Paper Artsy

This week on the Paper Artsy blog, Liesbeth Fidder made a sewing tin complete with small pockets, all covered with lovely stamping. I loved her altered tin but I will need to wait until the next barbecue/bonfire before I can make my own. In the meantime, I thought I would have a go with a box that can't get the fire treatment! Sara Naumann made a beautiful book cover using tissue papers, a photo and the stamps she designed for Paper Artsy and I used this idea to customise a plastic glass case (see Sarah's project and video here) albeit without the photo.

First I applied some Distress inks (Antique Linen, Tattered Rose and a touch of Walnut) to a piece of tissue paper.
I used stamps from ESN07 and one from LCP012. I had to ink up the latter as I won it recently in a previous Paper Artsy challenge (sadly only a small portion remains on the finished article).
I then glued the tissue with gloss gel medium and realised the colour was too pale so I mixed a glaze with Walnut distress re-inker and gel medium. I wished I'd had Vintage photo instead as it is a lot warmer and less potent but if I still don't like it in a few days I will add orange tones.

Thanks for coming by,