Buffalo Plaid is hot this season. I'm totally in love with it - always have been. My grandpa wore a hunting jacket in buffalo plaid and gave me my first buffalo plaid jacket when I was in college. I cherished that wool jacket for many years till time (and moths) wore it thin.
I'm here to share a shadow box, home decor project I made featuring one of CE's newest designs, the Creative Embellishments -Classic Pickup Truck. I accented with some classic chipboard designs, Creative Embellishments - Pine Trees set and Creative Embellishments - Berries and a lot of wonderful buffalo print.
Here are the chipboard pieces I used:
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The table top piece started with a simple wooden frame grabbed from the clearance section at a craft store. It was cheap and it had a nice wood frame. BAM, in my cart it went.
I bought a small piece of buffalo plaid fabric and cut to fit.
The frame is pretty deep so I wired two grapevine wreaths together and secured them to the frame using eye hooks screwed inside the wood frame. I am a big fan of securing home decor with wire when necessary and I never use hot glue. Hot glue is not durable.
Painting the truck
Here is a closeup of the Creative Embellishments -Classic Pickup Truck in progress.
The chipboard piece has a lot of details that I believe are necessary to preserve so a paint brush and heavy coat of paint isn't probably the best treatment.
I make a paint wash by adding a bit of water to acrylic, dipping a sponge in the wash, and paining with a swiping motion over the surface of the chipboard. The swiping motion leaves a consistent, thin layer of paint on the chipboard while preserving the fine details.
After the paint is dry, I added shading using black distress ink and a soft blending brush.
I really loved the soft blending brush for this project because the narrow small brush isolated the area I wanted to shadow so perfectly and cleanly. I'm very happy with these brushes.
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Below are some views of the shadow box from an "above" angle. The buffalo plaid ribbon, berries and bells were all glued to the box.
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This is soooo cute! Love how the red and greens play with the natural colors of the wreath.
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