Upcycled steak box, becomes a stationery box

Materials needed

Steak box
Scrapbooking paper
Soft pastels
Glitter
Ribbon
Markers
Watercolor pencils
Mod Podge
Mod podge puzzle saver
Glue gune

I started with a box steaks came in.

I cut off the tabs and cut a piece of cardboard to fit across the back of the bottom of the box to form a tray.

I covered the entire box with resume paper using mod podge.  I used resume paper because that is what I had. You can use book pages or sketch paper.

I drew a yellow bird on a branch on the top of the box using soft pastels. You don't have to draw a picture, you can use scrapbook paper or a yard sale picture.

Next I took some pink scrapbook and ripped out the corners and glued them to the corners of the box. I ripped the paper on the bird a little bit, and painted a light brown wash over the bird and background using watercolor pencils. Using watercolor pencils I painted the edges of the scrapbook paper red.

I outlined the flowers with magic markers and glued glitter on the flowers. I painted more red on the edges of the scape book paper, and outlined the inside with black ink.

I thought the edge was too smooth, so I took a wet sponge to the edge and ripped and tore it until it looked a lot more ragged. Using pastels I drew in more trees, sky and fixed up the bird a little bit. I used pastels because I think it is a good contrast to the paper. I filled in more dots on the paper.

I covered the entire box with a sealant. I put more glitter on the flowers, than I used mod podge puzzle saver on only the paper to give it a glossy finish. I bought the mod podge puzzle saver by accident. It goes on thick and is very glossy, it gives the paper a plastic feel.

I made a pull from some red velvet ribbon I think mom had left over from the 60's. I attached it to the inside of the lid using my glue gun.

The look I was going for was shiny paper ripping off to show an old painting underneath. I am happy with the way it turned out.