Halloween Countdown

Every year I post a Halloween craft and this year is no different.  You may remember the Scary Lanterns and the Painted Halloween Plates that I posted in previous years and which are still being used today and look just as good as when I first made them.  With only 6 days left, I am running a little late this year but I have been working hard creating some cute Halloween wall decor.  This year it's in the form of plaquettes large and small.  Today I am posting on one of the bigger ones.  I will post again later in the week on the others

For this one, I used a range of media from acrylics, tissue paper and print paper to sharpies etc. and ended up with this flying witch wall plaquette for my front door.  It has been given several coats of varnish so that it's weatherproof but this would look equally as nice as an indoor decoration.  It got the thumbs up from my DS so that's the main thing!!  Hope you enjoyed looking, let me know what you think by leaving a comment.  Have a scary Halloween!

Jewellery Box - Painted & Découpaged

Those of you who follow Funky-Junk on Facebook or Instagram will already have seen the transformation of this little jewellery box but of course I want to make sure that all my blog followers get to see it, so here you go.

As you can see from the pics below (scroll down), it was just plain wood to start and needed a little life added.  I started by painting the exterior all over in beige, two coats of chalk paint did the job and it was ready for découpage. Inside the box I first used a pink paint as a base and then went ahead and découpaged over it with a lovely pink floral napkin by Carolyn Donnelly.

I knew I didn't want the exterior of the box the same as the interior but wasn't sure what look I wanted.  I dug down deep into my stash of napkins (I have hundreds!) and found a lovely one that I had been given as a gift.  As you can see it has a vintage oriental look which really suits the box (I had already used one of these on a plaquette in an earlier post - see it here).  Once I had decided that this was the one, I mixed some green paint to match the colour of the bamboo in the design and used it to paint the sides and the borders.  I didn't think the borders looked good in green so changed them to gold and I'm so happy that I did as I think it really sets off the look.  The flowers on the sides were cut from the napkin and then découpaged on.  I finished it off by sealing it with wax and giving it a good buffing.

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Découpaged & Painted Trinket Box

I found these little wooden trinket boxes in a local craft store and thought they'd be great for a couple of quick découpage projects.  I used some owl paper napkins that I had been given recently as a gift and I mixed up some acrylics to make the pink colour that I used to paint it with.  On the inside I used acrylics 'linen' with 'gold' around the edges.  The gold was new at the time and I was itching to give it a go, its a great colour for all kinds of projects as it's really 'goldy' - it actually looks like real melted down gold.

I painted the box pink first (two coats) - the great thing about acrylics is they dry really quickly so while the paint was drying I cut out the owls and got my glue ready.  As you can see in the photos I glued the owls over the opening and when dry I used a craft knife to cut along the edge to separate the top and the bottom of the box.  After the inside was painted I couldn't resist painting some gold edging around each owl!!!  A few coats of sealant afterwards and it was finished.

What do you think I should use for my next trinket box?  Let me know by clicking on 'Comment' at the end of this post.