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Tuesday, 1 September 2015

Numbers at Country View Crafts

Hello there! Can't believe its the 1st September already! How did that happen? Well its time for a new challenge over at Country View Crafts and this time the theme is set by the lovely Nikki and is Numbers. For my first piece I made a card using lots of lovely TH goodies:


I started out using a stamp from the winged-things stamp set from stampers anonymous - I stamped in black archival and then coloured in the hat and wings using distress markers milled lavendar and peeled paint.


Next I applied tim-holtz-distress---micro-glaze and this protects the image - its like a sealant and is so very easy to use! Next I made the background - I used cracked-pistachiopeacock-feathers and -peeled-paint distress inks to create the background and also blossomflourish and scribbles layering stencils from Tim Holtz.


After building up the background I also added white and black paint acrylic circles using a distress stain top and also stamped more numbers using a stamp from the typography stamp set.

I hope you can join us at countryviewchallenges this month - remember to read the rules and link up to be in with a chance of winning a £20 voucher to spend at countryviewcrafts. 

Big Hugs to you! Enjoy your day! 

Rachel xx

22 comments:

  1. Same here Rachel, as I just said to someone else I think we spent so long waiting for summer that suddenly here we are in September and it's autumn.

    Loving today's card the the fresh zesty colours.

    B x

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  2. This is gorgeous Rachel, such a fabulous design and I love the colours.
    Sending you big hugs, Sue xx

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  3. Gorgeous card Rachel, wonderful colours

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  4. I totally agree Rachel, how did this happen. Where has our summer gone, or more to the point where was our summer. I love your gorgeous card and the wonderful background you've created. hope the clean up is going well, don't work to hard!

    Hugs Sue xx

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  5. A clever piece Rachel !!

    hugs diane xx

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  6. Stunning card Rachel, your summer is finding it's way here to Australia....xxxx
     {The Journey Is The Start  aNNie  my personal blog}

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  7. Hi Rachel, I love your card! I love the colours and the design!

    Love From Rebecca xx

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  8. Love all the gorgeous stamps you have used,this is fabulous.xxx

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  9. This is wonderful Rachel, love the image and background.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  10. Great make Rachel. Love the image and your background is gorgeous.
    Mags
    x

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  11. This looks amazing. Love the background you created. I need to remember to use the micro glaze from time to time.

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  12. Completely in love with this, Rachel - I love the soft greens, the winged figure at the heart of it, and the circles are so cool that at first I thought they were cut out from the page and dimensional.
    Alison xx

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  13. This is gorgeous Rachel, such a fabulous background.
    Pauline
    x

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  14. Great project Rachel. Love it. I hope you are all sorted again. Hazel x

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  15. Amazing card and great background! I hope your clean up is all behind you now!

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  16. Completely love this! Wonderful colours and background... More incredible stencil work! X

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  17. Beautiful Rachel, I love how you've created your background xx

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  18. Beautiful Rachel, I love how you've created your background xx

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  19. Love this Rachel, you've created a beautiful background. Carol x

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  20. A fabulous card! Rachel Love all the layers of stenciling . Those circles give the impression of bubbles so your adorable winged girl looks fab sat amongst them .

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  21. This is awesome Rachel, your creating background skills are fantastic. I hope you're taking some time for you, builders are a nightmare and the mess they leave is the worse Karen x

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  22. Beautiful card Rachel love how you built up the background
    Carol x

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