Christmas Shadow Box

Hello everyone.

Dawn here with you today.

Did you all watch Lisa's fabulous shows on Friday?

I hope you managed to grab some time to watch and maybe place a cheeky order!

Today I want to show you my little Christmas Shadow Box I made for the show.

The shadow box is one I had from the fabulous Danny McIntosh ages ago now and it has sat in my craft stash ever since.

So, what better way to use it than to decorate it with Lisa's fabulous products.

To begin with I painted the whole of the box frame with Metallic Copper acrylic paint.  Then, using the crackle stamp I stamped all over the front of the frame in black ink.

It looked nice but I decided I wanted it to look a bit "aged" so I used some Stamperia Antique wax in Metallic Gold, Metallic Black and Metallic Turquoise and used an old cloth to wipe it over the front of the frame in different places.

For the inside of the frame I painted it with Paper Artsy Fresco Finish Acrylic Paint in Cheesecake and then using the Medieval stencil from Lisa Horton Crafts went over that with the same Metallic Copper Acrylic paint to give me a fancy background.

Now I wanted the flowers to be 3D in nature but I knew that 3d glue gel wouldn't give me enough height.  So I cut up some pieces of polystyrene and stacked them to give me the height.  

Then in order for the flowers to be at different heights I attached wires to the back and stuck them in the polystyrene so it couldn't be seen.

Then I used one of the new Christmas wordage sheets and used one of my copics to add a colour that matched my project.  

Finally, I found some little bells in my stash so I added some of those to a piece of thread and strung them across the opening, so it now jingles each time you move it. Very festive.

All of the Christmas products I have used on this project are available exclusively at Create and Craft for the next two weeks and thereafter will be available at That Craft Place.

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Lisa will be back on our screens on Tuesday 30th June with some more fabulous new goodies but I will remind you all again in good time.

So, enjoy the rest of your Sunday good people of blogland/craftland and I will see you all again soon

hugs

Dawn

Rustic Round Storage Box

Hello and thank you for joining me for my first ever blog post.

Today I am going to show you how I made this gorgeous round Rustic Round Storage Box. 

You may have seen one I made for Lisa’s show back in April. Well I loved it so much I thought I would make another!

I started by using a black marker pen on the tabs as I found last time when I painted them that they can cause the tabs to expand a little so it just makes it easier when it comes to assemble at the end.

I then painted it all in black Gesso.

There are 8 sides to the box so I decided to use Lisa’s Wood Grain Stamp and also her CrackleStamp on these. I did 4 of each and embossed them with a brown embossing powder followed by some gilding wax to add to the texture.

I also embossed the top and bottom of the box with the Crackle Stamp… it looks so effective!

Next I took some substrates and gave them a thin coat of black gesso too.

I wanted to give the effect of mini doors and the Hinges and Locks work beautifully for this.

To get the rusty effect, I first used some Cosmic Shimmer Strata Paste. If you have never used this before, it gives a rough, gritty feel to it. 

I then used some Cosmic Shimmer paint in a Teal colour and sparingly coated some of the area where I had put the Strata Paste. 

Once dried, I then used some ArtDeco Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide and painted over some of the Teal paint.

Finally topped off with a coat of Quinacridone Gold and the rust effect starts to come together.   

I added some Brads to the Hinges and a drop of Alcohol ink to tone down the colour as they looked a bit bright. It gives such a gorgeous effect!

For the other 4 sides I wanted to add Some of Lisa’s Wings and Cogs, I followed the steps above for the Cogs too.

For one set of wings I used some glue to stick down some micro beads, these are great to add texture to projects.

For the other set of wings I used some Cosmic Shimmer Lava Paste. This is great stuff!! I used a thin layer and heated it to get the bubbly effect.

Once done I made a thin mix of White Spirit and Brown oil based paint to paint them. The Lava Paste soaked up the mix wonderfully and gives a great look.

I had some Skeleton leaves in my stash, I distressed them a touch with Ground Espresso distress ink. They are very delicate so you need to be very gentle with them. I placed these behind the Wings with some of Lisa’s Pink Sisal which I sprayed with brown Distress ink first and added the cogs. 

I do love my Gilding Waxes so generally go over it here and there until I feel I have the look I am after. I also added a few little keys from my stash too.

Once done, I was able to assemble the box together and I added a little metal knob on top.

I just loved doing this project!! I hope you have enjoyed this blog and I hope I have given you some inspiration to make your own Round Storage Box... 

Thank you for stopping by. 

Much Love Nicky xx

Butterflies in the round.

Hi all,

Me again. Lol

Today I wanted to show you how versatile Lisa's fabulous stamps can be.

