Dreams Come True

Hello to you all, I am back with my second background project,I have found this challenge so easy as I always make my own backgrounds.I hope you are enjoying making your own backgrounds too. More details for this can be found on my blog

How You Doin

Hi it's Sue again with my second piece for this months 'Make Your Own Background' challenge. 

 I just wanted to use these guys 'cos they're new and they make me smile. I love the bright colours that you can get with Dylusion inks.More details can be found here on my blog and I hope you can join in this month.
Have a great week xx

February - Make your own Background

Today Sue is challenging us to make backgrounds for a project, whether that be cards, journal pages, book covers, hangings, altered boxes etc, etc or whatever comes to mind. The team have put their thinking caps on and been making a variety of different types of backgrounds and don't forget if you pop back every other day you will find as adding more inspirational pieces to whet your appetite.

Let's take a look at what we have for you today -

Jennie

Having received a lovely new set of stamps for Christmas I decided to experiment with them on a double spread journal page, making the background using as many of the stamps as possible along with stencils and distress inks. Please join me on my blog if you would like more details.

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Doreen

I have made a Monoprint background today using my Gelli Plate.

More details over on my Blog

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Debs

Hello everyone, Debs here, with a great theme for me, as I just love creating my own backgrounds, and use them in most of my art. It gave me the opportunity to use loads of layers with stencils paints and inks. Please visit my blog to see more.

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Rachel

I had such fun using my gelli plate to help create this bright background for a journal spread. I hope you can pop along to visit me at my blog to get step by step details! Big hugs. Rachel x

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Astrid

This being February I decided to make a Valentines' card for my first project. The background was made with a gelli print. If you want to see more detail, hop over to my blog and Happy February!

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Monika

For the February Challenge of the CVC I have created a wintry canvas with Tim Holtz Umbrella Man. I was inspired by a black and white photo and I wanted to make my own version with my stamps and cutouts. If you would like to see my tutorial, please visit my blog and click here.

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Alison

Well, Sue could hardly have come up with a better theme for me... it's rare that I don't make my own background, and it's also often the case that the background is my favourite part, whether of my own or of other people's projects!  For this first tag I used my favourite inky background technique, wrinkle-free-distress.  Come over to Words and Pictures if you'd like to see some more details.

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Nikki

I decided to make a card using a textured background I had previously created - incorporating scraps of text, texture paste and distress paints. I added a few flowers and sentiment to complete my arrangement.

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 Gabrielle

I was so excited to play along with the challenge this month. I LOVE making backgrounds with lots of paint, stencils and stamps. This background uses four stencils! TO see the background before this was finished, please pop to my blog! Gabrielle x

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Brenda

 I love making my own backgrounds and had great fun with stamps, crackle paste and inks to create the backdrop for my collage. I have more details on how it was constructed on my blog. 

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Thanks to everyone who took up the challenge last month to be inspired by bottles. There are some fabulous entries and the winner will be announced soon.

Have fun making your own backgrounds, we look forward to seeing them linked below.

hugs Brenda and the Team xxx

An InLinkz Link-up

Bottle Shrine

Hello all, great to see you here. Astrid with you today, sharing my second Inspired by Bottles project.

Bottles are only a small part of this project, and perhaps don't take center stage, but they are definitely there. If you want to see more on how I put this together, please come by for a visit to my blog.
We are now nearly at the end of the month, but, there is just a little time left still to play along in our challenge. You can find all the details HERE - we would love to see what you come up with.

Thanks so much for visiting

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Astrid

Antique Bottles by Alison

Hello all, it's Alison here with you from Words and Pictures with another piece of inspiration for Brenda's fantastic "Inspired by Bottles" theme.

This time, I've been altering some actual bottles... they were already vintage, and I hope I've made them look even more antique-y!!  It was quite a simple transformation, so if you'd like to see how it was done, do come and check out the details over at Words and Pictures.

There are just a few more days to enter the Inspired by Bottles challenge.  With a prize voucher from Country View Crafts on offer, what have you got to lose?  Hope to see you there.

Alison x

Words and Pictures

Blue bottles

No not those horrid flying ones but grungy mixed media ones.

Hi it's Brenda with you again today and I had great fun making a mixed media board using mainly DecoArt products media acrylic paints with a little distress.

Theres lots of colour and texture built up in layers for the background and then I added the bottles, photos and some rusty elements too. For more details and a few more photos please join me over at Bumblebees and Butterflies.

Have a great week.

hugs Brenda xxx

Fluttering Bottles!

Good Morning! Rachel here today bringing you some more inspiration for the current challenge here at countryview challenges. 

These beautiful butterflies are fluttering by to tempt you into joining us! Full details of how I made this canvas can be found on my blog post here.

Hope to see you over there!

Big Hugs

Rachel x

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.