My shining star

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Saturday 30 May 2015

Bottle Bottom Blues!

Hello there! Don't worry - i haven't turned to the bottle quite yet - I was trying to think of a title for my canvas and this one wouldn't go away - so I'm stuck with it!!! So I've been making a canvas for the latest paperartsy challenge. It started life as a tag and developed from there!


Here's the tag - I used lots of fesco paints and an old hot picks stamp plus a variety of jofy stamps for the flowers and foliage.


The canvas idea developed largely after watching the demo from Leandra on painting the bottles - I decided I wanted to follow her technique with one of the little bitty TH bottles - so I did - 


I also created the canvas using grungepaste and stencils then more fresco paint plus some lovely bits that the wonderful Alison Bomber (Butterfly) sent me along with the tags she made at Ally Pally whilst demoing for paperartsy. - thanks again Alison!


I was hoping you could maybe think the large canvas circles looked a bit like bottle bottom stains .... no? Oh well!!! Nevermind!

I'd like to enter this into paperartsy topic-10-bottles-challenge.

We had another good day yesterday - I went to physio for my back - she says I have an irritated disc - thats mostly down to poor posture! Anyway - she has given me some exercises to do and I go again next week. She manipulated my back - which made three large cracking  noises - and although its not right its definitely feeling better. Its also good to know that i can do lots to help myself! So hopefully it will be controllable.

We did some other bits and bats - including painting the salt dough - 

olives, bread and pizza all for the greek play that the girls are in! 

I hope you have a great Saturday!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx



21 comments:

  1. Wonderful card, Rachel...great use of that Bottles stamp!

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  2. This is gorgeous Rachel. I love your tag and the detailing on your canvas is wonderful. I do think that the circles look a bit like bottle bottom stains!
    The salt dough pieces look fabulous!
    I hope you have a good Saturday
    big hugs, Sue xx

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  3. FABULOUS love the awesome art with the bottles Rachel...have a lovely weekend.xx{aNNie My Personal Blog}

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  4. I love your super canvas Rachel, the bottles with the Jofey flowers look wonderful also the texture and bottle stains look great. Glad your trip to the physio went well, my hubby has had a bad back for years and also does exercise to help. Your salt dough makes look great, the olives look real.

    Hugs Sue xx

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  5. Great tag and canvas Rachel,

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  6. Brilliant tag and canvas and yes, they Do look like bottle rings. Vee xx

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  7. That's lovely Rachel. I love the gorgeous pink you used on the canvas. It contrasts really well with the tag. Love those metal flowers too. Lx

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  8. This is fabulous Rachel, love the tag and looks fabulous on the canvas too. I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  9. Love your canvas Rachel...a great take on the challenge and wonderful composition. Carol x

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  10. Fabulous canvas Rachel and love that tag huggles Sue xxx

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  11. Your canvas is lovely and the bottles are fabulous in the blue, love the little one on the canvas too! Hugs, Anne xx

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  12. Your canvas is lovely and the bottles are fabulous in the blue, love the little one on the canvas too! Hugs, Anne xx

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  13. I've been having a catch up Rachel, wow you're crafting has really moved in a different direction and I like it very much. I have quite a few JOFY stamps that I don't really know how to use, you've given me some inspiration.
    Anne xx

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  14. Love the canvas Rachel & Yes, I get the bottle stains! I love the salt dough fod too, it looks amazing!
    Glad to hear you're getting your back sorted out, it'samazing what a few small exercises can do!
    Big HUgs
    Dawn xx

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  15. Brilliant canvas Rachel, love the colours and all the elements.
    Patricia x

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  16. A fabulous canvas Rachel, I love your 'little bitty bottles'.
    Pauline
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  17. Wonderful canvas Rachel, amazing details, and colours, love it, hugs Kate x

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  18. Great canvas Rachel. Love all the detail and the colours.
    Mags
    x

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  19. love the canvas and the tag looks great I love the bottle stamp and the circles do look like bottle marks-salt dough food look good
    Carol x

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  20. Wonderful, I love it as a canvas!

    Lucy x

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