BGC#67 - Egg carton tutorial

Hello friends !

This month this about to end already !!!

How time is flying by ...  Btw we are loving all the entries so far !

Gorgeous work everyone !

Hope you are enjoying all the DT inspirations as well . 

As promised i am pleased to share my mixed media egg carton tute with you. 

Here is how to start 

•  Start off by taking an egg carton it could be a 6 egg , 12 egg or a 15 egg one like i am using here.

•  Tear off the labels , as much as you can .

•  Use a 12x12 design paper for the next step. 
• I am using this one that i have been hording for years ! Bought this from itsy bitsy and i thought it will be perfect for a spring project.

•  Trim / cut the design paper according to the size of the lid.
• Line up the design paper at the front and keep in place with a paper clip

•  Now open the box and mark the holes with a pencil from inside as shown above.

•  Cut out an X shape in tiny pencil marks we created and stick them inwards to have clean holes. 
• Now stick the rest of the sheet with adhesive.
• Make sure its aligned properly.

•  Now add some gesso to the top. 
• I am mostly covering the reds and blues in the pattern paper to bring out the green.

•  Next take a big die cut piece and ink it in your color of choice. 
• I have used spellbinders fleur de elegance die for the cut and used shabby shutters distress ink pad to ink the die cut. 
• Over which spary some gold mist. 
• I did spary some extra splash of water on top to make the ink react with it. Let this dry

•  Now add some washi tape at places you think best.

•  Time for some random stamping ! 
• Once the stamping is dry spray some mist . 
• Since i have used and acrylic gesso my mist spray is not totally seeping into the paper (Which is what i was going for)

•  Because now i can just tilt my box to create the drop effect ! 
• At this stage you can add more colors of mists or let this one dry .
• You can use a heat tool to dry the whole thing faster.

• Now time to layer things up ! 

• Next up comes another layer of die cut over which i will place my sentiment. 
• Use dimentional foam dots to lift things off the base . 

•  Now you can finally layer all your embellishments as you please! 

 So hope that you liked my tips this month. 

There are still a few days left to enter the Spring Green challenge !

Join us HERE

 

BGC#67 :Spring green with Spring elements. Shubhra

                                                                 Hey Folks

I am so excited to see your participation in the ongoing Spring challenge here at BGC and equally excited to witness Spring in New York ! With flowers everywhere, we crafters sure drive inspiration, after all no project is complete without flowers.

We still have a week for this challenge and you can link up your creations here , just make a quick note of the challenge guidelines as below

1.     Make any paper crafted project (Card , mixed media , altered item etc) with      Green being the prominent color .

2.     Add Spring elements to it for e.g. grass, flowers, sunny day scene, Easter related    items such as bunnies, birds or anything that shouts Spring!!!

3.      Make sure you explain in your post what spring elements you have used.

4.      Link back to our challenge .

5.      Deadline 1^st April to 30^th April.

As for my inspiration, I wanted to do an altered Tim Holtz clock since long and so came up with this.

I found a perfect statement to welcome spring "Be Bright, Be You"! Winters had really taken that away and it was all blue...

I kept the colors to a minimum focusing only on green, pink (of course ! ) and golden :D. Did you notice the golden bee, angel and golden maple leaf, golden pollen, gold painted lamp post and the cute telephone resting on some fur inside. !!

                       I hope you like it and waiting to see more of you joining us in this challenge.
                                                 Once again, link up your creations here.

Hugs
Shubhra

BGC#67 - Spring green with spring elements. Aneta

Hello, dear crafters!

I've seen your spring projects and I'm really impressed And that's only the middle of the month and our spring challenge!
I'm very happy that quite new crafters joined us. I hope, that you will stay with us longer.

If you want to play with us this month, don't forget about the challenge guadlines:

1.      Make any paper crafted project (Card , mixed media , altered item etc) with green being the prominent color .

2.      Add spring elements to it for e.g. grass, flowers, sunny day scene, Easter related items such as bunnies, birds or anything that shouts spring!!!

3.      Make sure you explain in your post what spring elements you have used.

4.      Link back to our challenge .

5.      Deadline 1^st April to 30^th April.

We have great prizes for you, which are:

Prize 1:    A wonderful prize from   

Prize 2: 

  is generously donating a  GV worth 500 INR .

It's time for my spring inspiration.It's a name day card.
I wanted to keep it in optimistic spring colours and that are also my favourite spring colours.You can see them everywhere, when spring begins.

 I used also craft base. I like it with combination with white colour. 

Do you like it?

If you want to share with us your spring creation, add your link here.

Spring and sunny greetings,

Aneta

BGC#67 : Spring Green with Spring Elements! with Bipasha

Hello..Hello Helloo Wonderful bloggers!!! It's Bipasha with you here  :)

How have you been doing??

