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Sunday 11 March 2012

Hitting the bottle

Hi there, i've had a lovely play in my craft room today. My son received a lovely pressie of a special bottle of booze for his birthday and wants me to alter it for him. I'd never tried an altered bottle before so my boy and his friends kindly emptied a bottle of Jack Daniels to practice on (yes they did let me have a little drop lol). 


(Apols again for the crap picture, I still can't work out hubby's camera lol)

I started by painting the bottle with black gesso and then a coat of black acrylic paint. I added black soot crackle paint to some parts and left it to dry. I've used train tracks from Creative Expressions gold embossed on tissue paper, and dandelion clocks from Chocolate Baroque's Punky romance Stamps, I stamped these directly on to the bottle and embossed with gold EP. Next came my favourite Crafters Workshop template, with magitac paste and gold mica powder.


To embellish I've added lots of Idea-ology bits, salvage stickers, some chain and ribbon from my stash, grungeboard swirls painted with gold acrylic paint and lastly a flower made from Clearly for Art modelling film. I vaguely followed Wendy Vecci's youtube tutorial adding crackle paint and colouring with alcohol inks before diecutting with Tattered florals. The button in the centre is recycled from some clothes my boy was throwing out. I also made a smaller flower that I popped on top of the bottle.

I'm so glad I managed to get some crafting time to make this, I spotted that this weeks challenge at Simon Say's Stamp and Show was 'Bottle it' and had to play along as this bottle was sat in my craftroom.
I'm also entering this in the following challenges:
Let's Ink It Up: show us your flowers
Paper Play: recycle it
Totally Gorjuss: anything goes with a button

Thanks for popping by, I hope you've had a lovely crafty Sunday too
hugs
Claire xx



23 comments:

  1. Wow Claire this is amazing ! I love the gold on the black and the stencilling and stamping...all of it ! Sue C x

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  2. wow this is just amazing!!! such a work of art! Hugs juls

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  3. Oh my goodness Claire, this is fantastic. I never would have believed that you could alter a bottle and make it look this good. Pat on the back Girl. Hugs Rita xxx

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  4. Ooooh Claire this is an amazing creation so beautiful. I love the idea of painting the bottle with the gesso. You have altered it beautifully. xx

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  5. Wow, such a masterpiece, your altered bottles looks wonderful.

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  6. Wowee what an amazing job you did Claire. Love the black and gold colour theme and all the elements you added to it.
    hugs {brenda} xox

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  7. Hi Claire your bottle is fabulous. I really fancy giving this a bash.
    Thank you for sharing. Annie : )

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  8. Wow, fantastic alteration. Love all the details you added.
    Yvonne

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  9. Claire, your bottle is gorgeous! I love how you used the ornate plate and the word key to embellish it! Really cool! I also love your tattered flower and the flourish. The colors you chose are really awesome. Love the black base and then the gold accents on tissue paper! Beautifully done! Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp and Show. <3 Candy

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  10. Wow, this is an awesome project !! Thanks for joining us at LIIU and good luck. Hugs, Marion

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  11. Wow, Claire - this is spectacular - it looks like it's been hidden in a Wild West saloon for about 100 years!! I love all the fantastic vintage/steampunk elements.

    Thanks for joining us on PaperPlay this week.

    Julie :o)

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  12. What a truly beautiful piece and how lovely that this was made at a request from your son! Bet that made the JD taste better! It is fabulous! Thanks for playing along at LIIU this month and good luck!

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  13. A real work of art Claire...fabulous..

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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  14. OMG Claire this is absolutely STUNNING, I LOVE IT. Thanks for taking part in our challenge at LIIU this month, good luck. Hugs Suzanne xx

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  15. Claire amazing altering work. Thank you for joining us at LIIU, Hugs, Velma DTM

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  16. This is amazing and how brilliant to alter the bottle in this way rather than just throw it into the recycling. Love it - a great memento of a special birthday

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  17. Fantastic Claire, you just need an alice in Wonderland "Drink Me" sign lol, glad they saved you some. xxx

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  18. STUNNING , you are so clever.
    And How beautiful is it now!!!
    Hugs Elaine

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  19. Girl, you should hit the bottle more often! This is an awesome altered bottle! Love all that gold and everything! Happy Tuesday!

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  20. Hi Claire! What a great take on a re-purposed bottle! Brilliant work! Yvonne

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  21. Just fabulous Claire - I love these colours and every single grungy detail - the flowers is a beauty and your bottle a real stunner! Thanks so much for joining in the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge! Sarah.

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  22. What a fantastic transformation you made on the bottle, Claire! Amazing.

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  23. One word, Claire...

    STUNNING

    Love and light
    Frankie
    xx

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