Wooden Home Decor Tray by DT Megha

Hello Crafty Folks,

A very good morning to you all. Today is my first post for the Rainbow Craftykari blog and I am excited. 

I have a Picture Tutorial of a Wooden Tray with Decoupage and Resin. I will take you through the steps of making a beautiful utility tray and, you don't need many supplies to make this kind of a project. Here is a look at what I made:

Here's a video flip through:

Step 1: 
I had this wooden tray which is approximately 14 inch in length. You can take any size tray. To begin with, arrange the butterflies on the tray and take a picture of it for reference.

Step 2:
Begin by painting the tray. For this I gave a coat of sky blue and grey chalk paint on the insides and edges of the tray. I dabbed the paint with a sponge dabber so there is a texture on the tray. One can use any paint, chalk paint dries up quickly specially in this summer season.

Step 3:
After the paints dries, further enhance the design by using a pattern stencil. With the help of a woodgrain pattern stencil and brown chalk paint, I added another element of design to the inner sides of the tray.

Step 4:
Next, paint the outside of the tray. I gave a coat of brown chalk paint on the outside of the tray and after it dried, with the help of a stone pattern stencil and sky blue and grey chalk paint, I added pattern to the outsides of the tray.

I reversed the colours which were inside the tray on the outside of the tray to maintain monotony in colour.

Step 5:
Remember the butterflies we arranged and clicked a picture, time to arrange and adhere them now, you can use any glue as long as the butterfly adheres flat on the base of the tray, apply a coat of varnish or glue which dries transparent on the base of the tray to protect the butterflies.

Step 6:
Coat the inside of the tray with resin, making it user friendly.For this, use Resin that is Clear and Hardner in 1:1 ration. Pour them in separate containers in equal amounts and the mix the Hardner into the Clear liquid with the help of a stick, please handle these with gloves on and use disposable cups.

Step 7:

Keep the tray on a flat surface and pour the contents of the cup on to the tray, with the help of a stick you can move the liquid to the corners and blow the bubbles with the help of a heat gun from a distance.

Leave for a day or over night to let it set and dry.

With that done, our tray is now ready. Here are some more pictures:

Supplies Used:

• Wooden Tray
• Chalk paints (sky blue, grey, brown)
• Stencils
• Butterfly Die-cuts
• Decoupage Glue
• Clear and Hardner (Resin)
• Plastic Cups & Wooden Stick
• Heat Gun, Sponge Dabbers, Palettes

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Happy Creating!
Megha

Elegantly Chic Shadow Box by DT Khushboo

Bonjour Crafters!

This is Khushboo here, back with an Inspiration Post this time. I often do colorful projects and work with color schemes. But for my latest project, I chose a different route. I've created a gorgeous 'Elegantly Chic Shadow Box' in a purely Black-and-Red relationship.

Setting up a shadow box, and further yet, creatively embellishing it is a lot of fun! It brings out the kid in me if nothing else. To arrange every single box/space is very cool! You can spin a different story in every space and yet make it all very cohesive on the whole.

My inspiration for this Shadow Box was Papericious' beautiful paper pack called 'Mi Estilio' - very stylish and extremely elegant. So once I knew what my central theme for the shadow box would be, I started collecting all my related embellishments and creative ideas. The result is as follows:

A Brief for creating this 'Elegantly Chic Shadow Box':

Shadow boxes come in different shapes and sizes, and with randomly sized inside spaces too. Select the one that appeals to you and get started.Cover the entire shadow box with 2 coats of black gesso (since I'm going with a black-and-red theme). Let it dry thoroughly between and after every coat.

 

Now color the whole box with black acrylic paint and let it dry completely.
Measure the inside box length and width and cut up your pattern paper accordingly.
Ink up the edges of the pattern paper with black and/or red distress inks and start gluing them down however you find them the most complementing.
Don't forget the sides of the shadow box. I've cut strips of pattern paper with random lengths and stuck them. They look dreamy!

Since my theme is 'Elegant and chic', I've embellished my shadow box with all royal-looking stuff like a chair, chandelier, photo frames, etc.
Papericious paper pack also has some beautiful shapes and motifs related to the theme like nail paint bottles, quotes, compact, lipstick, mascara, etc. I've used some of them here - on the front panel.

Finally, I've added glitter stickers like hearts and arrows on the floor of every space so as to not make it gaudy and yet maintain the elan. 

Materials used:

• Shadow Box 

• Black gesso 

• Black acrylic paint

• Papericious Paper Pack

• Black cardstock

• Metal embellishments

• Resin embellishments

• Papericious clock embellishments

• Glitter stickers

• Metal chain

• Paper flowers

• Flower pot

• Fillers

Hope you guys enjoyed my creations and the tutorial. Can't wait to see how you add your own twist to this!

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That's it from me, folks!

Khushboo R. Gandhi