Loving Hearts Repurposed Chocolate Box for the "Love Cast in Clay" Bloghop

Welcome to my project for the "Love Cast in Clay" Bloghop!!!
You should have arrived here from Edie's page...
Life, by the seat of my pants.
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My project started out as a recycled paper heart chocolate box...you know the Russell Stover one's. Mine I have had stashed in my paint drawer saving it for an opportunity for altering! Well here it is. I built up a layer of the Creative Paperclay® around the outer edge of the box to beef it up some - like a ceramic box would be. Then with Amazing Mold Putty, I cast a scrollwork heart frame ornament and also a scrollwork heart pendant. I used the molds I created to mold both of these in Creative Paperclay®. To finish it off, I painted over the Looney Toon's characters adorning the box and the edging of paperclay with red acrylic paint. Then over that, I decopaged a red heart doily using 3-D Crystal Lacquer.  Keep reading below about how I painted the hearts {sorry for tugging at your heart strings}. I added some twisty tri-colored trim around the edge of box base and finished off with a pretty green bow.

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And here's the piece-de-resistance.....can I have a drumroll please....I painted the paper clay hearts with my three magical pots of the BRAND NEW Sakura Terri Sproul Mixers that get mixed into 3-D Crystal Lacquer!!! Ta-da!!!! My box is lovely and reborn. I will use this to send a special gift to my sister for Valentine's Day for her girls.

I hope you have enjoyed the wonderful Valentine's Day craft projects!!! Remember, there is blog candy to be won as well. Winners will be posted on the Amazing Mold Putty blog and the Creative Paperclay® blog. FOUR packages of Creative Paperclay® and FOUR packages of Amazing Mold Putty will be given away!!! RULES to enter to win blog candy prize....just leave a comment at each and every blog stop and become a follower of all participating blogs.

Thanks so much for visiting and the next stop on the hop is Sandra CLICK HERE! 

After you finish the hop, please check out my project from January 22nd for home cooked Valentine's Day goodies using Amazing Mold Putty, chocolate and jello! Happy Valentine's Crafting!!!

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