This thing was so boring, I decided to beautify it, and stick it above the oh so bare kitchen cabinets I have been mulling over lately.
I wiped it down with all purpose cleaner and dried it with a towel. I then spraypainted it black using Krylon fusion. When that was all dry, i adhered scrapbook paper using matte gel medium. I tried to line up the paper to be seamless since I needed to use 2 12×12 pieces, however I couldn’t get the designs to line up right. I decided to rip the edge of one sheet and run with the torn edge effect. I also sprinkled seed beads, gold microbeads and glitter over the paper before adding a thin layer of dimensional mod podge for the glassy surface effect. From the side, the surface with the scrapbook paper looks bumpy due to the beads, but with the top of the tray above the cabinets in the vertical plane, it looks pretty cool.
I used a small amount of gold glaze over the top to of the scrapbook paper before the sparklies and mod podge to tie the 2 sheets of scrapbook paper together.
For a border, I lined the inner top with garden twine, and adhered it with the dimensional magic mod podge. Love how it turned out. Don’t forget to use a brayer to get rid of air bubbles in the paper as you adhere it to the tray top. Ugly tray, now cute using products on hand, cabinets less bare… SCORE!
Very cool!!!
Wow, that's beautiful. I can't believe the transformation, but I do love a good coat of paint.
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wow!!! cute!!
great idea, it turned out really well!!
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I need to do that to my tray table! I am your newest follower from the blog hop! The Neuff
Thanks for the follow…I am following yours now also! I found you through the Friday blog hop!! Love your tray…scrapbooking supplies are great for so many projects!
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Neat idea for the tray! New follower from FFF. Would love a follow back.
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That's a great looking laptop tray!
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I have that exact tray and it needs a make-over…thanks for sharing this! I am now following you back!
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I love what you did with the Laptop Tray.
Awesome project! So pretty. I love do crafts and trying to decorate my house on my own too. Look forward to reading more. 🙂
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I love how you can find scrapbook paper to match your decor! This turned out great!
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Thanks for stopping by my blog (Love Wins)! I love how crafty you are. I'm trying to follow you so I can keep up with your craftiness, but for some reason your follow button isn't coming up on my computer! 🙁
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Cute!
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Hey Johnnie! Thanks for stopping by. You do some beautiful work! I'm a new follower now!
Hi! Following from the weekend blog hop! Good job on the laptop tray make over!! I need a laptop tray!
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That is really nice! I am not that crafty. ;(
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That is really Cute!!!
Oh, I love this and I am sitting here with a boring white tray just like that one– only mine has handles. Maybe I will be brave and try to pretty mine too.
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What a great idea! Love how it turned out!
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I have this exact tray and it's ugly and always in the way. What a great idea to use it for display after making it look fabulous! Now this I have to do.
Thanks…Tracy 🙂