Make a tag box

Good morning, I hope you are all well and enjoying the spring weather. As I write I am in the summer house listening to the birds chatter. I am trying to rid myself of a head ache so thought I'd post this Tag box I have made.

All materials are from Paper Artsy except,  distress ink - ranger, balsa wood, and lace I cannot remember. I started with the balsa wood, it has been cut into useful sizes. I assembled what I need to make a simple box to hold my ever growing Tag collection. I didn't make it very large as I wanted to make different ones as I need them. I thought this might be a good reminder of how my style and skills change over time. 

So I cut my pieces to make an internal size of 5 x5 inches or approx 12.5x12.5 cm. I used hot glue for this.

Once it was dry I used grunge paste as a filler in the corner gaps, this also added a nice texture to the corner of box - I was going for an old crate look. I then left it alone for a few days as I got bored. I picked it up again with renewed inspiration and cut some paper from Chatsworth collection to line the inside. I didn't want it too precise so as to add to the recycled look. I added some feet by adding some tiny cotton reels. 

Next I painted most of the box with fresco acrylic paint in French roast. The next layer was crackle glaze  in specific areas of across the top and sides, and once dry I coated in fresco acyrlic in mushroom. This is the first time I used this colour and I am so loving it! 

I then used a heat tool and watch the magic happen that is the crackle glaze. Lots of tiny cracks in keeping with the scale of my box appeared I was thrilled.

Once the box was dry,  I  used distress ink, in stained walnut to the edges and corners, just to add more age and weather to the box. I then stamped flowers and leaves from Lin Brown 01,  around the sides randomly, in  black archival . I heat dried them and used Portfolio pastels to colour in the flowers and leaves. I then added a lace border to the bottom.

 I also added a touch of treasure silver here and there.

And now to put the the Tags in 

At this stage I thought it was finished but wasn't happy. Something didn't look right. So I took the offend lace of a Da ..Da 

Thank you for taking the time to read this rather long post. See you next time, take care. Xx