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“Ink it!” Challenge Inspiration – Treasure Box

Posted on by Elyse Duffey

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

 

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