Painting On a Punch Studio Box?

officerripley

officerripley

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Does anyone in the group own any Punch Studio items and have you ever done any painting on parts? Reason I'm asking is, I want a Punch Studio jewelry box which they unfortunately no longer make. I've got my eye on this used one on eBay:

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It's used but looks in good condition and the seller has 100% positive feedback. The style I'd really love to find it in is called Seascape or similar (here's a tissue box cover I've got in Seascape):

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So I'd love to find the jewelry box in that above Seascape one or maybe the Peacock one (I love a lot of blue and cool colors) but even though I set up searches for it on eBay, Etsy, Poshmark, Mercari and Amazon, no luck. They discontinued the jewelry boxes a long time ago, mostly only make stationery, greeting cards, and drawer liners now.

So. Do you think I could paint over those darn yellow (not my favorite color) flowers on the box that eBay's got for sale? I was thinking a pale lavender? And I wonder what kind of paint would work best? Would a "Lilac" Sharpie work maybe? (Some listings call these Punch Studio products papier mache.)

Any advice appreciated, thanks.
 

Have you tried Poshmark... there's different things on that site.🤗

Good Luck!
 
Jace said:
Have you tried Poshmark... there's different things on that site.🤗

Good Luck!
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Yeah, as I said above, I've tried eBay, Etsy, Poshmark, Mercari and Amazon, no luck. I think I'm going to go ahead and buy the one from eBay and see if I can cover up the ugly yellow flowers, maybe with scrapbooking stickers. And I'll keep my eyes open for a prettier version of the box but doubt I'll ever see one since they discontinued them some time ago. (The more I think about it, I think I'll have better luck covering up the yellow flowers with stickers instead of trying to paint them.)
 

Don't hold me to this, but when I have needed to cover something, as you are wanting to do- I have to paint it White and then put the color I want over the white.

Some thin, not too thin acrylic paint may work. Do you have any of that old stuff that was used to cover Typos, Liquid Paper I think it was called, that's white.

Before I would try this on the actual box, I would try it on some paper or a paper plate and see if there was any bleed through of a color. Also, not sure how much texture would show.

Good luck those are pretty boxes.
 
Go ahead and buy it. You’ll kick yourself if you don’t. Maybe the colours aren’t as bright IRL or you’ll get used to them.
 
Jules said:
Go ahead and buy it. You’ll kick yourself if you don’t. Maybe the colours aren’t as bright IRL or you’ll get used to them.
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I did buy it, I made an offer and the seller accepted. Also, she messaged me and said that the shipping wasn't going to cost as much so I got a little bit of $$ back there too. Can't wait to get it, lol. :)
 

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