Back in December, I read about Whimseybox in several of my favorite craft blogs. Whimseybox is a monthly subscription that sends you several craft samples each month! I was definitely smitten with this idea, so I immediately put myself on the waiting list. I received my first one in January.
In it, I got a variety of orange and pink ribbon, red acrylic paint, pink and green sculpey, some purple and red sequins, and an un-decorated slap bracelet. I still haven’t used all of the supplies in here, but I’ve definitely dabbled with some!
The first thing I tried was this acrylic paint transfer technique I saw on pinterest. I found this silhouette from the Graphics Fairy to use. The two little girls reminded me of Phoebe and Sophie, and of course I knew they’d love the cat in it, as well! I already had some gesso board on hand from a long time ago. The paint that came with my Whimseybox said it was idea of canvas, so I may try that another time. I only used a small portion of the paint sample they sent!
Once I printed my image, I had Phoebe help me paint the board.
Then, while the paint was still wet, I placed the image onto the board face down, as the tutorial I’d found on pinterest instructed.
Once the paint was good and dry, I sprayed the paper with a water bottle and got to work scraping off the paper.
And the end result!
I had a couple of places where I scraped the paint off, but nothing too bad. I put it up on the mantle while I decided whether or not to do anything else with it. I think for now, I’ll leave it the way it is. This was definitely a fun technique to try!
The other bit of the Whimseybox I’ve worked with was the sequins. I sewed some onto these crochet hearts that I’d made. I love the sparkle that the sequins added! I turned both of these hearts into barrettes for my girls to give their friends for Valentine’s Day.
Can’t wait to play around with the other supplies, too! I think I’ll do either buttons or beads, or both with the sculpey. I’ve pinned a bunch of ideas here. I think the girls will have a ton of fun with the slap bracelet, but I need to find just the right thing to decorate it with. Washi tape would be awesome, but I think I’d have to order it online, so we’ll see for now. I can already tell that Whimseybox is going to be perfect for getting me to try new supplies I probably wouldn’t have gone out and bought myself.
