I have been meaning to tackle this for a while, but couldn't decide exactly how I wanted to decorate it. I decided to go with a faux leather effect (Kraft card treated with glycerine and water and screwed up, and when dry I applied distress inks and distress oxides). The faux leather was cut up into small pieces and applied to the box with heavy duty gel both under and over it. When this was dry I highlighted all the "seams" with gold Nuvo drops.
I then applied random bits of screwed up tissue to the base with watered-down pva, to create a different "leather" effect. This was then painted with various shades of oxides, and distress inks and acrylic paint.
I then created a buckled hat band from Hearty clay and a Katy sue mould, which I then painted in various shades of brown and highlighted the buckle with gilding wax (but decided it didn't show up enough so made it more 3D with more gold Nuvo drops.
I then created a buckled hat band from Hearty clay and a Katy sue mould, which I then painted in various shades of brown and highlighted the buckle with gilding wax (but decided it didn't show up enough so made it more 3D with more gold Nuvo drops.
I painted a selection of MDF cogs and a "star" embellishment with Pentart Rusty Effect and Patina paints.
Finally the whole thing was sprayed with Spray and Shine.
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| The faux leather effect |
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| How it started off |
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