A Trio of Boxes

Hi all!  I am sharing my second project using Vignette Boxes - but with a very different take than my last post.  This time I turned the boxes over and used the back side to create a Home Decor piece. Since each Vignette Box is a hard surface, it's easy to cover and (my favorite part) you can use tack nails to add things like a Hinge Clip and a Mini Pocket Watch.

This trio of boxes was enhanced using the new Vignette Finial Set (two sets are needed to complete the trio).   The largest set was used with the largest Vignette Box and the smaller finials were used with the remaining two boxes.
Each set was painted with Weathered Wood Distress paint (2 coats).  Once dry, I sanded off a bit of paint then added Crazing Medium over the top.  Once that was dry, I added Distress Ink with my Blending Tool then sprayed it with water so the ink would run into the cracks that were creating with the Crazing Medium.
When the Finial sets were to my liking, I adhered them to the finished pieces with Collage Medium and let them dry over night.

Memoranda paper was adhered to each of the Vignette Boxes with Collage Medium, then a layer of Crazing was added over the top of the paper.  Once the Crazing was dry, I added Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a bit of water to fill in the Crazing cracks. 

Design Tape Rose and Postal, Clippings, and Ephemera Snippets were added to each box.  The Snippets are super tiny pieces of Ephemera (so useful in tight spaces).

Ephemera - Snippets

Design Tape -  ROSE

 Design Tape - Postal

On the smallest one, I added a Mini Pocket Watch (without the back) and a tiny butterfly from the Snippets pack.  The number and the words come from the Clippings Sticker sheet.

Well, I hope this weeks Vignette Box posts have given you a reason to try them if you have been putting it off.  I think we have just scratched the surface of what can be done with the boxes - so here's to new ideas and definitely more creativity! 
Have a great weekend!
Now carry on,
paula

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