Bee boxes

Just before Christmas, I shared a canvas I made as a DT project for Chocolate Baroque with the gorgeous honey bee plate. Here is another project I made with the same set, three tiny boxes.

I used three graduated sized papier mache boxes which I pained with acrylic paint. I stamped the bee and honeycomb design onto tissue paper with Stazon and added this to the box lids with Mod Podge. Once dry, I added Distress Ink watercolouring to add depth to the cells of the honeycomb and used a white pearlescent reinker to paint the bee wings. I added gold microbeads to the stripes on the bee bodies, using pva to stick them in place. When these were dry I added a glossy accents layer on the tops of the boxes.

These boxes are tiny, but would be nice for gifts of jewellery or other little treasures. 

Do check out these great stamps here.

Elaine x