My shining star

My shining star

Tuesday 20 May 2014

brown and blue at the sunday stamper

Hello lovelies - how are you today? I'm feeling good and didn't overdo things at the gym - I did gentle exercise for 50 mins and feel okay - now today I will be trying a swim! I get my personal trainer session on Friday!

Today I have a hanger that I made in response to this weeks challenge on the sunday stamper. Its blue and brown - I wanted to use these boards I had so decided to make a hanger. The boards are from the Sheena Douglass paint fusion range and I also used three sheena stamps - the top bird is from the little bit magical collection, the middle one is an older one  and the background stamping is done using the feathers set. I also used the crackle and the burlap stamps from the ageing beautifully stamp set from Sheena Douglass.


I started by covering each panel with some TH paper from his 8x8 menagerie collection of papers. These papers were all leftover bits where i had been using the other side. Next I did some overstamping with the feather stamps using distress inks. I also used the burlap and crackle stamps on the backgrounds.


Next I focussed on the birds - I chose stamps from my collection that would work together and wound fit a 7x7 cm piece of card. I coloured the images using spectrum noirs and then distressed around the edges before overstamping with the crackle stamp.



This final stamp is from a collection by paperartsy - I was going to use Sheenas puffin but he looked a bit lost!!! The panels are all held together with jute ribbon from the Ribbon girl - love this!

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

Sunday stamper:pinkleart brown and blue
Crafters Companion Facebook challengefacebook - masculine
CVCcountryviewchallenges: Natures Glories
Artistic stamper theartisticstampercreativeteam- in the garden
Our creative corner:ourcreativecorner6 Use up your leftovers.
CFAScraftingforallseasons: Things with wings
Stamping Sensationssirstampalotchallenge: AG
Polka doodlespolkadoodle: Things with wings

Thanks for dropping by today and I hope to see you again soon! Big crafty hugs! Rachel xx





30 comments:

  1. Good morning Rachel,
    Brilliant project, love all those stunning birds.
    Great colours and design
    Have a great day

    Patricia xx

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  3. Wonderful project Rachel, love those birds

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  4. Fabulous wall hanging Rachel love the birds and great colouring and love the jute ribbon--I was singing the bike song for ages after posting the card drove my daughter mad lol
    Carol x

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  5. Gorgeous Wall Hanging Rachel, beautiful Birds and great colouring. Marlene

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  6. This is gorgeous Rachel. I love design and beautiful images.
    hugs Sue xx

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  7. Morning sweetie, this is just gorgeous, I love the colours, huggles Pops x x x

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  8. This hanging is so beautiful Rachel, I love the birds, especially the Kingfisher and love how you created the backgrounds for them. Really beautiful. Hugs, Anne xx

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  9. I love the owl Rachel, well I like all of your hanger but I LOVE the owl:). Mo x

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  10. A fabulous creation Rachel, all three birds are stunning but I just love the Kingfisher! Hugs Jennifer xx

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  11. This is a fabulous wall hanging Rachel, I love your images and the crackle effect.
    Pauline
    x

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  12. Sorry Rachel I'm playing catch up!!! I've been very guilty of enjoying the nice weather we've been having and doing some gardening and going to the beach LOL your card for the challenge was fab and so is this!!!! huggles Sue xxx

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  13. Gorgeous images and love the fabulous frames. Gorgeous backgrounds too.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  14. This looks fabulous Rachel and great images you have used
    x catherine

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  15. Wonderful hanger Rachel, love the bird images and your techniques are fabulous, hugs Kate x

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  16. Great hanger Rachel, love your images. Hazel x

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  17. Fab idea, it looks lovely :o) Hugs, Lisa x

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  18. Amazing wall hangings, love the crackle background!

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  19. A stunning piece of artwork Rachel, thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us at Stamping Sensations challenge.

    B x

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  20. Fabulous hanger Rachel, I love the bird images. Susan x

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  21. Anything with a birdy is a winner for me and this lovely creation is just that... fabby background and birdies... Thanks for joining in with the Sunday Stamper x

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  22. A gorgeous hanging Rachel. Love the images and detail.
    Mags
    x

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  23. Hi Rachel, great project. I love the frames and the images of the birds are fabulous. Thanks for joining us at Stamping Sensations this month. Maddy x

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  24. What an amazingly beautiful project, Rachel! Ticks all the right boxes for me, with all those wonderful birds! Thanks for joining us at stamping Sensations this month and good luck!

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  25. Hi Rachel, wow what a gorgeous project. The frames look fab and I love the stamps you've used. Thanks for joining us at Polkadoodles this time
    Claire xx

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  26. A lovely project Rachel. Great to see you using up those leftovers. Thanks for joining us at Our Creative Corner. Jenny x

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  27. This is such a gorgeous project Rachel, beautifully done! Thanks for joining us at Countryview Crafts nature's Glories challenge and to Our Creative Corner!

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  28. Great Home Deko. Looks very elegant.
    Thank you for joining us at Crafting for all Seasons.
    Hugs Elfie

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  29. This is so beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing this with us at Our Creative Corner! Love from Laura xxx

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  30. this is fantastic
    Thank you for joining our with wings challenge over at Polkadoodles
    xx

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