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Cigar Box Scrapbook Scrap guest converts a regular cigar box into scrapbook. From "Scrap" episode DSCD-102

Guest Tera Leigh joins host Scott Petti to demonstrate how to turn a cigar box into an interesting scrapbook. She creates a great gift that can become a family heirloom of its own—and an excellent conversation piece for home decor!

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	Guest Tera Leigh creates these unique...
	cigar box scrapbooks.

Cigar Box Scrapbook

Project designed by Tera Leigh.

Materials:

rectangular cigar box
cardboard or book board
handmade papers of your choice
Plaid FolkArt Acrylic Paints
Loew-Cornell brushes—1/2" flat, 3/4" flat, 10/0 liner, #14 flat, (water) basin
Sakura Permapaque Pens
Sakura Souffle Pens
Sakura Gelly Roll Pens
Houston Art Mona Lisa gold leaf adhesive and gold leaf sheets
Walnut Hollow #18029 1-1/2" Ball Knox (four needed)
Scrabble or other dimensional alphabet letters
miscellaneous ephemera for your box theme
color photocopies or laser prints of photos for box theme
glue stick
roller tape glue
matte dry Mod Podge
craft knife
scissors
masking tape
Walnut Hollow Classic Dimensions #23759 and #16309

	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C
	Figure D

1. Clean and lightly sand the cigar box. Wipe off the dust from the sanding. This gives the box "tooth" so that it will accept the paint we will be adding.

2. Choose two to three colors (Tera uses two colors and metallic accent colors: #2241 Apple Orchard, #961 Turquoise, #25 Ocean Cruise, and #651 Metallic Blue Topaz, #676 Metallic Inca Gold, and #672 Metallic Mint Pearl) to paint the box. Use a "wet on wet" technique (figure A) to blend the colors together. The metallic is a wonderful way to blend over the top of the areas you don't think look great, and it also brings some dimension to the painted background.

3. Paint 1-1/2" ball knobs with #719 Blue Ribbon, and when dry, paint Metallic Blue Topaz and Inca Gold over the top.

4. Paint on a random pattern of Houston Art Leaf Adhesive to the top of the box. When it dries to clear, use wax paper to apply leaf to the box (figure B). Allow to set, and then brush off the excess.

5. Measure the interior of the box, and cut pages using cardboard. If the paper is thin, you can use scissors, otherwise you will need a cutting board and craft or box knife. (For this box, the pages measure 6" x 3-1/2"). If you are using a thin sheet of cardboard, cut multiple sheets and glue together as a stack. Using masking tape, tape edges around all sides of "page."

6. Blue on the ball feet when the paint is dry. Use a tacky glue or clear dry thick glue.

7. Paint Classic Dimensions #23759 (for cover) with Pure Orange and let dry. Then dry brush with Inca Gold. You may want to use multiple coats of the gold for the right color combination. When dry, glue to the center of the lid (in the direction you want it to open) with thick clear-drying glue.

8. Paint Classic Dimensions #16309 with Blue Ribbon and dry bush with Blue Topaz once dry.

9. Using a cosmetic sponge to apply a thin coat of Inca Gold paint, stamp four sides of the box with Anna Griffin Stamp #580K30 (figure C). Be sure to wash the stamp after using the paint, especially a metallic paint, or it may not come off later. Use a soft nail brush to get paint out of tiny crevices.

10. Paint all the pages using the same colors used on the box. You can vary the pages so that they are not all exactly the same. Do this by using one color as the dominate color on the page, and blending small amounts of the other colors over the top. Let dry.

11. To decorate the pages, you will layer stamps. Next add strips of torn paper. Tissue or handmade papers are good because of their texture. Again, stamp over the top of these papers, then add photos, ephemera (figure D), plain paper (for journaling) and any other accents you wish based upon your theme.

12. For the best result, varnish all the acrylic paint and gold leaf. Houston Art gold leaf has real metal in it and will tarnish if not sealed. Acrylic paint colors "pop" once they are varnished. A spray varnish is good for this purpose so that the papers don't life or ripple.

Next: Photo-Box Puzzles

RESOURCES :

Permapaque and Souffle Pens
Sakura of America
Website: www.gellyroll.com

Mona Lisa Gold Leafing Products
Houston Art
Website: www.houstonart.com

American Artist Brushes
Loew-Cornell Brushes
Website: www.loew-cornell.com

Folk Art Paint, Anna Griffin Papers and Ephemera
Plain Enterprises
Website: www.plaidonline.com

GUESTS :

Tera Leigh
Author and Artist
Tera Leigh Inc.
Shawnee, OK
Phone: 207-252-8271
E-mail: tera@teraleigh.com
Website: www.teraleigh.com