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Thursday 7 April 2016

Trash to treasure at stamps and stencils

Good morning all! How are you today? This is a scheduled post as I am away in Germany with my girls visiting Shaun's brother and his family who live there. Hope we're having fun!!!

Today is the start of a new challenge over at stampsandstencils. The theme this month is form the lovely Autumn and its all about taking something that was trash and turning it into treasure - upcycling really! Here's what Autumn has to say about it.

 Don't we all love a good upcycled project?  This month we'd love to see how you take something that you'd normally discard and give it new life in your art.  Whether it's glamorized boxes, Styrofoam turned into a stamp, packaging that's been die cut, or another altered idea you have.  Bring on your best mixed media repurposing!  We can't wait to see what you come up!  Don't forget to use stamps or stencils in your project.

So with this theme in mind my girlies returned home with an empty Ferrero Rocher box for mummy to ' do something with'.... Well it got gessoed, then stencilled, then painted and then stamped and it ended up looking like this:


Well I know its not perfect but I think its a huge improvement!!

The paint is whinberry pie from Indigo Blu and the stencil came from paperartsy.


The fuchsia and dragonfly were die cut and stamped using products from sheena douglass.


Here you can see the inside which I have left black for now - you can see the perspex of the ferrero rocher box. I think I will use this box to store some trinkets in - or maybe some crafty goodies on my craft desk.... the possibilities are endless!

I hope you can join us with your trash repurposing over at stampsandstencils!

Big hugs

Rachel x

28 comments:

  1. Great recycling Rachel, Hope you are enjoying Germany, I'm am off away for a few days as well so see you when I get back.

    B x

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  2. Oh, Rachel, what a fabulous alteration! Great colours, wonderful stencil work and amazingly beautiful elements! Love it, love it, love it! Hugs! Branka xx

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  3. Fab alterstion. Hope you are having fun x

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  4. Fantastic Rachel, love the colours, the stenciling and those wonderful fuchsias. Hope you're having a great time.

    Hugs Sue xx

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  5. A fantastic project and how clever. It looks unrecognisable now and really is a lovely piece. Barbxx

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  6. A great transformation of this plain plastic box Rachel, it will look lovely on your desk. What happened to the choccies though?
    Lorraine

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  7. I hope you are enjoying your stay in Germany. A fabulous piece of upcycling. I love the design you have used.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  8. Hi Rachel, what a brilliant project, lovely colours and the dragonflies are gorgeous.
    Hope your holiday is going well and your weather is btter than here, Kate x

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  9. Well besides making me hungry for chocolates and hazelnuts, this made me giddy with excitement! I have quite the collection of these empty boxes and can't wait to use them in this way. I usually keep them clear and store things in them, but they do break easy. So an artsy project will be so much more fun! I love your fabulous stamps & stencils here and this oh so spring color palette. A true beauty! Hugs, Autumn

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  10. Super work Rachel, I love Ferrero's but they never come in such a beautiful box as this ! gorgeous colours and fab dimensional embellies.....now where did I put that empty box........ xxToni

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  11. This is gorgeous Rachel, great upcycling.
    I hope you and the girls are having a great time.
    Pauline
    x

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  12. Wow what an awesome idea of decorating Ferrero Rocher box, I always get them for xmas and valentines day. Hope your having a wonderful time over in Germany. I would love to meet up again and even go to a workshop, whenever you want. Happy Art :-) Hugs Kezzy xxx

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  13. Fantastic transformation Rachel ! The colour of the dragonfly against the box is beautiful ! Sue C x

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  14. Hope you and the girls are having a wonderful time away Rachel. this is a fabulous project for the challenge and a great idea
    X catherine

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  15. This looks fabulous Rachel.xxx

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  16. So I wonder who ate all the chocolates???? Beautiful upcycle, Rachel! Love that whinberry paint color and your fushia is just amazing! Very inspiring project! Hugs!

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  17. Hope your having a fab time with the girls in Germany. Love the colour on your choccy box and did no one leave the last one for you in the box! hugs Mrs A.

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  18. Wonderful transformation, Rachel! Enjoy your stay in Germany! Hugs

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  19. What an amazing transformation Rachel, I would never have guessed it was a plastic box! I saw that gorgeous dragonfly on TV the other day and completely fell in love with it - it looks stunning on your box.... Hugs, Anne xx

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  20. This is one fabulous transformation Rachel...enjoy your time away.xx
     {aNNie}

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  21. Fabulous decorated bow an great result and love the beautiful fushias and dragonfly-hope your enjoying your visit in Germany
    Carol x

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  22. Gorgeous Rachel! I wish Ferreo Rocher came in boxes exacly like yours! We'd never throw them away!
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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  23. Wonderful transformation. Love the dragonfly and the stencil work.
    Hugs!
    Cec

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  24. A complete transformation - great texture and fabulous dragonfly!
    Alison x

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  25. Its a beauty . Loved the dragonfly sitting on the box:)

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  26. Its a beauty . Loved the dragonfly sitting on the box:)

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  27. Great recycling Rachel, love the colours and adore fuchsias which you've made brilliantly!! You've also used my current favourite stencil to great effect....can only suggest a further tiny improvement would be to buy some more chocolates to put in it!! :-))

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