At the start of this week Laura and Graham  launched some wonderful new MDF kits one of which was this Amsterdam House Desk Tidy. There are 3 designs and I made up the other two with a floral theme.

This one however I wanted to be different. I started out painting it in blue and then stencilling over the top with some Titanium Paste. I tend to work on the MDF before I make it up when I'm stencilling or stamping simply because it's easier. If you get paint or paste on the joining tabs. just remove it with a craft knife before assembling.

Then I rummaged through my stash and found some of these wonderful Craftyboard lightbulbs, chain and cogs. There's two sheets of lightbulbs to choose from.

I added some embossing powder to the cogs. I tend to just mix my own (ie whatever I've got!) - add some gold or copper to your base powder for a metallic finish. Or, just layer it up - start with one base colour, heat it and add speckles of others on top. 

The chain is attached with brads.

I painted the inside black to cover all the blobs of paint!