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. 

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