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Pigment swatches caddy by Priss

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Hello Rubber Dance lovers!!! Priss here today. I was looking for a space to store my color swatches. There are already many  and they no longer fit where I had them, so I made this caddy to store them. The funniest thing is that I start from a little box where my cat's food cans come. To open the box I have to remove a strip of cardboard, which allows the box to be folded to form this small two-zone basket. I love to recycle these boxes into little baskets to store my art supplies. I then prepare them with gesso and make a collage with my painted papers, that I previously stamped here and there with my favorites stamps of the sets  Mixed Media Marks #3  and  Grungy Stuff .  Sometimes, once the box is covered with the paper, I apply small dabs of acrylic paint with my fingers, to make some areas stand out more. And I also like to apply additional texture with stencils and white modeling paste. I usually paint inside the box with acrylic paint in a colo...

Recycled Box with video by Katka Dachovska

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Hi, Kate here I would like to invite to my video tutorial where I recycle shoe box into beautiful storage item for my craftroom.   material: - gelli prints made with - PENCIL MARKS #1 - decoupage glue - old box - brush Have a nice day Kate     

Altered Tag Box - Tutorial

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Hello Everyone, Shilpa here, Confession-  I am a scrap stash hoarder. And it was piling up... I had to take action :) I made bunch of Tags with bigger size papers and  which can be used for my future projects. and there was empty Dove Soap box... which I wanted to upcycle!! I removed box flaps.  On tissue paper, I stamped text using Rubber Dance Art defined stamp and black archival ink. And adhered it to whole box using Mod Podge glue. I decided to use acrylic paints and as a primer, I applied white gesso to the surface using sponge. It covered some part of surface and gave beautiful texture. I chose blue and green acrylic paints. I applied them on the box using sponge again... I love that effect. On another paper, I applied acrylic paint (DecoArt Razzle Berry), let it dry completely. Onto that, I stamped these beautiful hearts using Rubber Dance I heart Art stamp set and black archival ink and cut them out. ...