Ribbon Box

By Ros Allman

Scrappers Solutions

 072 731 5503

Requirements

• Wooden ribbon box
• Paint brush
• Ink eye (inking pad)
• Sponge block
• Blending solution
• Masking tape
• ½ pearls (flat on one side)
• Decorative lace tape
• Wooden embellishments
• Spray Craft Varnish

Instructions

Step 1:

• Paint the box white and the lid an off white colour like mushroom.

Step 2:

• Apply some ink to the lid with an ink eyepad. Blend the ink using blending solution & spongeblock.

Step 3:

• Apply the paper lace, remember to keep the backing strip to use as a stencil for the base of the box.

Step 4:

• Stick a piece of masking tape just above the width of the “lace” strip on the base of the box
• Secure the lace stencil with masking tape at either end; place it at the base of the box, using the brown ink eye sponge the ink onto the stencil.

Step 5:

• Remove the masking tape and lace backing strip & touch up the base as you did the lid to age it.

Step 6:

• To finish off your box, add the wooden embellishments, buttons to the lid and sides of the box & apply the ½ pearls onto the lace strip on the lid. Spray on the varnish and let it dry.

Coffee Station

Coffee Station

By Ros Allman

Scrappers Solutions

 072 731 5503

Requirements

• Wooden coffee bar unit
• Coffee Bar sign
• Heritage acrylic paint. We used Honey Suckle
• Heritage Kwik Crack
• Paint brushes
• Sand paper (fine grit)
• Spray Craft Varnish
• Glue

Instructions

• Step 1:

Pour some paint out onto a plate and dilute the paint by 20% with water. Paint the coffee station with one coat of diluted paint, using a sponge applicator brush. Apply a second coat of paint, this time undiluted, and let it dry.

• Step 2:

Apply an even coat of Kwik Crack over the painted surface. Be careful not to touch it as this will make a smudge. Wait for it to dry completely.  Kwik Crack will only work when applied between two layers of acrylic paint.

• Step 3:

You need to dilute paint again for this step by adding 10-20% water.  Load the brushwith paintand paint one layer with a firm smooth movement. Don’t go over an area you have already done again, you only get one chance to make it right.

• Step 4:

For and aged or antique lookuse sand paper to sand away some of the white paint to reveal the wood underneath.

• Step 5:

To seal off your coffee station spray it with a clear varnish sealer like Seal Skin from Heritage paints. 

Guest Details:

Ros Allman of Scrappers
Solutions: 072 731 5503