You all might have been enjoying our current challenge and April is already in its mid week!

I  have been following all your creations linked to our Mr Linky tool for our ongoing challenge and they all are soo mind-boggling! 

BGC#67 - Spring Green with Spring Elements!

Let me first quickly walk you through the challenge guidelines ...

1.      Make any paper crafted project (Card , mixed media , altered item etc) with Green being the prominent color .

2.      Add Spring elements to it for e.g. grass, flowers, sunny day scene, Easter related items such as bunnies, birds or anything that shouts Spring!!!

3.      Make sure you explain in your post what spring elements you have used.

4.      Link back to our challenge .

5.      Deadline 1^st April to 30^th April.

N.B. Please go through the challenge guidelines carefully to qualify your entry for the challenge and who knows! You can be a winner and win amazing goodies from our generous sponsors!! 

Now onto my inspiration:

An Easter Egg Money Bank it is!

And here is the overall look:

RECIPE:

1.I used a plain foam egg for the base and made a slit to insert coins and cut out a circular opening at the bottom base with a removable enclosure to open the bank.

2.Used the gloss gel to adhere the selected green punched out layers onto the base and embellished it accordingly with all the elements. I glued down all the elements using  Prima's 3D gloss and yes! Its done :)

Ingredients: 3D gloss gel, Graphic 45 "time to flourish" die cuts, Martha Stewart hydrangea & Frond Punches,Foam Egg,Twine, Charms, Seam binding, Tim Holtz metal frame

Thanks for stopping by :)

Hope my creation inspires you and don't forget to play along with us here

Much love xx

Bipasha

BGC#67 - Easter Egg Carton !

Hello BGC readers !!! 

Its PJ back this month with a new post :)

We are loving all your new and fresh spring green projects ! Keep them coming :) 

Lets look at the challenge rules again

BGC#67 - Spring Green with Spring Elements!

Challenge Guidelines :

1.      Make any paper crafted project (Card , mixed media , altered item etc) with Green being the prominent color .

2.      Add Spring elements to it for e.g. grass, flowers, sunny day scene, Easter related items such as bunnies, birds or anything that shouts Spring!!!

3.      Make sure you explain in your post what spring elements you have used.

4.      Link back to our challenge .

5.      Deadline 1^st April to 30^th April.

Please welcome our sponsors!!!

Prize 1:    A wonderful prize from   

 

 Perfect Motifs Double-Sided Paper Pad 6"X6" 18/Pkg - From 5 Top Collections

And
Art Ingredients Mica Flakes 1oz

Prize 2: 

 is generously donating a  GV worth 500 INR .

So since its easter i decided to make a easter egg carton ! :)
for which i altered a regular egg carton .

 I went a little mixed media with this. Some of the flowers are handmade.

 I have used spellbinders dies for the center , there is a bit of stamping here and there.

And thats how the insides looks !! with a few eggs and treats :)
i think i will use this later to store some tiny buttons etc.
Its always fun to have handy storage options !!

In my next post this month i will be sharing a tutorial on how i did the top of the carton .
So keep an eye on this space !!

You can link your challenge entry HERE

BGC#67 - Spring Green with spring elements!

       

                Hello crafty friends!!! A big thank you to everyone who participated in our last challenge ‘mixed media’.  It was really nice to see all your wonderful creations :)

       As spring has sprung and we are beginning to see a lot of colors around us.  Going with the season, I welcome you to our brand new monthly challenge for April!! 

BGC#67 - Spring Green with Spring Elements!

By now you would have guessed that this challenge is all about spring and we would love and looking forward to see your spring themed creations for this month.

Here are the challenge guidelines:

Challenge Guidlines :

1.      Make any paper crafted project (Card , mixed media , altered item etc) with Green being the prominent color .

2.      Add Spring elements to it for e.g. grass, flowers, sunny day scene, Easter related items such as bunnies, birds or anything that shouts Spring!!!

3.      Make sure you explain in your post what spring elements you have used.

4.      Link back to our challenge .

5.      Deadline 1^st April to 30^th April.

Please welcome our sponsors!!!

Prize 1:    A wonderful prize from   

Prize 2: 

 is generously donating a  GV worth 500 INR .

For this challenge, I have decorated an ATC BOOK BOX by Graphic 45 using the variety of papers from this line. It is a memory box with tags that I will use to store all my spring memories. 

The box opens to reveal altered ATC tags decorated with beautiful papers.

The spring greetings

I have embellished it with green flowers, ribbons and decorated with patterned papers that are full of spring elements like butterflies, green plants and spring colors. 

Hope you like my project so do join in the fun :)

zubmomi