Vintage Shabby Chic Style

Decorated small matchbox ornament in red and gold

I decorated a small cardboard matchbox the size is 11/2 inches by 21/4 inches.

To start I painted the outside of the matchbox and both sides of the drawer with white gesso, then I used a red ink pad and coloured the matchbox and both of the front sides of the drawer.

The red patterned paper and the image was printed onto white photo paper. As I did not have a bottle cap in the colour I wanted I used alcohol ink to colour it so it would look like brass. Using a one-inch round punch to cut the image out I adhered it to the inside middle of the bottle cap and then used a clear sticky backed plastic disc on top to protect the image.

I papered the outside of the matchbox and the two ends of the drawer. The bottle cap with the image inside was adhered to the matchbox.

The beaded trim that I used was white so I coloured some strips in gold and in red. For the gold, I used gold gilding paste and when dry I then used gold acrylic paint and buffed it up with a paper towel. For the other beaded trim, I used red acrylic paint. Then I adhered the trims around the top and bottom edges front and back.

I punched a hole through one end of the drawer and used a pretty gold coloured elastic so I can hang it either onto an ornament hanger or a Christmas tree, I then glued the elastic inside the drawer and secured it. For the bottom of the matchbox, I used a crystal effect clear bead dangle that I had coloured with red alcohol ink to match the whole project. Finally, I added glitter glue over the red beaded trim on the front of the matchbox and when dry it really sparkles

The digital images are from the Gecko Galz they are from

Peppermint Lane ATC Collection 

St Nicholas

I want to join the White Christmas Challenge for November 2020 on the Gecko Galz Blog

http://geckogalzscrapbooking.blogspot.com/2020/11/white-christmas-challenge.html