My shining star

My shining star

Monday 18 November 2013

bright hot colours at the Lavinia challenge and a crafternoon with my girls

Hello there! How are you? I hope you are well and happy! We're all good. I had a lovely evening on Saturday and I'm glad to report that the sticky toffee pudding was yum!!! A good recipe!

Today I've got a piece to share with you that I made for the lavinia challenge. Lets see what you think.





This is another item from everycraftsapound that I've altered. I started off using distress paints to make the background then used a mask from imagination crafts and black gloss embossing paste from dreamweaver to complete the background. The central area has been created using versamark and black wow powders and heat setting. Then I applied distress inks and pan pastels over the image. The letters were cut using cuttlebug dies and the flowers at the base of the image were cut using a crafty cutter die from Crafty sentiments.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Lavinia Challengelaviniastamps: Hot and bright colours
pan pastelpanpasteluk: Anything goes
Fab 'n' funkyfabnfunkychallenges: anything goes

Here's a little picture of what was going on in my little craft room yesterday afternoon - the girls were painting the boxes we're going to be giving to their teachers at christmas.



They did really well and even managed to look after my paint brushes well! When they've finished the decorating of the boxes I'll let you see them! We're thinking we'll put some choccies inside the boxes.

Thats all for today! I should be running this morning so I hope its not too cold! Thanks for dropping by and I hope to see you again soon!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx

25 comments:

  1. Hi Rachel, this is beautiful, love it's colours and composition. You really do marvellous work with colour.
    The girls look very happy and industrious, lucky teachers, enjoy your run, hugs Kate X

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  2. This is gorgeous Rachel. I love the image, wonderful colours and fabulous design.
    Fabulous photos of your girls, looks like they are having fun!
    hugs Sue xx

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  3. what a wonderful creation have a fun week
    Hugs Kate xx

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  4. Morning Rachel a fabulous project today you are so clever with these stencils. I love the Lavinia stamps you used and the fab colour with the DIs. Your girls look like they are having loads of funs, lovely pictures. Hope it stays dry for your run its raining here at the mo! Susan x

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  5. :) your comment made me smile. Will pick your mail up when I get home
    have a great day now
    Kate xx

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  6. Really so very pretty and lovely work.

    Hope you have a good week and if the weather men have got it right wrap up warm.

    B x

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  7. gorgeous project today Rachel, love the fairy,the girls look as if they had a good time. Congrats on your win

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  8. Love your stenciling which really sets off that beautiful Lavinia stamp and those hot colours. The girls look very happy painting their boxes, bet the teachers will be please to receive them. Hope it was not too cold on your run. Hugs, Anne x

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  9. Good Morning sweetie, wowzers stunning work!! hugs Pops x

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  10. This is beautiful Rachel, love the bright colours and the image is so...beautiful. I have always loved Lavinia Stamps, their images are so lovely. The girls are so obviously happy working alongside you in your craft room ! I think it is great for them to be using their imagination and making beautiful things. I'm looking forward to seeing their boxes. Hugs Jennifer xx

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  11. A gorgeous hanging Rachel, love the colours. Your girls look like they are having so much fun in the craftroom, I bet they enjoyed themselves.

    Sue x

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  12. This is fabulous Rachel, I love the vibrant colours.
    It looks like the girls are having fun, it must be so nice to craft along together.
    Pauline
    x

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  13. Lucky you to have such great helpers, cute pictures! Love your beautiful wall hanging!

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  14. Love your beautiful "wall hanging"
    Your girls certainly look as though they are having fun.
    It is great to let children play they can create some fantastic things. Sometimes they can amaze you with their creativity.

    Patricia x

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  15. That is gorgeous Rachel, love the effect on the background and the fairy is fabulous! Cute pic of your lovely girls too - so nice that you're all crafting together xx

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  16. Stunning Rachel, love the gorgeous colours. Your daughters are real cuties.

    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  17. beautiful creation have you made. lovely fairy.
    and the girls have fun ofn their own....cute pictures about them!

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  18. Gorgeous creation in fabulous colours, thank you for joining us at the Lavinia Challenge and good luck. Hugs Pauline DT member xxx

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  19. This is gorgeous Rachel, fab stamps and details. Love the photos of your very smiley girls too :o) Hugs, Lisa x

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  20. fabulous, thanks for joining us at FnF :)

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  21. Your project is gorgeous. Love the colors and your little helpers are just adorable!

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  22. This is lovely Rachel. Super colours and design. Looks like your girls had lots of fun too.
    Mags
    x

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  23. beautiful image and love the hot colours and background-beautiful photos look like they are enjoying themselves when I see your photos i really miss my grandaughters living here and had a phone call from Holly saying she misses us -even though we see them quite regularly
    carol x

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  24. Great project! The fairy really stands out against the vibrant background. x

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  25. fabby project, and those too little princesses are cute enough to eat (in a Mummy way!) Many thanks for entering the Lavinia Stamps Challenge and good luck! Melissa (DT) xxxx

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