Today I will show you how to make amazing vintage style book shaped trinket box. Follow my tutorial
Materials:
wooden book shape box
white primer or white acrylic paint
classic or rice paper for decoupage, ( or your own image printed used laser printer)
matt acrylic paint
metallic paint
porporina or mica powder
decoupage glue
web crackle lacquer
structure paste
liquid patina or bitumen
varnish
1. Sand your box and cover with white primer. When dry sand the again to get a smooth surface.
2. Select the paper. I used a classic and rice paper for decoupage
3. Mark the location of the paper on the box
4. Use pieces of creased newspaper to create the texture around decoupage. I used PVA glue for gluing newspaper. Normally I do not use PVA glue in my projects, as it leaves unsightly marks after drying. In this case, the surface will be re-painted, so PVA is more than enough.
5. Paint with white acrylic paint
6. Now some dark brown paint... Pleas note: if you decided to use rice paper for your theme, leave space under decoupage painted with white paint
7. Highlight some parts with metallic paint, and while the paint is still wet, with fingers apply some porporina. I used red and royal gold porporina.
8. Soak paper in a water for a while (skip this step for rice paper)
9. Dry with paper towel
10. Gluing. Remember to remove any air bubbles
11. Two step crackle
Apply Step 1 crackle lacquer and wait until dry. Then apply step 2. Please note: both layers should be fairly thick Cracks appear after about 6 hours
12. Fill cracks with antique paste, oil paint or liquid patina
13. Glue rice paper inside your box (once dry, remove any excess using sandpaper)
14. Apply a thin layer of structure paste on the sides of the box
15. Use a toothpick to draw pages. When the paste is dry paint with acrylic paint (I'm not perfect as you can see ;) )
16. Use liquid patina to highlight the pages, wipe with a cloth while it is still wet. Or you can use acrylic paint mixed with drying time extender
17. Paint the box according to your taste. Use liquid patina to give an aged look, finish with varnish.
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