th.]
● Crafts Galore Encore #75. ~ May Always AG (entry#2)[May 30th.]
● Crafter's Castle #29. ~ Anything Goes! [May 31st.]
● Crafty Creations #409. ~ Anything Goes [June 1st.]
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❤️ Stay safe & Take Care! ❤️
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Stamps/Images/Papers: ...
Embellishments: Unknown Pearl & metal ribbons.
Stencils: A Colorful Life 'Delicate Doily' 6x6 stencil.
Embossingfolders/Dies: ...
Essentials/Adhesives/Tools: Heat gun from Panduro Hobby.
Prima Marketing inc. Finnabair Art Basics silicone spatula, and 'Heavy Body Gel transparent'. Liquitex matte gel medium. Stiff paint/stipple brush.

CLOSEUP: I love the dry-brushing of 
white gesso! Looks so pretty ♥
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Techniques/Mediums: (see the photos above for the steps)
Empty ORO liquorice chocolate candy jar/box in plastic with screw-on lid.
Royal Talens Amsterdam Black + White Gesso. Pébéo modeling paste. Prima Finnabair Art ingredients 'Art stones' & 'Mini art stones'. Prima Art Alchemy wax 'Cire cera - Peacock'. Viva Decór Inka gold waxes 'Steel Blue', 'Silver' & 'Platinum'.

I made the flower embellishment for the lid with DAS paper modelling clay in the Nille memories 'Home - Mimosa' flower mould.
For the final touches I added some shine and glitter with Viva Decor 'Mondstein-irise 904' glitterpaste and Panduro Hobby 'Glitter glaze'.