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Victorian Wedding Box 
By
Cindy Seabright
Trailblazers
Paper Arts & Multi Media Team Designer
Brides are popping up all over since Summer is the time when most couples plan
weddings. Being a June Bride myself, I always think of my own Wedding Day! I
love to save things such as ticket stubs, a lock of hair, and that ‘piece of
veil’ that I stepped on. I guess everyone has a little romance lingering
inside. I thought that this would be a perfect time to make something a little
sentimental to put all those little, meaningful mementos in. I hope that you
will catch a glimpse of a bygone era when you make this hat box.
Although it looks elegant and expensive, the cost to make this project is
minimal.
Supplies:
•
Booking Set (CTMH)
• Soft Rose
Ink Pad (Memories)
• I Sheet
Heavy Pink Cardstock
• Paper
Mache Oval or Round Box (Walmart or any Variety Sore)
• Gesso
(Delta)
• Rose
Cloud (Delta Ceramcoat)
• Village
Green (Delta Ceramcoat)
• #10 Flat
Brush (unknown)
• Polybrush
• Sewing
Machine (or used pre-stitched cardstock)
• Pink Silk
Thread (Jo Anns Fabrics)
• Crocheted
Lace (Jo Anns Fabrics or any Craft Store)
• Gold
Metallic Paper (Leaving Prints or Provo)
• Roses
(Hobby Lobby)
• Tassels
(Wrights-Fabric Store)
• YES Paste
(TAC)
• Gold
Leafing Pen (Krylon)
• Victorian
Wedding Certificate
• Ultra
Fine Glitter Pee Wee Set (Barbara Tromley)
• Orbis
Circle Cutter
• Pale Pink
Pearls (Hobby Lobby)
• Light
Pink Eyelash Fibers (Fibers by the Yard)
• Paper
Cutter (Fiskars 12”)
• Grid
Cutting Mat for Work Surface (Creative Memories)
• HP
Scanjet 3970
• Photo
Software
• Xyron
Adhesive
Instructions:
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The bottom and top
of the box must be gessoed. Using your brush, apply the gesso in one
direction when you prepare the piece. When applying the Acrylics, you are
going to leave an appearance of antiquing. It does not have to be a solid
coat. The more white spaces that are left, the more aged it will look.
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Once the Gesso is
dry, apply Village Green with the Polybrush. This will be a dry brushed
effect. Prep your brush with paint and brush most of the paint out on a
palette or Viva paper towel. With this dry brush, scrub the paint on.
Repeat this process until all areas have color. Refer to photo for color
placement. Using the Rose Cloud paint, apply the same technique on the
inside of the box and around the edge of the top.
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After both pieces
are completely dry, use your Orbis circle cutting tool to center the top
where you will use the Gold Leafing Pen. If you do not have this tool, use
any item that is a circle such as a plate, etc. Using the leafing pen, make
a circle smaller then the top of the box.
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At this time, cut
the pink cardstock 2” wide. Make sure you have a big enough piece to go
around the box. Using your sewing machine and silk thread, sew any
attractive pattern of your choice onto the cardstock (or use pre-sewn
cardstock).
 Run
this cardstock through the Xyron machine and apply the cardstock around the
bottom of the box. Place the lid back onto the box and put the pink
cardstock where no green will show after it is placed on the bottom.
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Take your Gold
Leafing Pen and very carefully go around the edge of the pink paper at the
bottom and top. Refer to photo. This will complete the bottom of the box!
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With the Yes paste,
put the lace around the edge of the box top. When the lace is dry, glue the
pearls around the box on top of the lace. Set aside to air dry.
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Use your Xyron or
other adhesive to attach the rectangle piece of gold metallic paper to the
box lid.
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Adhere the Wedding
Certificate in an attractive angle over the metallic gold paper. I
carefully filled in the information about my Wedding on the certificate
beforehand. It is quite small so if you feel you can not write that small
it can have just lines giving the effect of writing.
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Apply very small
squiggles of glue randomly to the box lid and sprinkle on the ultra fine
glitter.
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Arrange roses to
your liking. I added some glitter to the petals of those, also. Twist the
stems, trim, and tie a pretty ribbon in a bow. Wrap the tassel around the
stem and paste a little glue behind the roses using Yes paste. Refer to
photo for placement.
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Glue down the
eyelash fibers around the Gold Metallic Paper. Paste the Roses to the corner
of the certificate.
I hope you put lots of
goodies inside your Wedding Box and add this to your list of favorite projects.
They make great Wedding and Shower Gifts!
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