If you haven’t heard, May Arts & Helmar have teamed up for the September Craft Challenge!  We will be providing 25 participants with a selection of these ribbons:

and 450 Quick Dry to create a craft project with!  The Challenge?  They have to color the ribbon.  So, all week long a different Ribbonista will be creating an “Ink It!” Inspiration project.  Today we have Prima Ribbonista, Christina Colón, with this fun Treasure Box! 

If you are interested in participating, go ahead & email me!!

Good morning!  Who doesn’t love getting all messy inking, painting, and misting?  And even better, who doesn’t love inking, painting, and misting some ribbon?!  I know I love getting ribbon and fibers that are white or off-white because it allows me to customize my color to whatever my little heart desires. 

The ribbons and fibers for this project and challenge are no exception.  I made this treasure box for my daughter.  She loves bold and vibrant because she is bold and vibrant. 

I used my acrylic paint, glimmer mists and Dylusions mists on pretty much everything.  I went ahead and sprayed all of my ribbon pieces I wanted to use and set them aside to dry.  To color the mesh ribbon, I used some acrylic paint and a sponge brush and painted it.  As they dried I painted a base coat of gesso onto the box. 

I started with a piece of Heidi Swapp Color Magic paper and misted it using Dylusions mist in “Lemon Zest”.  Once it tried, I ran it through my Xyron and stuck it to my box.  To add some pizazz to the corner, I busted out my trusty hot glue gun and glued some Tim Holtz corner pieces on top of the paper.

Once my inked ribbons had dried, I started putting together my embellishment cluster.  I added some bling and just began to layer things in until I had  a look that I liked.  Of course, I always use my hot glue gun because it gives a strong hold and can be used on just about anything.   I’m also impatient.  😉

Stand back and admire!

I applied the mesh and mini pom-poms around the base of the box and to finish it off, I used some more of the Tim Holtz corner pieces.  I actually put them on backwards so that it only gave a finishing touch kind of feel, rather than another decoration.

I can’t wait to give this to my daughter, though she’s already seen it.  Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers!

Supply List:

• Ribbon –  Mesh (EM02)
• Suede Leaves (XL09)
• Flowers (393-25-01)
• Mini Pom-Pom (419-01)
• Box – Hobby Lobby
• Gesso – Golden
• Paint – Making Memories “School Bus Yellow”
• Mists – Dylusions “Turquoise”, “Lemon Zest”, “Purple”, Bubblegum Pink”, “Lime Green”
• Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist “Starfish”, “Key Lime”, “Turquoise”
• Smooch “Cashmere”
• Paper –  Heidi Swap “Color Magic”
• Bling – ZVA Creative
• Feathers – Hobby Lobby “Fancy Feathers”
• Flower Centers –  We R Memory Keepers
• Corner Pieces – Tim Holtz
• Straight Pins –  Maya Road
• Black Spirals – from my stash

Blog post by: Christina Colón