' ' ' 'Crafty Endeavours: Bottles

Saturday 16 January 2016

Bottles

New Year new challenge at the Craft Barn... This year it's a dictionary challenge and the first letter we have been given is B. Coincidentally,  Paper Artsy's challenge first topic of the year is "Transparent" and Country View Crafts first challenge theme is Bottles, so without the need for imagination (my mojo is still not back to normal after the holidays) I had my theme!



For my background, a very loose "wall" was stencilled in blue Distress ink and a table top in Antique Linen. Both stencils were created with Tim Holtz Mixed Media Thinlit dies.
For the bottles, I used the stamps from Paper Artsy Hot picks 1203, 1204, 1205 with Archival ink on acetate.
I coloured my bottles with alcohol pen from the reverse and glued them on the background with glossy accents.

One last thing to finish this page... the dictionary definition.

Please tell me what  you think of this page in your comments!


Also entering the SSS Monday challenge.

30 comments:

  1. Great card! Love the color of the bottles. Very clever,

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  2. Very topical in my household today Chritine and the definition would definitely be "too many bottled in the recycling", I say no more for fear of recriminations !!

    Great idea to create your own masks and they give a nice subtle background.

    B x

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  3. Fabulous job on the bottles. Have a lovely weekend.
    Flo x

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  4. Love the bottle stamps & your clever use of the alcohol inks with acetate. They look fabulous.

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  5. Love the bottles! Why do they look different in each photo? Thanks for the ink advice on mine! :D

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    1. I took the first photo absolutely straight on so there are no reflection off the shiny acetate. On the second, the top reflects the light from the window and the bottom reflects a shadow, probably my arms and camera.

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  6. Well done on combining these challenges - I love how those bottles look!!

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  7. Ooh, I love those bottles. They look so realistic, very well done.

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  8. Hello! When I saw the photo I thought it was a photo of real bottles and the next photo would be them painted or something, so you can imagine how massively impressed I was when you said they had been stamped! They look totally amazing and you have done a fabulous job! Cxxx

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  9. I always adore those bottles and they look fabulous here - and the simple background lets them shine!
    Alison x

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  10. Fab bottles, great idea to stamp on acetate and then colour them in, the acetate creates that mottled look which gives the impression of real glass bottles. Lovely background too x

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  11. Love this the colours go together so well

    Chrissie xxx

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  12. Absolutely wonderful!! The bottles look great. xx

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  13. I love this, it's a stunning piece of work! X

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  14. Ben c'est juste absolument parfait!!! :D
    Bravo Christine, et pour le triplé aussi, extra ! Bises

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  15. Really nice, I love those bottle stamps. They look great coloured on the acetate x

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  16. A great card and very convenient it fits the brief for three challenges! I love the use of acetate with the pens on the back xx

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  17. these look so realistic - very neat x

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  18. Great to see you taking part in the dictionary challenge. I love your bottles page.

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  19. Beautiful. You have me thinking of the flea markets and all the gorgeous bottles you see when hunting for the perfect thing to bring home. Thanks for playing along with us in the "Stencil" challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!

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  20. Love the colours of thoses acetate bottles, great page and choice of word.

    Sylv xx

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  21. It was great to see you back at Craft Barn, and was grateful for your lovely comment. I was super impressed with your beautiful card, and totally loved the fact you have a die cutter (so jealous_grin) that you used to create this transparency. It is ingenious.

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  22. That blue bottle is just the perfect shade! Lovely page.

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  23. The shape of this card and the subtle stenciling really frame these amazing bottles! They look so cool!!! Great idea to color the reverse and the GA makes them look so real! Coolness! <3

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  24. Great page, I love old bottles and yours are so colourful! xx

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  25. Fab page, love the colours of the bottles :)

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  26. I love the idea of the transparency, never tried stamping and coloring on them.The colors are so vibrant of the bottles.

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  27. That's a fantastic creation, great details and interesting shape.

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  28. Fabulous start to this year's Craft Barn challenge. You have reminded me to make some stencils with my Mixed Media Thinlets.

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