Painted Cedar Chest, continued

        We have the chest primed and ready.....now, for the fun stuff. After samples were made and a drawing of the family shield was finished, and since the guys in the family were the primary users of the chest, the client wanted a more masculine design. It was decided that the top of the chest will have the family shield painted on a background of solid chocolate. While the belly of the chest will have an embossed alligator finish.

 We are using a stencil (Faux Effects International, Crocodile stencil) and a plaster (Faux Effects,Venetian Gem). The stencil has register marks, so we simply match up the registration marks while blading the plaster evenly through the stencil.....And Ta da, the embossed section of the chest is finished. The tape is removed, and the plaster is left to set up for a few days....Then comes more fun.