A Trunk, A Trunk, Of Heavy Metal???

It's Monday Metal Madness! The challenge at Simon Says Stamp & Show this week is "Metal-ology"! Woohoo! From foil to tin buttons, silver paint to gold leafing pens, metal brads to gold copper glitter, or anything in between...this week the challenge is to incorporate some metal into your project!

 

This challenge was one I was thrilled about, but I wanted to do something I've never done to really make it a challenge for me. I knew I wanted to alter something, but didn't know what  until I found some inspiration, which just happens to be right in front of my feet every time I sit in 'my rocking chair'! It's my husband's late grandfather's trunk, which we use as our coffee table, and it also houses all of our games. It has seen many places, and I'm sure could tell many stories. It's made of metal and is cedar lined...it smells fabulous! It's priceless to me, as he was, and though it has had a few repair jobs in it's time and is due another soon, I will never part with it until it's time to go.

My Coffee Table

I purchased a super inexpensive paper mache box, and used Ranger's Adirondack Paint Dabber in Pitch Black to paint the edges, corners, and thin panels of the box, in and out.

Using Ranger's Metal Foil Sheets and Alcohol Ink, I tamped Watermelon and Red Pepper on. I let it dry.

I crumbled the metal foil up, and then ran the Pitch Black Dabber over it to highlight the wrinkles. I let it dry, and cut it to size to fit the trunk. I removed the backing and stuck in onto the trunk.

Using Rust and Pitch Black Alcohol Ink, I tried to give a very aged and distressed look to many of Tim's Idea-ology metal pieces and some latches I salvaged from on old broken box.. YUMMO!!! I thoroughly enjoyed this!

I die cut a few scrap pieces of Grunge Paper with  Tim's Sizzix Movers & Shapers Mini Styled Labels. I painted them with Pitch Black, distressed the edges, and used these to back the keyhole and latches.

Using the left over Metal Foil Sheet, I adhered it to Wendy's Clearly For Art Blackout. I die cut this using the Tattered Florals die, but only the medium six petal flower and the mini flower. I cut several, to make roses that Wendy taught me how to make.

It take two of the medium 6 petal flowers to make a rose. I cut one petal from one, and two from the other (Looks like a heart.). I also did the same with the mini flowers to use as filler pieces.

 I used heat from a heat tool to shape the flowers. I worked from underneath, and when the CFA became soft I pulled the petals together to form a flower shape. There is no need for glue yet, as CFA stays put once cooled. I made sure to curl the petals over when they were hot. I did the same thing with the one that two were cut off from. I snipped the bottoms to make a flat base and allow for a small hole. Then I shaped the 2 petal (Looks like a heart.) in half and curled the petals, and set these aside. I curled the single petal into a tube shape.

Using Glossy Accents, I stacked the tube shape single petal  into the 4 petal and that into the 5 petal. I snipped the tube petal on the bottom to match the other two. The rose was left to dry over night.

I stained pieces of Idea-ology Kraft Resist (With the definition of precious and treasure trove on them.) with Aged Mahogany and Barn Door Distress Stain. I cut them to fit the Ornate Frames, added some Chit Chat words, a wooden heart (Thanks Linda!), and filled them with Glossy Accents. I added these to the top of the trunk with a cameo from my collection, and adhered the metal roses.

I used more Idea-ology Kraft Paper and added Crowded Attic Papers which I colored with the same Stains and a little Weathered Wood as well. I gave them all a fine mist of Biscotti Perfect Pearls. I cut them to size to fit the inside of the box, inked the edges with Black Soot Distress Ink, and adhered them in place.

 

This will now house a booty of Creative Treasure...my ATC trades from so many of you from around the world!

Are you into metal madness like I am? Do you use a little here and there on most of your projects? If so, create your work of Art and enter it into our challenge. You just might be the lucky winner of a $50 voucher to Simon Says Stamp. You can also be named as one of the "Top Three Picks" for this challenge. Good luck, and please visit the other DT member's blogs to check out their METALiculous projects from this week. You won't be disappointed!

 

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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!