PANDORA'S BOX,... well, Marion's...

It was recently my very good interiend's birthday, my interiend, Marion, is now a good crafty friend who I met on facebook sometime ago. We speak every day, along with a few other mischievous ladies... and I will leave it at that... er hum... it was recently Marion's birthday and as friends do, I made and sent her a card. But, me being me, shoved it through the postbox instead of going in the the post office. A few days later, after Marion's birthday had gone, I got a message from Marion saying she had recieved, not my card, but a letter from the post office saying they were holding a card as it had the incorrect postage!!!
Great!!! So as I failed to send her a card this year, I thought I would make up for it and use my lovely melt pot to make her this chest.

Happy Birthday Marion!!!!!! hip hip....

I took the fastenings and hinges off and painted the box with ivory emulsion paint (for some reason I'm loving using emulsion for a base coat lately...) then inked with Weathered Wood Distress Ink. 

I got out the melt pot and melted some yummy bees wax... mmmm.... I stamped on to tissue and adhered it with the bees wax on the inside of the lid.

I stamped directly on the outside of the box with Archival Ink and painted over it with the bees wax to create create texture. 

I made some flowers and dipped them in the bees wax along with some silk leaves and added them to the lid of the chest.

I melted some clear UTEE in the melt pot and covered a silver butterfly charm with it then used a flower shape cutter to create the shape. I made three of these and put them on the lid with the paper flowers.

I recently purchased the Katy Sue buttons mould and thought this would be a good time to play with it. I filled the mould with the clear UTEE after it had been in the pot for a while so it was quite an amber colour. 

I was going to colour the buttons but thought they looked lovely and also gives Marion the option to colour them if she chooses. 

I really enjoyed creating with the melt pot for this project and enjoyed making it even more because I knew Marion was going to receive it.

Bits and Bobs I used....

* wooden chest box

* patterned paper 

* Weathered Wood Distress Ink

* leaves

* clear UTEE

* bees wax

* flower mould

* Katy Sue button mould

* butterfly charms

* button florals stamp set

* cosmetic tissue 

I would like to enter this creation in the following challenge:

Artful Times - challenge 50 anything goes

Rhedd's Creative Spirit - march challenge