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Friday 1 July 2016

Fun with Circles!

Hello there! How are you today? July 1st - how did that happen??? Well being the first it means a new challenge over at countryviewchallenges where you are being invited to have fun with circles! Here's my make ....


And here's how I made it ... I started by brayering buff fresco paint onto card ..


next I added more fresco paints and some metallic decoarts paints...


Then I added circles in white using a pen top and wow powder pot using white paint....


I also added black circles in archival ink ...


I also added some stamping in distress ink using limor circles and a script stamp.


Next I stamped a large butterfly ...


and coloured it using distress inks before cutting out ...


Next I used posca pens to add circles on the butterfly...


Here's another look at the finished item.


I hope you will be able to join us this month and be in with a chance to win a £20 voucher to spend at countryviewcrafts.

I would like to enter this into craftstamper take-it-make-it-challenge-july

Big hugs

Rachel xx

30 comments:

  1. Wow, beautiful card Rachel! I love your colours and the way you created circles! Hugs

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  2. Fabulous background and beautiful butterfly Rachel, love the colours and the circles worked perfectly xxx

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  3. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant, I just LOVE what you have done on this project.
    Patricia x

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  4. Hi dear Rachel...wow what a beauty you made. I love all your circles, even on the wings of your glorious butterfly. The background is gorgeous. Such a brilliant card. Happy July and enjoy the upcoming summer hols with your dear girlies. Huge hugs xx

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  5. Stunning card Rachel, I know I have it, gorgeous card for my birthday last week

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  6. It's refreshing and beautiful Rachel. Fabulous background and lovely butterfly! Xx

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  7. Wow, stunning Rachel, I love how you've created the background and the butterfly is gorgeous.

    Hugs Sue xx

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  8. Beautiful background Rachel, love that butterfly.. Have a lovely weekend.xx
     {aNNie}

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  9. Brilliant project piece Rachel. Hazel x

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  10. Absolutely gorgeous Rachel, beautiful colours and design, love your background and the butterfly is is amazing, Kate x

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  11. This is glorious, Rachel - your brayered background is beautiful, especially with those wonderful bubbly circles, and the butterfly is gorgeous too. Stunning work! I'm sorry to have been MIA again lately. I've got a couple of weeks coming up soon where I hope to do some proper catching up.
    Alison x

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  12. WOW This is fabulous Rachel, love the colours and brilliant background.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  13. Absolutely beautiful Rachel! I love the mixed media background and the beautiful butterfly in harmonious colours. xx

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  14. This is gorgeous Rachel, such a beautiful background.
    Have a lovely weekend.
    Pauline
    x

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  15. A fabulous card Rachel. Loving your background and the design of this card. Colours are great too. Have an enjoyable weekend.
    Big hugs Jennifer xx.

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  16. Oh wow Rachel, this is gorgeous, love what you did with the circles - beautiful design and wonderful butterfly! Hugs, Anne xx

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  17. Absolutely amazing Rachel fabulous butterfly and love all the textured layers -brilliant really really love this one
    Carol x

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  18. Bet you were running round in circles by the end of making this card. Lol. It is brilliant what items you used to get those circles. Love the effect and the colours. Hugs to you and the girls. Mrs A.

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  19. Such a beautiful background. I love how the butterfly melts into it. Dreamy.

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  20. I love your butterfly card, Rachel! Beautiful background and clever use of circles!
    xx Evelyn

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  21. Beautiful, Rachel! This is anew favorite of mine! Love that background and the awesome butterfly! Hugs!

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  22. Beautiful ! Love that yummy background !
    Corrie x

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  23. Gorgeous card and my favourite colours. xx

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  24. Great card Rachel - wonderful brayered background and circles and love how you have used similar tones on the butterfly but just perfect so it still stands out. Nikki xx

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  25. Great card Rachel - wonderful brayered background and circles and love how you have used similar tones on the butterfly but just perfect so it still stands out. Nikki xx

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  26. Forgot to say Rachel we have a brand new Mixed Media at--http://ainkymess.blogspot.co.uk/
    Carol x

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  27. A winner for sure! What a spectacular background! I love the circles against this IndigoBlu butterfly, amazing!

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  28. Gorgeous background! Thanks for playing along at Craft Stamper :)

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  29. That's beautiful Rachel love the background, thanks for sharing with us at the Craft Stamper, Elizabeth xxx

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  30. Thanks for playing and LOVE your project for the Craft Stamper this month
    xxx Ellie Knol xxx

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