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Sunday, 31 January 2016

A new challenge at We Love 2 Create

Good morning folks, my project today is for our new challenge over at We Love 2 Create and as usual our theme is 'Anything Mixed Media/Creative Goes' so lots of scope for you to play along and be in with a chance of winning some lovely crafty goodies from Premium Craft Brands!!


I've made an MDF heart using lots of my favourite goodies. I'd actually started this heart ages ago and it had gone horribly wrong so I gave it a coat of white gesso and mixed in a little Magenta Extra Dark PanPastel. This is one of my favourite PanPastel colours as its a lovely dark colour but blends to create a subtle pink. I also dusted over some White Coarse PanPastel Medium for some sparkle.


I coloured some Dutch Doobadoo Honeycomb with Pewter PanPastel and added some scraps of lace and paper flowers dusted with silver glitter. 


I made the butterfly by applying versamark to a Stampbord domino and adding more Magenta Extra Dark.. I embossed the word Fly (using Indigo Blu alphabet stamps) with silver EP and added some pearl trim to the bottom. The wings were made with Clearly for Art white film, love this stuff as you can shape it when its warm. It works beautifully with Pans too which actually surprised me as its a very smooth surface. I stamped the Indigo Blu Butterfly stamp with versamark and applied my Magenta Extra Dark PanPastel before cutting the wings our and attaching one to each side of the stampbord. I added some little gems and a ribbon for the butterflies antennae.

To finish off I popped seambinding bow and a paper flower at the top of the heart.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:
Allsorts: Bring on the bling
Brown Sugar: Anything goes
Frillie and Funky: enjoy your embossing
Fussy and Fancy: Monochrome
Moving along with the times: embossing
Through the Purple Haze: Things with wings

Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon
Claire xx



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18 comments:

  1. Craftyfield31 January 2016 at 09:07

    Love this lacy and romantic piece, the Dark Magenta looks so deep and rich! Didn't know the Clearly for Art would take pastels and this is a great discovery.

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  2. Kathy/NorthCarolina31 January 2016 at 14:15

    What a gorgeous piece, Claire! I love the wings on that butterfly and the subtlety of the embossed sentiment, too. The colors are outstanding and the embellishment clusters are stunning! I really enjoyed YOUR embossing! Thanks so much for sharing with us at the Frilly and Funkie "Enjoy your Embossing" Challenge!

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  3. ellyscard creatief31 January 2016 at 15:05

    Beautiful creation.

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  4. Birgit31 January 2016 at 17:45

    This is so lovely! I love the purples and pinks but I also love your unique butterfly!

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  5. Wendy L31 January 2016 at 18:05

    This is amazing, gorgeous, thanks for joining us at MAWTT, xxx

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  6. brenda1 February 2016 at 09:48

    A stunning creation Claire and love the butterfly arrangment.

    Many thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts this week.

    B x

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  7. Wendy L1 February 2016 at 12:48

    So gorgeous, thanks for joining us at Allsorts xxx

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  8. Words and Pictures2 February 2016 at 22:02

    A gorgeous mixed media piece, Claire - wonderful use of the jewel colour tones and the butterfly wings are fabulous!
    Alison x

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  9. Inkypinkydelights3 February 2016 at 07:26

    Oh WOW Claire I love this! What a beautiful creation! Thanks for sharing at Fussy & Fancy and good luck with the challenge. Judy x DT

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  10. Zoe Hillman3 February 2016 at 20:28

    So pretty! I love the flowers, the honeycomb background, lace and all the gorgeous textures and layers. Thanks for joining us at Frilly and Funkie. :)

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  11. Beth Brovold4 February 2016 at 14:19

    Oh WOW Claire this is GORGEOUS...simply stunning! Thank you for sharing with us at Fussy and Fancy...good luck!
    Take care,
    Beth

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  12. SewPaperPaint5 February 2016 at 14:21

    This is beyond beautiful, I love every detail!!!

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  13. Suzanne C9 February 2016 at 11:23

    Gorgeous! Love the mix of the lace, flowers and other embellishments. That vellum butterfly is beautiful. Thank you for joining us this week in the "Enjoy your Embossing" challenge at the Frilly and Funkie Challenge!

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  14. Unknown10 February 2016 at 20:53

    Amazing project! Even more from the perfect embellishing, the color shades won my heart. :)
    Have a lovely day...

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  15. DistinctiveLMNts11 February 2016 at 00:37

    STUNNING , creation! Thank you for sharing with us at TTPH challenge.
    Lisa (DT)

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  16. Jenny Marples14 February 2016 at 09:26

    Gorgeous Claire! Thank you for joining us at Frilly and Funkie. Jenny x

    ps. Have you seen the latest IndigoBlu challenge?...

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  17. sarascloset15 February 2016 at 23:30

    Gorgeous heart project! congratulations on your win at Frilly and Funkie--so WELL deserved! Hugs!

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  18. Tone K.19 February 2016 at 15:35

    Ohhh....so beautiful ! :) I love the details with the splitted butterfly...stunning background, flowers and design :)
    Congrats on being Top 5 at Fussy and Fancy :)

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