Tutorial Altered Pencil Box

Welcome!

Today a new tutorial,  how I made a pencil box in industrial grunge style. It's a new upcycling project, because I use two gift boxes without the covers. I was on search for a new masculine gift idea, it should be practical and not so colorful.

  

 

before and now

For this project you will need:
gift boxes without cover

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Woven Burlap

 7 gypsies Architextures FindingsTin Celing Tiles

  7Gypsies Ordre Du Jour Collection Seize the Day

Canvas Corp Artsy Sampler on Kraft 
DecoArt media Gesso white

 DecoArt Crackle Medium Weathered Wood
DecoArt Chalky Finish Paint Timeless

Sizzix Dies 'Gear' 

Tim Holtz 'Paper dolls' 

Inka Gold 'Hämatit'

 black textured paper

corrugated cardboard

chipboard 'Friend' + Embossing powder

metal embellishments 

old bookpages + grey and black acrylic paints for inner part

glue

brush

add a thin layer of white gesso, let it dry

now a thick layer of weathered wood crackle medium

tear cardboard in different sizes and glue it on the sides

painted all with Chalky finish 'Timeless'

use gear dies with self adhesive texture paper

now start with decorating

use Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist and spray it about the whole project, 

now the fine cracks of the crackle medium become visible

use a cut out from 
7Gypsies Ordre Du Jour Collection Seize the Day, glue it on a piece of thick cardstock,

 add with a 3D pad on front side

so it looks like a real drawer

I also use a photo from a little boy who is sitting on the box, a metall embellishment and a chipboard

with embossing powder

finally rubbed metall gloss paint 'Hämatit' over the rough surface using my fingers

 and the second box

the same procedure instead of corrugated cardstock

some pieces of old book pages

and variant decoration

Happy crafting!

Kerstin