My shining star

My shining star

Monday 17 March 2014

A lovely weekend and a painty playtime for the Craft Stamper Challenge

Hello lovelies! How are you? I am very well and feeling happy after a lovely weekend in Nottingham - Bez loved her cake and had a great birthday - thanks to all of you who commented on the cake!



This is Bez with my two girls and their cousin Evie. All having a good time!

Photo: at nottingham castle

We visited an old haunt of mine from my youth on Sunday morning - Nottingham Castle. It was a beautiful day and we even managed a picnic in the sunshine - a great weekend was had by all!

Now then - the craft stamper challenge this month is to do some monoprinting using an acrylic block - now my biggest block seems to be MIA so I had to settle for one that is about 4 inches by 6 inches. I added acrylic paint of different colours and squelched it about using my finger. Then I took 4 prints and used them to make this card.


After taking the prints I used some dylusions stamps and some crafty individuals stamps to create the backgrounds. The crafty individuals crowned rabbits stamps were then stamped onto the other two prints and fussy cut before being stuck to prints one and two. I also stamped the Tim stamp from one of the recently released sets onto a piece of leftover print then matted and layered.


Here's a close up! I hope you like this as much as I do - I really enjoyed the technique and I think you would too - its great! Give it a go and join in the challenge!

the colours I have used are from this colour palette




I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Craft stamper magazinecraftstamper - monoprinting from acrylic challenge
Pan pastel awash with colourcolour palette challenge.

Thanks for visiting today and I hope you enjoyed your visit - I hope to see you again soon! Big Hugs rachel xx





29 comments:

  1. Rachel, so glad Bez had a good birthday and that you all had a good weekend too. Another great project, wonderful colours. Hazel x

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  2. Fab pictures of the birthday girl and her granddaughters Rachel so pleased you had a good time. Fabulous card today the colours are so bold, love it! Susan x

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  3. WOW! this is wonderful Rachel. I love your unique design and gorgeous colours.
    Thank you for sharing your beautiful photos, I am pleased you had a good weekend.
    hugs Sue xx

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  4. Good morning Rachel,
    Great photo they all look as though they are having a good time
    Fantastic project love all the wonderful colours
    Have a great day

    Patricia xx

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  5. Looks like you had a good weekend in Nottingham Rachel, it's a lovely City, one of our son's went there to Uni and we loved visiting it and now Annabel is in her last year there so great shopping excuses.

    Your artwork today is amazing, thanks for sharing.

    B x

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  6. Wow Rachel you have been busy !! Fab bit of art work on your card, I do love those bunnies !! And what a fantastic birthday cake for Bev, how clever you are sweetie, looks as if you all had a great time !!

    hugs Diane xx

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  7. Lovely photographs and the cake was fabulous! Loving your pages they look gorgeous.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  8. Lovely pictures Rachel. Looks like you had fun creating this art piece too. Lots nyness going on and it's worked a treat. Hugs Rita xxx

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  9. Gorgeous photos and great project

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  10. ooh love this lots, the textures you achieved with the paints are just fab! Thanks for joining in with the Sunday Stamper... and Craft Stamper challenges xx

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  11. So glad you had a great weekend, and lovely weather too. I love the pages and the splash of colour.

    Sue xx

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  12. Love this,gorgeous colours.Love your photo's too.xxx

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  13. sounds like you had a great weekend love the pics and was going to comment how you looked alike then remembered it was your MIL-but you do or is it just this pic lol?-love the crowned rabbit images and love your created backgrounds
    carol x

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  14. Looks like everyone had lots of fun. Great project too. Love the colors.

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  15. Hi Rachel, fab project, love all the different textures and the wonderful colours.
    Great photo, everyone looks as if it was a great time together and pleased you had such a lovely day out, hugs Kate x

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  16. I love the bunnies and I love the wonderful background you created - I have tried the technique, but sadly just get a mushy mess...... Love your great photos too. Hugs, Anne xx

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  17. Hi Rachel, it looks like you all had a fab weekend, love the cake. I saw this technique in CS but have not had a go yet. You have a great result from your try at monopprinting, love the colours and stamps you have used. Look forward to seeing you soon. Hugs Mo xx

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  18. This is a fabulous project Rachel, looks like a fun technique.
    Pauline
    x

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  19. Fabulous technique Rachel and love the colours you have used. A super creation. Glad you had a good weekend. Great photos.
    Mags
    x

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  20. Hiya Rachel, Thank you for sharing your fabulous work with the DT from Premium Craft Brands, love your colourpalette and the hournal is looking just great, hugs Terry xxx

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  21. Great card and fab background with my favourite bunnies! Thanks for sharing with us at the Take It Make It challenge. Elizabeth x

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  22. Beautiful colors and textures! That cake is yummy looking too. Thanks so much for joining in at the Take It, Make It Challenge.

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  23. It turned out beeeautiful Rachael, love the monoprint and the colour palette..love!
    So happy you joined us over at Take it make it challenge and Pan Pastel UK.
    :-):-)
    Xxxx

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  24. Wow Rachel, what a gorgeous project, love the colour palette you've used. Its a really fun technique isn't it? Thanks for joining us at Premium Craft Brands PanPastel challenge
    Claire xx

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  25. This is fabulous Rachel, I love the colours, the texture and the rabbits are just adorable. Thanks for joining in with the Take It Make It Challenge ... good luck!
    Linda xx
    Craft Stamper Challenge DT

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  26. Love this, I NEEEED those rabbits, love them. A great piece. Thank you for joining us this month, good luck.
    Nikki K. x

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  27. Fab card, love the colours you used. Thanks for joining us at Take It Make It challenge!

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  28. love the fun, funky colours, the hares look great! Thank you for playing along with the Craft Stamper blog challenge this month!

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  29. Real fab work, your colours are bill love it x
    Thanx for joining in the Craft Stampers Make it Take it challenge!
    Ger
    Craft Stamper DT

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