Shabby Chic Bottles

Hello everyone!

Jennie here today with my second make for this month's fabulous challenge 

 Inspired by Bottles

I was inspired to make a wall hanging, covering my die cut bottles with shabby chic paper and then adding some fabulous crackle! It was a lovely opportunity to go over the top with shabby chic embellishments and add even more crackle to the background. Please do visit  my blog if you would like to see some more details.

Thank you for joining us today and do pop back again on Saturday when Rachel is sharing her second project of the month.

Jennie x

Live The Dream

Wanna Play A Game?...

Hi, it's Sue here with my second project for this months 'Inspired By Bottles' theme.

I've always loved ships in bottles, and this is my take on one. 

It was snowing as I photographed this - definitely not bikini weather!

I hope you find time to join in with our challenge this month.

As always more details can be found at Sue The Iron.

Have a great week

Sue x

Reverse mini canvasses

Hi everyone, hope your week has gone well. I am back today with the second of my projects on our current theme - to be inspired by bottles. Have you used those little burlap panels? - I had one lying around that I had used and didn't like, so I tore off all the burlap and used the reverse to create this little frame for my bottled flowers. 

Please do hop over to Addicted to Art for lots more photos and a step by step.

Nikki

Addicted to Art

December Make a Scene Winners

Hello all!  It's time to announce the winners of Rachel's lovely Create a Scene challenge in December.  There were some really fabulous entries and we always love seeing what you're inspired to make by each theme.

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First of all, Mr Random Generator has picked our Country View Crafts prize voucher winner.

#98 - That's Karen of Karen's Crafting Obsessions, and here's the lovely card she made.

Congratulations, Karen!  Your badge and prize voucher will be on their way to you very soon.

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Now on to the top three, in no particular order...

#9 Jo Rice

Rachel says: The scene is just perfect and stamped wreath surrounding it looks amazing - love it.

#34 Diane W

Rachel says: This is just super cute - perfect use of layering and colours - a truly beautiful card.


#62 Sara's Closet

Rachel says: The way this assemblage clock has been altered is just perfect - the piece is adorable - it will bring pleasure for many years to come!

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And finally our Design Team Member's Special Mention for Create A Scene...

#92 Joi@RR

Rachel says: This mixed media canvas blew me away overall, and the steps to make it are brilliant - a really inspiring piece!

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Congratulations to all our worthy winners.
Badges will be on their way soon, and we hope you'll wear them with pride.  And thank you again to everyone who took part.  As always you made it very hard to choose between you all.

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You've still got plenty of time to be Inspired by Bottles, so we hope you'll come along and play in Brenda's brilliant New Year challenge for January.  Next month you could be one of our happy winners!  Thanks so much for stopping by, and happy crafting all.

Alison and the CVC team xx

Inspired by Bottles - Astrid

Hello everyone, Astrid here today, sharing another project for our Inspired by Bottles theme.

I decided to take the theme literally and alter a bottle, inspired by the many beautiful altered bottles I have come across in places like Pinterest.
Above you can see the front of my bottle, and below here the back.

If you want to see more of how this bottle started and the process I followed, just visit my blog by clicking HERE

To find out more about the details of the challenge and see some fantastic inspiration, click on this post.

Hope you'll decide to join us for the challenge!!

Perfume bottles by Graphic 45

Hello there, it's Monika here with the second project of the CVC January theme - Inspired by bottles.

For this challenge I chose the Sizzix perfume bottles stamp and die set to make a birthday card for my lovely sister.

If you need a detailed supply list, please hop to my blog.

Altered Bottle

Hello everyone, Debs here with my second piece for this months Challenge, 'use a bottle'

Art Doll

I chose to use the bottle to support my doll. I have wanted to make a doll of some kind for a while, so here goes. I used a fabric stiffner for the clothes and polymer clay for head and hands. All was painted with Fresco Acrylics and then highlighted with Treasure Gold in a couple of colours. The bottle is great shape for this style of doll. please visit my blog for all the details.

See you all soon Debs xx

 

#35 January 2016 - Be inspired by BOTTLES

Welcome to our new challenge and the first for 2016. Before we venture any further we would like to wish you

HAPPY NEW YEAR

from everyone at Country View Challenges.

We hope that the new year is full of magic and promise of good times ahead.

To get us into the mood for crafting after the holidays we would like you to be inspired by bottles.  We use them every day and they are common items in our homes but usually they end up in the recycling bin without another thought. So the team have put their thinking caps on and come up with some wonderful transformations to whet your appetite. Let's take a look at what they have been creating.


