Thursday, May 27, 2010

Stampbord box

I took a class last weekend using Stampbord and I'm loving it! We were given a plain wood box and this is what I came up with. I inked the box, making sure to keep the center light and darker around the edges. I then overstamped this with the Hero Arts Manuscript stamp. The center medallion is an old stamp from Stamp It! that I borrowed. I wished I owned this stamp! ;-) I then got to scratching the image back. So fun! Added the Tim Holtz decorative feet and I was done.
Lined the box with some decorative patterned paper.

Here's a close-up of the scratched detail.

My girlfriend Michelle Ward is having a challenge on her blog here
which asks to challenge yourself with size. I choose to change my medium. I usually work with cards but I'm branching out ;-)

Here I thought I would show the small magnet I also made from a test piece. Nothing goes to waste. Hope you've enjoyed this post and TFL!

20 comments:

  1. This project is BEAUTIFUL! I just love the green!

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  2. wow what a beautiful project and welcome to blog land....popped over from Hero Arts Flickr....hugs kath xxx

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  3. What a gorgeous box! WOW... you did wonders.

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  4. This is SO yummy! That green is fantastic. It looks like the class was really fun. :)

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  5. Wow, WOw, WOW! This is truly a masterpiece! LOVE IT! So glad I found your blog-o!

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  6. Your box turned out really nice, Lisa! Perfect for little treasures - love those feet!

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  7. This is reall7 an amazing project! How did you do the scratching that you talked about? My sister is really into Celtic things and this would make a perfect gift for her so I would love to lift this idea. I see boxes all the time at Michaels for so cheap. Email me at shemainesmith@yahoo.com if you don't mind or if you know a link to a video on how to that would be just fab.
    I hope you will submit this to Sommerset or Scrapbook Trends Handmade

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  8. Fantastic box - LOVE the green! And the text... and the flower image. Okay - so I love it all!

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  9. This is so unbelievably gorgeous, Lisa! It turned out just perfect! The inside as well! Wonderfully done! Love it! :)

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  10. This is just beautiful.
    Very detailed.

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  11. Oh, that's gorgeous! I'm working on one of these at the moment and just love those feet for making the box really special. I LOVE your colour scheme and I have a very similar stamp from Magenta - don't know if they still do it or not.

    Glenda

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  12. OMG. *faints* Lisa came to play on the street team! HCIT? LOVE this box Lisa. Never heard of scratchbord but you are a great salesperson for it! *note to self: need some*. Looks divine! Thanks for sharing your stunning box, and for showing us the size you usually work in. You definitely stepped up the scale :)

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  13. What an amazing box, so beautiful. Could you explain more about this technique?

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  14. Wow! This is stunning Lisa! Love the colours you used. Such a gorgeous box!

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  15. I have never seen the scratched work before, it is wonderful. Love that green.

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  16. Hello Lisa,

    I don't understand completely how you did the scratching ( did you scratch paint away), but it looks great.
    Colorcombination is really nice and from what I see you are a person that likes to work perfect in the details ! Even the inside of the box looks perfect.

    greetings from Belgium
    Inge

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  17. Just gorgeous! I just love that green!

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  18. My goodness - this is incredible. I love it! And that centre medallion? I can see why you wish you had the stamp. Fabulous...

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