My shining star

My shining star

Wednesday 13 May 2015

A Triptych!

Hello Lovelies .... how are you today? I hope you are well and if not sending you hugs. I'm hoping for a good run today - I had a good swim yesterday - not quite a mile but more then a kilometer! Not bad! Hopefully I do the mile again soon!

Today I would like to share with you a triptych that I have altered using mostly paperartsy goodies bought from Port Sunny. The triptych itself is huge - over 12 inches tall in the middle and was a gift from the lovely jo - thanks Jo - I know its taken me a long time to do this but i think it was worth the wait!!!!


I started by coating the MDF with smurf blue opaque paint. when dry I started stencilling  with snowflake white opaque paint using a mixed leaf stencil from paperartsy.


Next I used translucent blue glass paint over the white leaves to tone the white down. Then I added some white dots and tango dots using another paperartsy stencil. I also stenciled the orange flowers.


I used another stencil and applied grunge paste through it then allowed this to dry - then I stamped onto it using a paperarsty stamp which I then painted. I also stamped in some white paint the starbursts and stamped the leaves too. Then I painted the leaves and waited for the whole thing to dry.


Finally I typed the first verse of John Keats Endymion then cut them up and added to the pieces using glue and seal.

and voila! it was finished!!!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:


Hope you have a great wednesday!

Big hugs

Rachel xx

44 comments:

  1. What a beautifully bright and welcoming creation to greet us this morning Rachel, just love the vibrancy of colours not to mention the shape.

    Many thanks for sharing with us at Stamping Sendations challenge.

    Have a good run.

    B x

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  2. This is just fantastic.xxx

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  3. This is stunning Rachel. I love the colours, gorgeous background design and beautiful flowers too.
    Big hugs, Sue xx

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  4. This is stunning Rachel, the colours are gorgeous as well as the stencil you've used to create this. Well done with the swimming, it might not have been a mile but it's better than my two lengths (I have to have a rest after that). Enjoy your run today.

    Hugs Sue xx

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  5. Oh wow, that's gorgeous Rachel....you made a fab job of it, definitely worth the wait! Those orange flowers are just beautiful.
    hugs Jo x

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  6. Wow that is just fantastic, a real feature piece xx

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  7. Wow Rachel, stunning piece of work, lovely bright colours especially those orange flowers

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  8. This is stunning Rachel. Love the vibrancy of the flowers against the beautiful painted and stencilled background. Susan xx

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  9. this is stunning Rachel, you are very clever,I wouldn't know where to start.I love the orange flowers with the gorgeous backing. Big Hugs Marlene

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  10. Awesome creation and beautiful colour combos.xxx
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  11. What a fantastic triptych, Rachel... how appropriate that the goodies came from Port Sunlight - there's sunshine in every detail of this. The colours are so zingy and fresh - beautifully done.
    Alison xx

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  12. A beautiful colourful project. Hazel x

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  13. Fabulous! I was in two minds to get this stamp and stencil and could kick myself for not getting them after seeing this fabulous tryptych! I love these paints and vibrant colours. Gorgeous designs. Can you tell I love it? :)
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  14. This is stunning Rachel, such beautiful bright colours and brilliant stenciled and stamped details.
    Pauline
    x

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  15. Fabulous Rachel... Love the Bright colours... Love two my gorgeous Girls... Hope they are coping well...
    Love Sylvie xx

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  16. Oh goodness that's gorgeous! Well worth the wait! Jenny x

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  17. Looks fabulous Rachel. Beautiful colours and very creative.You should look at this challenge - The Mirror Crack'd challenge
    x catherine

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  18. Love you card, especially the bright fun colors!

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  19. So beautiful, and so very impressive with all the techniques & colors you've done on the project. Love the idea of the triptych, and the wonderful sparkle of the blues with the hint of white. And that glorious blaze of the red/orange flower. Loved that sentiment too. You've done a magnificent effort on this one, and your friend will adore it. TFS & Hugs (I am admired all this exercise you are doing too! Good for you).

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  20. Wow, this is gorgeous Rachel. Love the design and colours and so many techniques used. A real labour of love.
    Mags
    x

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  21. This looks fab!! I love the bright colours. Thank you for joining in with the Craft Stamper Challenge .... good luck! Linda xx

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  22. You've made a fabulous job of decorating this Rachel, it looks wonderful...love the pretty colours. Carol x

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  23. Hi Rachel, I just love this creation, the colours are so vibrant and the background is beautiful. Such a lot of work has gone into this project. Thanks for visiting my blog and I hope you and the girls are well.
    Big Hugs Jennifer xx

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  24. A stunning project, wonderful details and super bright happy colours. Thank you for joining us at Stamps and Stencils this time.
    Yvonne

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  25. Stunning colors and beautiful flowers. Thank you for sharing your wonderful art with us at Stamping Sensation.
    Eret x

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  26. Fantastic triptych, love the bright colours :-)

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  27. Beautiful project love the images and bright colours
    Carol x

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  28. I love this, Rache. The colours are wonderful, that blue glass paint works really well and is a stunning shade. Vee xx

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  29. LOVE the beautiful stamping ! Thanks for joining in the TIMI challenge at the Craft Stamper!
    xxx Ellie xxx

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  30. Lovely Tryptych, Rachel! Beautiful sunshine colors. You have done wonderful stenciling in the background...loving it! And that orange flower is gorgeous, brilliant coloring!
    Thanks so much for joining us at The Mirror Cracked challenge this month!

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  31. Stunning tryptych! I love the bright cheerful colours you've used to decorate!
    Hugs
    Dawn x

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  32. Gorgeous background, and love your orange flowers....the detail here is fantastic! xx Lynn

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  33. It's huge and it's gorgeous. Thanks for joining in the challenge at The Mirror Crack'd this month. Happy crafting, Angela x

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  34. Ohhhh Rachel, it turned out fab, I know that flower stamp is massive, so I figured that triptych had to be huge!! Great to see you at Port Sunny! Glad you are enjoying your goodies! ~ Leandra

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  35. OMG!!! I love it, I want it, I have to have those stamps! The colours, the paint, all the details from the stencils and stamps - ooh la la - that is so very very beautiful and so very very gorgeous. Rachel that is so beautiful and so good Karen x

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  36. These are so beautiful with those gorgeous colours. I thought at first you'd used a DP until I read what you'd done with the paints. A real stunner Rachel! Thanks so much for joining us at Stamps & Stencils. Juliax

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  37. Beautiful! The colors are so vibrant and all your detail is amazing... Love your work. Thank you for sharing and joining us over at The Mirror Crack'd... xo

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  38. Gorgeous project! Love your PaperArtsy stamps. Thanks so much for joining us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge.

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  39. Love this! Thanks for playing along with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Blog!

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  40. Beautiful project! Love the design and color palette! Thanks for joining us in this month's Mixed Media Monthly Challenge.
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