Tuesday 25 September 2007

Treasure box for Sasha



The Obscure range of papers and chipboard has a very masculine feeling about it, so my immediate thought was to create a treasure box for a boy to keep little bits and bobs. I had an old wooden Sachertorte box from Vienna for ages, and finally it was a time to do something with it. I have painted it with a powder blue acrylic inside and outside, and after it was dry, I made a collage of Obscure paper (6x6 size pad) and Undressed chipboard, which has been painted with powder blue, gold and buff tintanium acrylics. I have also attached two pieces of ribbon to the top with the double-sided tape (one ribbon comes from Obscure collection, another - Urban couture). The same methods were used to decorate the sides of the box. I also used Technique Tuesday/Pieces of Puzzle stamps to stamp several words on the sides...

13 comments:

Penny said...

Oh this is fabulous!! Have you given it to him yet? Looks like some very interesting things will be kept in there!

deb said...

Every little boy needs a secret stash box. Fantastic work Galina.

Galina Varese said...

He will most probably keep his treasured Jammy Dodgers in it, lol.

Gillian .... said...

Galina, this is gorgeous, love the colour palette you have chosen to work with, so much detail to take in, I'm sure sasha's jammy dodgers will be very well kept in there lol, love it:)

Emma said...

Absolutely fab!!!! love it! :o)

Anonymous said...

Perfect Jammy Dodgers stash box...you can never have too many Jammy Dodgers...and this way he gets to keep them all to himself ...fabulous work Galina. Very tactile- wonderful collection of shapes.

joanne wardle said...

ooo wonderful. children love boxes for their treasure even if they are just jammie dodgers!

Kaz said...

this is gorgeous, what a lovely idea, for keeping treasures in. gorgeous.

Anonymous said...

Awww - love it! Gorgeous work and I'll bet Sasha loves it too!

Anonymous said...

Just PERFECT!

xxxMarieke

Nellie said...

Oh Galina absolutely stunning! What a great colouring and layout. I'm sure he'll be thrilled with it

Crissi Harvey said...

wow its stunning love the colours you have used

Godelieve said...

Love this!