Bookends or Treasure Boxes

 

I painted the drawers I took out the top part of the cabinet.

I added patterned papers in the back and bottom.

Used texture paste on the outsides and top.

Then I decided to paint them both in purple metallic acrylic.

And I also did the tops.

I then filled them in with mini bits and pieces.

I added some tulle on the bottom and heated it to curl around the bases.

They can either be used for bookends of display ornaments.

These are for sale in my online shop.

Cabinet of Horrors

 

I picked this jewellery cabinet up at the car boot last Sunday.

I painted it with black powertex and then took the door off and painted the inside.

Then I added some grit paste and covered the insides with Halloween patterned paper.

I created a shelf on the left hand side.

Then I decided to give it a coat of black paint with silver in it.

It looks quite good with the texture.

Close ups of the patterned papers in situ.

Then I filled the shelves with lots of tiny and mini horrors.

And from the side.

Then it stopped raining, so I took some photos outside.

From the left side.

From the right side.

Close up of the top left shelves.

Close up of the top right shelf.

And finally a close up of the bottom shelf.

This is for sale in my online shop.

RIP Tombstone (2)

 

I painted a few resin pieces in black.

I added some fibre paste onto the board at the top, then some halloween fabric underneath and lower down.

Glued everything down and waited for it to dry, whilst I worked on the bottom shelf.

Then I put it all together.

I used mini light bulbs in the eye sockets.

The treasure gold has brought out the texture at the top from the fibre paste.

This is for sale on my website here.

Skull Lantern

  

I picked up this small lantern at the car boot. It was red so I painted it with black powertex.

Thanks to Tracey Fox, I made these mini candles.

I filled the inside with 3 of the mini candles, 3 mini pumpkins, 3 small bones and a mini bottle with beads.

I added various metal pieces to the top and front edge.

I put the skull in as the centre piece.

One of the sides where I added webbed fabric to the window and two small bats to the top.

And the other side, where I added a large bat to the top and more webbing.

This will be going up for sale in my new website - https://aviarto.com/workshop/sam-b

RIP Tombstone

I had an upright mdf plaque from That's Crafty. I painted the front of the plaque with black powertex and added in small sand balls to create some texture. Then added the resin pieces and the three die cut letters. I dry brushed with white and silver.

I made some mini books by putting a piece of card around a square of corrugated cardboard.

I filled some small bottles up with beads and added a sticker and some string to some of them. I added some black to them and the paper flowers.

This is the base of the upright, I coloured a piece of cotton scrim with black spray  paint and glued it on.

Once dry, I placed the upright back in the slots and arranged the embellishments along the bottom.  

When I was happy with the placement I glued them down.

Close up of the dry brushing.

And finally I added gems to the eye sockets.

Miniature House

Over on Mini Marvels FB group Chris has set a challenge called miniature houses and we basically have free reign to make what we want for the swap, so I decided to go down the matchbox style route, but added a roof. I made the basic matchbox shape using pieces of chipboard. I found an image in a magazine and this more or less determined the size I ended up with, approx 9 cm x 7 cm.

I did exactly the same for the other side of the box. I stuck patterned paper on for the roof and stamped it in timber brown stazon with an Andy Skinner background stamp.

And this is what's inside.

Miniature Cabinets

These little cabinets measure 9 cm x 10 cm. This is the outer cover and was made for a birthday present for a friend.

And this is the inside housing miniature items made from beads, findings, wires, leather, 3d foam and charms.

Close up of the miniatures. The case and shelves are made from chipboard.

This is another one I made again for a friends birthday. Close up of the miniatures.

This is the cover, again it measures 9cm x 10 cm.

And this is it open. It's quite sturdy and free standing.

I hope they like them as they were fun to make.

To see how to make them check out this YouTube video from Jennings644, she makes some fabulous things.