Prayer Box

My first project in my new studio was painting/stamping this wooden box to hold the prayer requests at our Friday morning women's Bible study.  I got the box at Michael's for $3.99.  I watered down some white acrylic paint (Neopaque) and rubbed it onto the box with a wadded up piece of paper towel.  I applied it generously and then rubbed off the excess, in the direction of the wood grain, to give it a whitewashed look.  The floral stamps used are from Rubber Stamp Tapestry.  I applied them with pigment ink, for permanency.  I used a stipple brush to apply the wisteria color (the same ink used to stamp the swirl background) to the lid and the green color around the base.  I used a variety of brands of ink: mostly Ranger Adirondak Pigment Ink and  Color Box Fluid Chalk Ink.  This was a fun, quick, easy project.  Maybe a gift idea for Christmas?  I know I'm going to be trying to make more of my gifts this year to save money.