CC3 Challenge 4

I'm starting to make a habit of these late posts, but as they say better late than never! This is a box I've altered using Tim's Layering Stencils and embossing paste for Linda's Compendium of Curiosities 3 Challenge 4. You can find details of how to do this technique on page 49 in A Compendium of Curiosities Volume 3. I won't go into detail of the exact technique as that really wouldn't be fair to Tim. It's the turn of the Funkie Junkie Boutique to sponsor this fortnight's challenge, to the tune of a $25 gift certificate. There is also a lovely hoard of goodies which have been donated by Tim and Mario, for the lucky project chosen by The Curiosity Crew. So here are a few pics of my box in progress it started life as a plain wooden box...

I used embossing paste and Tim's Doily layering stencil for the top......

and the Harlequin Layering Stencil for the sides. The Tag like shape of these stencils made them much easier to manipulate on a 3d shape.

I painted the surface with black gesso before burnishing with Inca Gold paste. I then used gold foil on the embossed surface to add a real bit of glitz, as usual its pretty hard to capture the shine with my photographic skills, here's the front with a light shining onto it,

and here's the top...

 I love projects like this, where you can take something very plain and simple and transform it into something much more decorative. In this case those lovely layering stencils have certainly helped. Right, I'm off to do some blog hopping ! x