Dragon Box

Our 16 year old daughter is dragon mad.....she loves everything to do with dragons. So for her 16th birthday, I wanted to do something special for her. 

Originally I wanted to do a Dragon album up for her - then I changed my mind and thought why not created a Book Box with a dragon eye on the front of it. 

I watched heaps of you tube videos to try and work out how to create the eye part, as I've never done anything like this before.

I found some scrapbook paper that had a dinosaur eye on it from Uniquely Creative - the paper is called Roar, that I thought I could maybe use. Not sure if it's still available now though.

I then purchased some oval glass cabochons and some grey Sculpey Oven Bake Clay from Spotlight.

Then I created the dragon eye - had absolutely no idea what I was doing. This is the eye - not painted.

I thought it looked like a dragon eye. It's not the best, but I'm happy with it.

I purchased a book box from Bunnings. I then covered it with tissue paper to give the effect of the dragon skin.

Then glued the dragon eye to the from of the box. Then I painted it in black gesso. I highlighted certain parts with gold and blue wax.

I used stickers for the corners - not totally happy with that part - but time was running out and I needed to finish it.

Below are photos of the finished project. Overall, I'm impressed with how it turned out. Our daughter loved it.

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