My team mates are such clever folk when it comes to decorating the wonderful MDF creations that Lisa and Danny come up with and I have to say I have learnt such a lot from them all.

However, with this gorgeous Arty Storage Tub I didn't want to use papers so I chose to paint it with a pearlescent acrylic paint.  In this case I used DoCrafts Artiste Pearl Acrylic Paint in Ice Blue.

I used two coats to ensure a good coverage but it went on beautifully.

Once it was dry I laid out all the side pieces of the box and secured them in place with some masking tape across the back of them so they didn't move.

Then I used the fabulous Jewelled butterflies, the trailing foliage and the sentiment from the Jewelled butterflies set.  I stamped them out as if it was one piece of board and once the ink was dry I took them off the masking tape.  Then it was just a case of putting the box together.

The beauty of all the fabulous MDF products that Lisa and Danny bring to us is the ease of assembly, they are just wonderful.  

For the top of the box I didn't want to just leave it plain so I used Lisa's fabulous Four Point Blooms die set and cut a flower from one of Lisa's gorgeous paper pads, Bali in this case.

Then I used the Butterfly Flourish die set and cut a butterfly in the same paper then added both of these to the top of the box.

The lid handle was made from a discarded necklace and secured on the underside of the lid.

So there you go, a quick and simple way to decorate this fabulous Arty Storage Box.  

I am sure there are hundreds of different ways to do this and it would be fabulous if you have one, that you could pop it on the Facebook Group so that we can see it. 

Not a member of the group yet? 
Then please follow the link and request to join - please remember to answer the two questions or your request will be declined and we really want you to be able to join in with all the fun. 

You will see some more examples of decoration on the website, just follow the link at the top of the post.

Lisa will be back on our screens on Create & Craft, Sky 683, on Friday 22nd May at 9:45 and 15:45 and I promise you, you won't want to miss these shows - they are going to be AWESOME!!

Remember we have boards on Pinteret too - just search Lisa Horton Crafts for oodles of inspiration.

How to make a MDF book - romantic hard cover journal

Hey everyone!

I wanted to share with you my latest MDF book.

I don't usually make romantic, pastel projects but this one just kind of happened.

Let's start by making the book...

Glue the book covers and spine on your chosen paper - it's vital that you leave 0.5 cm in between the covers and the spine.

Trim any spare paper around the edges but make sure you leave at least 0.5 cm for wrapping over.

Cut out the corners as above to allow for neat wrapping.

Now, it's time to start wrapping over the paper. 

Make sure you're using a strong double-sided tape for this!

Start from the short edges.

Then the long edge.

Now your outside cover is ready.

For the inside cover, you need to cut a rectangular piece of paper and simply glue it in place.

Make the rectangle minimally smaller than the cover itself.

Delicately fold the cover to create the crease between the covers and the spine.

You're ready to start decorating!

Using Retro Petals stencil and two colour-coordinating inks, add a design creating background for the embellishment cluster.

Build up layers using lace, paper embellishments and flowers.

Keep adding until you're happy.

I decided to make a matching journal insert for the book.

With the same colours as the cover, I added the stencil design.

Then built up the embellishment cluster.

Time to add the insert to the book.

Make a loop from a lace - make sure it's big enough to fit the cover through it.

Making sure you don't damage it, slide the cover and the journal through the lace ribbon - you might want to do it through the back cover rather than the front one.

The lace ribbon will keep the journal in place.

You can add more inserts the same way.

As you can see, the MDF covers are extremely versatile, so make sure you grab some from the shop and make your own books!!!

Ewelina

Do Little Things With Great Love - Altered MDF Flag

Hello Crafty Friends!
Fairuz Fabiha here from the Craftivation. Today I’ll be sharing with you how I decorated the mdf flag  by Lisa Horton Crafts!

Process-
1. At first I took the mdf flag and colored it with burnt sienna and black acrylic paint.

2. Used the pennies in a line stencil and black paint to add texture.

3. Again used ‘motivational words’ stencil to add interest to the background.

4. Added metallic gold highlights.

5. Using the greyboard hearts by Lisa as the focal point. Punched four holes and tied a thread to make it look like a button and colored it.

6. Adding mdf flags and cutouts from Lisa’s nested flag dies.

7. Assembling everything and adding a sentiment from Lisa’s word pad and sisal.

Closeup photos-

Used supplies from the Lisa Horton Crafts-
1. Pennies in a line stencil
2. Motivational words stencil
3. Mdf flags
4. Greyboard hearts
5. Nested flag dies
6. Sisal
7. Word pad sentiment

Keep an eye on the Create and Craft channel today to get your hands on some of these amazing new products! xx

Love,
Fairuz Fabiha (craftivation) xx