Box Bonanza with Eileen Hull – Paper Scrap Storage

This month Eileen Hull's theme is "Box Bonanza"! Over the years, Eileen has designed many different box/container dies and the Teams were tasked with creating with them for the month of September. I chose to use one of her newest dies, the Slotted Treat Box Die (Plus sized die), to create a caddy to organize scrap paper bits.

I used two Slotted Treat Box bases adhered together to form the caddy (scroll down for tutorial).

I sandwiched a 'handle' made from a Card Caddy Die cut in between the two boxes.

I got into my mixed media groove to decorate the outsides of the caddy and played with a new to me medium, DecoArt Wax Effects Paint. It is a water based paint that looks like encaustic wax when it dries. So cool!

Here is some of the 'how-to':

Step 1 – I cut all the pieces out of mat board. I didn't worry about decorating the two inner sides that were going to be glued together anyway.

Step 2 – I made stamps to collage onto the backgrounds. I used retired Tim Holtz Collage Paper, but you could also use deli sheets or coffee filters. I inked the paper with Distress Spray Stain, did a little stamping/stenciling on it and then cut it with the Slimline & Tickets Die Set. (Later on I did another batch of these with a blue background.)

Step 3 – Here is a look at the all the base layers done. Some stamping, stenciling and collaging. In the next step I added the Aged Beeswax Wax Effects paint with a palette knife over the top of it all.

Most of the stamping I did with Archival ink but I did add a bit with regular Picked Raspberries Distress Ink. I noticed that it was smearing a little underneath the Wax Effects paint. I went back to the sides I hadn't done yet and added a layer of Distress Micro Glaze over those problem areas to seal it. That worked great and the ink didn't smear at all. NOTE: I did not add the Wax Effects paint on the box glue tabs!

Step 4 – Here are all the sides done. When the paint was dry, I glued on die cuts, the blue collage stamps and did some final stamping on top of everything with Mermaid Lagoon Archival Ink.

Step 5 – Assembly! I glued the two boxes together and when they were all dry, glued them together with the handle in between. I also glued the whole unit onto a piece of foam core board to give it added strength and support.

To hide the seam where the boxes were glued together, I filled in the cracks with hot glue and then covered them with extra collage paper.

Probably could have filled the crack even more. Next time!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to keep an eye on Eileen's blog for more inspiration from the Educator and Inspiration Teams.

Supplies used:

Eileen Hull Plus Die - Slotted Treat Box Die  ( Sizzix, SB )
Eileen Hull Die Set - Mini Slimline & Tickets ( Sizzix, SB, FJ )
Eileen Hull Die Set - Shadowbox Frames #1 ( Sizzix, SB )
Eileen Hull Die - Card Caddy ( Sizzix, SB )
Tim Holtz Die Set - Mischievous ( SB, FJ )
Tim Holtz Die Set - Abstract Elements ( Sizzix, SB, FJ )
Tim Holtz Stamp Sets - Mesh & Linen, Halftone & Rings, Grunged, Eccentric, Rockstar
Dina Wakley Stencil - Pointed

Sizzix Mat Board
Tim Holtz Plain Collage Paper - retired
Distress Collage Medium - Matte
Distress Micro Glaze
DecoArt Wax Effects - Aged Beeswax

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