Memory Box with Butterbee Scraps

Today I have a fun project to share that brought me  

back to my old painting days.  I loved decorative painting

and using all the pretty decorative pieces from the 

Butterbee Scraps store was a whole new way to play!!

To start with you will need Acrylic paints, paintbrush,

sandpaper, wooden box, base coat sealer, old T-shirt

and lots of goodies to decorate with.

 I used an unfinished box that I got at my local craft store 

for the base. Be sure that you sand it good and fill any cracks

first and then spray or paint a coat of sealer onto it before painting.

These are the products that i used from the Butterbee Scraps

store:  067-B small bronze flowers
294-B large bronze flowers
024-B Bronze leaves, 807 Bronze corners,
HD093-B Drawer Pulls, HD092-B Bronze box feet

For the base of the box I layered a couple colors of

acrylic paint onto it and kept it light and thin and with the grain.

After I let it dry,  I attached the stencil on with light

tack tape and then used a paint brush and dry brushed

on the design onto the top and sides. I think I would have gotten
a better result with a stipple brush but I didn't have one on hand.
(Note to self...invest in better paint brushes :) 

After the stencil paint was dry I layered another coat of 

Deco Art Metallic Lustre with an old t shirt.  If it

is too thick then use some water to thin it out.

After it was good and dry I added the embellishments

on the corners and the top.  I also glued on those beautiful

bronze legs and the drawer front .... and i brushed them
all with a little bit of lighter bronze paint to give
them just a little bit more colors and depth.

For the top I took the flowers and leaves and bent them

ever so slightly and made a flower.  The center is just a 

large bead that really went well with all the colors that I used.

I hope that you will give one of these a go sometime....

There are lots of great wood pieces out there to decorate

and it's really fun and would make a great gift too. 

Thanks for dropping by and have a wonderful week :)