Fra sparebøsse til skattekiste!

From being a saving box to become a treasure chest!

I går fylte Fabian 4 år, og dere har allerede sett kortet han fikk (og Fabian er altså Karls barnebarn, som bor i Tønsberg). En av gavene han fikk fra oss, var en sparebøsse. Denne fant jeg på supertilbud på Panduro i Trondheim i høst, det er en ordentlig boks av tre, som måler 10 cm i alle retninger. Litt kjedelig syns jeg imidlertid den var, og tenkte å dekorere den med litt sjørøvergreier, for Fabian er veldig opphengt i sjørøvere for tiden :) Det ble en skikkelig innovativ prosess, dette, derfor tok jeg noen bilder underveis, så jeg tenkte jeg kunne prøve å vise litt hvordan den ble som den ble.

Yesterday Fabian turned 4 years old, and you've already seen the card I made for him (and Fabian is my husband's grandson). One of the gifts we gave him was a saving box which looked like a treasure chest. The box is made of wood, and measures 10 cm in all directions. A little boring, however, so I wanted to decorate it with some pirate stuff, because Fabian is very absorbed with pirates for the time:) It was a real innovative process, so, therefore, I took some photos during the work.

This is how it looked like after I had painted it with some black acrylic paint and some gold calligraphy ink. I used some spongues to get a rustic look :)

I used a pattern paper from Sandylion for decorating. I cut pieces at 9x9 cm, and then used quite a lot of time to get the pirate look for the edges, using Tim Holtz' Edge Scraper and a LOT of Distress Ink.

I turned the paper pieces upside down and rubbed it with ink until it was soaked.

Now it was easy to roll it up, to look like a pirate's map.

Finally I embossed the edges randomly with silver, and sticked the pieces to the box. Ready for decorating each side...

Sandylion has made a sheet with rub-ons to match the pattern paper. I've used this for decorating, in addition to some mini charms from Karen Foster. So this is how they turned out, the four sides of the box:

This is the top of the box, with rub-ons and charms. The charms are fastened with brads, so they can be moved a bit...
... and on top of that I put a tag with "captain Fabian" who guards the treasure :) This picture was so perfect to use :) The pirate hat is from a Tilda sheet. The tag is embossed with Tim Holtz' Distress Powder 'walnut stain', and finally it's sprayed with lacquer, like the rest of the box.The brad in the hat is fastened with glue, so that it can be moved aside when money (or other treasures, maybe) is to be put up in the box :) Finito - the boy was happy to recieve this, and his parents even more :)

Åsså litt norsk igjen - driver fremdeles og lurer på om jeg skal skrive norsk eller engelsk eller begge deler, blir nå egentlig så sliten av å skrive engelsk, men så slipper jeg jo så mye tekst da... Jaja, Fabian ble altså glad for skattekista, som inneholdt en anselig mengde kronestykker og femtiøringer. Det er så greit med fireåringer når det gjelder penger; de bryr seg mer om antallet enn verdien ;)

ALDRI har jeg brukt så mange stygge ord når jeg har laget et innlegg som nå, for makan til plunder!!! &%)?!!!# Bilder og tekst har flydd veggimellom, og havnet på HELT andre steder enn der jeg ville ha dem, og da jeg endelig hadde fått plassert dem riktig, og trykket på publiseringsknappen, så kommer det opp et sant kaos i bloggen!!? Jeg gir meg ikke så lett, men nå gir jeg meg!!! Nå får de mellomrommene være der de er. Jeg går ut.

HAVE A LOVELY SUNDAY!!