Hello Crafters…
How have you all been doing? It’s September already and all
I can think of is my daughter’s birthday. She will be turning 5 and thinks the
month September belongs to her! Every day she goes about, “ so it’s September
now, when is my birthday? “ That’s an everyday conversation now…but why am I
saying this to you??? Cos she just got a new pair of shoes and while she is happy
her pair, I am HAPPY with the empty box!
It went straight to my craft table and this is what it
became after a few hours!!!
Fall/Autumn/Flowers is the challenge in many blogs
and how I love working on nature inspired challenges.
Thanks you for the lovely response to my “Speaking wall” and this time it’s the “Creaking door” for you… earlier I also had "A Glowingwindow" which won in a few challenges! I think I can build a house now, Lol!
I had the dark woods and some bright colors in mind while
starting this project so I made the lid of the box into wooden log door!
The planks on the door are hand painted with acrylic colors
and bid flat brush! The dry brush technique here gave a wonderful texture here
and the knots on the log too are done with the tip of the brush. Wish you could
see and touch the texture here. I was reminded of my “One stroke painting” days
as I enjoyed making this door and some planks to go inside the box too…
Gave a lot of ornate touches to the door with a couple of
corner plates colored with gold alcohol inks and the hinges are heat embossed
in gold and specks of black too using TH, hardware findings die.
The wooden door knob is again painted in black and then
rubbed in the inks gold to give the metallic look and added a couple of charms
to a chain link and left it hanging there!
The focal point here is the center wood panel which is
distressed using the “Vaseline resist” technique. I have kept it simple because
there was a lot happening around it. I snipped a few curls from an otherwise
big flourish which I have heat embossed and topped with glossy accents to make
it look like metal.
I then hand wrote the sentiment on a piece of tracing paper
with the versa mark pen and heat embossed in gold and stuck it on the panel.
Now comes the colorful part…The flowers are all handmade and inked with D Inks using Cheery Lynn dies
except for the buds which is TH tattered florals. The leaves too are mostly CL
and this set is my new purchase and love those tropical leaves set ( B 119)! I had a
mixed color of leaves to go with the Fall theme and stuck to yellows, pinks and
purples for the flowers too!
These colors against the wooden back drop was so visually appealing and I just couldn't
stop myself from going over board! Well, I really don’t need a reason to
overload my projects and this is no exception.
A few curly, twirly sprigs, sun flowers(DL 121), daisies(B310) and
looooots of leaves add such warmth to the front door! I think this will make a
good deco piece on the front door itself…may be will make one for that too!
And when the door creaks open… this is what you see!
Some wooden planks made with waste card board makes the
shelves and stores my new collection of alcohol inks, embossing powders and
there is room for MORE!!!
The sides of the box
are spray painted in black and gold where as the inside is given the same
wooden log treatment. I have done some subtle stamping of flourishes using the
Hero Arts stamp and Stayz On brown ink.
That’s it…did you hear the door creaking? Just let me know
what you think of it. It’s always so encouraging to read all your comments and
gives me a reason to visit you too!
Am linking this to….
Craft Hoarders Anonymous – All the pretty flowers
Our Creative Corner – Autumn image inspiration
Eclectic Paperie – fall
A Vintage Journey – with a flourish
Cheery Lynn Designs – All aboutTexture (have used sunflower, shasta diasy, tropical leaves, olive branches die)
The Mirror Crack' d – Anything goes
Thank you so much for stopping by.
Until Then,
Happy Crafting and Re cycling.
Cheers.
