This is another project that was the result of my playing around with my StamPress by Clearsnap for a product review on Craft Critique. (You can see the product review by clicking here.)
The first project used a panel of polymer clay that was impressed using the StamPress. You can see the resulting decorative box by clicking here.
This little box was made using a charm from shrink plastic. I had not played with my shrink plastic stash for some time, and was curious how it would come out from the StamPress. (It came out fine!)
It started with a stamp wheel designed by Paula Best, which I used to print on white semi-transparent shrink plastic with Coal Black Ancient Page ink.
I trimmed two of the fairies (goddesses?) close to the image, and then colored them on the front, lightly, with pastels, using cotton swabs.
After shrinking, I chose the smaller of two to embellish a teeny paper mache box. She was covered in Crystal Effects to get her high gloss finish. And she is framed by gold foil (which came with the StampPress).
The photo above gives an idea of scale- the green box is a 4" diameter box, and is 2" tall. My little box was painted magenta on teh bottom, and white on the top with plain old acrylic paint. I used my trusty Krylon gold leafing pen to edge the top of the box.
Perfect for a little gift of jewelry, or maybe even as a tooth fairy box for a special little girl? Or just for fun!!
