My shining star

My shining star

Tuesday 28 July 2015

Face Value at Crafty Individuals and Diving time!!!

Hello there! I hope you're having a good week.... its so wet isn't it? And cold! A bit of a shell shock after my last week in the sun!!!! Hoping it gets a lot better soon!!! Don't want to put the heating on!!!

Thanks for your kind comments on my canvas yesterday - I hope you like todays card as much! Its one I've made for a neighbour who will be 80 in August - her and her husbands birthdays are 1 either side of Lucy's so I have a few cards to make!!! I used a stamp from the last release by Crafty Individuals - its a stamp designed by Gio and is called elegance-is-timeless. I think its a real beauty of an image.


The card background is made using distress inks (fossilised amber, frayed burlap, mustard seed) and stamps from the set.


The background behind the face image is one made using brushos and the clingfilm technique that I did at coffeepot  a few weeks ago - it was from the craft stamper masterclass on brusho techniques!


I stamped the image onto water colour card using archival ink and coloured the skin using distress markers and water with a brush. The hair was done using frayed burlap. And the dress was painted in Indigo Blu metallic-paints gold finger. I watered it down very much to allow the details to be seen.

I would like to enter this into the craftyindividualsblog face-value challenge

Now for some pictures from when the girls did their bubblemaster diving course in the hotel pool:


This is Penny being helped into her diving equipment ..


and lucy ready to go....


It took quite a bit of encouragement to get Penny down under the water but this was taken some 20 minutes after submersing. Lucy did it first time and just stayed under - Penny needed more time to trust the equipment! They both did really well!


And this is after a blue slush that they had following their final dive! Funny stuff!!!!

Hope you have a great Tuesday! I'm still not going to be doing the hedge I don't think - hopefully wednesday!!!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx


22 comments:

  1. Gorgeous card Rachel...when I saw the pic of the girl's tongues before reading the post I thought they had lack of 02 from the diving lol...gorgeous girls.xx

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  2. Loving your card, and more of your brilliant photos.
    Have a great day
    Patricia x

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  3. Such a gorgeous card, I love the elegant image and beautiful colours.
    Fabulous photos too!
    hugs Sue xx

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  4. Beautiful card, love the photos

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  5. A gorgeous card Rachel, I'm sure that your neighbour will love it. The girls look like they had an amazing time doing their diving lessons and the slushies must have tasted good.

    Hugs Sue xx

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  6. Aww! Gorgeous card Rachel. I love this new Giovanna Zara Illustration stamp and how you have used it. Great use of the small stamps from the set to create your background. Your friend/neighbour will love this. Great photos of Lucy and Penny especially the last one with the blue slush tongues!! :)
    Thank you for playing along with the Crafty Individuals Face Value Challenge.
    Hugs to you all, Flo xx

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  7. Gosh they are plucky girls, fab photos. Drenching rain here and so dark, i've got the light on to see what I'm doing.
    Super card, the image is so lovely, and all your bakcground colours are wonderful, have a good day, hugs Kate x

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  8. Wonderful card Rachel, and yes, it's a super stamp, but your background looks great too!

    It looks as if you and the girls had a fantastic time in Turkey, and sorry to hear it's so cold in the UK....

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  9. A beautiful card Rachel and the CI stamp is very elegant. Our weather is awful here.....in fact its so bad I am still in my PJ's..........its a perfect day for a duvet day :-)

    The girls look wonderful and it must have been great to spend time in the sun.

    Hope we get some warmth/Sun soon

    Take care
    Annie x

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  10. Fabulous card and I do love the image. Well done to the girls for the diving and loving their blue tongues. It is miserable and cold here today too.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  11. Your card is so striking and I love the photos of the girls. Looks like they are having lots of fun.

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  12. Lovely techniques used on your lovely card - very effective! It's stopped raining here at last tonight - funny old weather for July. Thanks for joining in the CI Challenge. Jean x

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  13. Hi Rachel. fabulous card and girls look to have been enjoying themselves. Sorry for not having visited much lately and hope your ok
    x catherine

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  14. A gorgeous card Rachel, such a beautiful image and lovely colours.
    Pauline
    x

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  15. A lovely card Rachel, great image too. Well done to the girls doing the diving course. Carol x

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  16. Gio's stamp for Crafty Individuals is very elegant but so is your card overall. I love the colours you worked with and the fabulous background you created. Happy to see that you have entered your beautiful card to the Crafty Individuals July Challenge.
    Lovely photographs.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  17. Gorgeous card and beautiful image of a woman! Your girls are definitely having a fun filled summer!

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  18. I love the wonderful background you created with the brushos and cling film, it looks beautiful behind that wonderful image. The girls did a fantastic job - very impressive! Hugs, Anne xx

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  19. Lovely card Rachel. Gorgeous stamp and love the background.
    Mags
    x

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  20. Gorgeous card Rachel & more smashing photos from your hols!
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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  21. Wow, it's brilliant and lovely. Such a gorgeous shade you used. I am really flattered you used and appreciated my stamp. Thank you! Pinned to my board :-)
    Gorgeous pictures from the holiday, lots of envy, here...it's 10°..

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  22. Beautiful stamp and brilliant background-love the holiday pics
    Carol x

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