Rachel

Hello there and a Happy New Year to you! Rachel here with my first take on this wonderful theme of being inspired by bottles. You can get full details on my blog here.

Rachel xx

Jennie

For Brenda's wonderful challenge I took the opportunity of  altering an old air freshener bottle with crackle paint, paints, an adhesive pearl embellishment, lace, flowers and an old button. Do please join me on my blog for all the details and to see how my bottle was transformed.

Debs

Hello Everyone Debs here; Happy New Year! I hope you all have had a wonderful time. I haven't had much time to play but this weekend is all mine.

I had fun altering this bottle, the great idea of the lovely Brenda. Combining crackle and string worked well together and it's really simple. It's about 6 inches high and perfect for this little shelf. You can see all the details over on my blog, bye for now.

Nikki

I do love Tim Holtz Crackle Paint and it is used on this MDF wall hanging to crackle some little bottles and also the flowers. There are more details today over on my blog -  Addicted to Art - it would be lovely to see you there.


Monika

The first challenge theme of 2016 was chosen by the lovely Brenda: Inspired by bottles. So I have brought you here a Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans jar. On my blog the most popular blogpost is "Jar for the Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans" this is why I have decided to make a new version of this jar with Sizzix. More details on my blog. And happy new year!




Sue


Hi and Happy New Year! I thought I would go along with the New Year theme for my first bottle, so here's the gang wishing you lots of happiness. Full details can be found here on my blog.

Gabrielle

Happy New Year! I love using bottles in projects - as bottles, or the bodies of people or as something completely different! For my projects this month I have envisaged a bottle as a vase. This PaperArtsy bottle is a great size to hold this flower! More details are on my blog. Gabrielle x


Brenda

 

I transformed an old Starbucks bottle into a New Years Eve table decoration. It has a number of layers on it before I could say I was happy with the effects I had achieved and once displayed on my buffet table I was really rather pleased with the results. Pop over to Bumblebees and Butterflies to see more.

Alison

I love bottles, so I was very happy to see Brenda's theme for January - I'm always inspired by bottles!  My first offering is a fairly simple one - an ATC, a stamp, some paints and some Glossy Accents.  If you'd like to see more, do pop over to Words and Pictures.  And a happy New Year to you all!

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 Thank you all for a wonderful 2015 with all your amazing entries to our various challenges and we are looking forward to seeing what you create for 2016. 

Have a fun and creative year.

hugs Brenda and the CVC Team xxx

An InLinkz Link-up

Shadow Box Scene

Hi everyone, Nikki here to share my second creation for this month's theme - Create a Scene. I have created this scene using Wendy Vecchi art parts and mounted them all in a shadow box. Here is a photo without the glass which is showing a horrible reflection of me!

Do pop over to my blog if you would like to see more details and photos.

Nikki

Addicted to Art

Beauty in Simplicity

Hello to you all on this third day of Christmas! 

Jennie here today to share another project for our Make a Scene Challenge.

I recently attended a workshop in Coventry where we made a shadow box with Michelle Webb. I enjoyed this so much I decided to make my own little box in a similar way and creating a snowy scene with some of the die cuts I bought during the weekend.

Please join me on my blog, Live The Dream,  if you would like more details of the paints, textures and techniques I used.

Don't forget you still have four more days to join us in our challenge. There is a £20 voucher to spend in the Country View Crafts shop for one lucky entrant and of course the chance for you to join us as a Guest Designer. So find yourself some crafting time and get stuck in !!!

Thank you for joining us today and Nikki will be along on Tuesday with our last post for this year. 

Jennie x

Making a scene!

On behalf of our whole team may I wish you, and yours, a very happy Christmas.

I am sure that you are unwrapping presents and attending to Turkeys but if you needed a little more inspiration today for our 'Make a Scene' theme then this might help! I struggled with this theme a little so decided to treat it literally and decorated a jigsaw that you can... literally create a scene with! As always, there's more on my blog. Gabrielle x

A Snowscape

Hello...Doreen here with my second share for this months challenge of  "Make a Scene" and I am sharing my very last Christmas card this year. More details of this can be found over on my blog

Here

 With only 4 days left till the big man arrives I would like to wish you all a very

Happy Christmas

Make a Scene

Hello everyone, well it's nearly upon us just a week to go. Here is my second post with the current theme the fabulous Rachel chose for us.

I had to keep to the Winter Christmas scene as it brings back so many memories of childhood. All the details as always can be found here

I'd like to wish you all a fabulously Happy Christmas. See you all soon Hugs Debs xxx