2019 #1 Mustard: A Box Of Delights with ESN {by Miriam Grazier}

2019 Topic 1: Mustard

From a leftover to a box 'choc' full of beauty, Miriam's mustard combination takes on an almost rust quality. It wonderfully showcases Sara Naumann's new stamps too. 

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Hi everyone, it's Miriam with you today, and I'd like to share with you a re-purposed box that I have decorated.  

Most of us would have received or bought chocolates of some form over the festive season.  I was lucky enough to receive some truffles that arrived in a box that I knew, automatically, I would not be throwing away.  Obviously this meant that I HAD to eat all of the truffles (hard job, I know!).

I loved using a simple colour palette, a palette that I love to use.

The box, itself, was quite shiny.  Fresco Acrylic paint has an amazing coverage, but just to be sure, I gave the box a very light sanding to remove some of the gloss shine.  I then added a coat of Koala Fresco Finish Acrylic paint.

Sara's new release is perfect to be used for so many colour themes.  I love the boldness of the stencils.  They were great for this project, the code is PS123.

For the leaves I used Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic paint in Caramel which I thought had a warm mustard feel to it. 

I didn't want to stamp directly onto the box, although the detail of these stamps, teamed with the quality of the paints would have worked well.  Instead I created separate panels.  

I used ESN33 to stamp the main images, using Caramel, Mustard Pickle and Twilight paints.

     

I love how these colours look together - they are as lovely as a box of chocolates themselves!

I really enjoyed creating this box.  I had planned initially to give it away but am now thinking of keeping trinkets in it.  I loved the colour palette that I chose.  The mustard colours are really warm and the touch of the cooler Koala and Twilight really compliments them.  

I had initially planned to edge the panels with Caramel but when I put them next to the decorated box I thought that it needed the contrast and so went back over and edged them using Twilight.  It really is personal preference though - which is why I love crafting so much.  We could all use the same products and create totally different things.

I hope that I have encouraged you to have a go - maybe you can look at some of the packaging that you received over the festive period and re-purpose that instead of throwing it away or recycling it.    

Thanks for joining me this evening.  Pop over to my blog to see how I created this in more detail.

Miriam

Blog:  Miriam's Creative Dreams

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