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Saturday 7 February 2009

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - DT Piece



This weeks challenge has been set by the very talented Kim and she has chosen the theme - Recycle. I have a lovely bottle of bubble bath from Mauritius and around the top, its wrapped with Rafia, well the bottles almost finished to took the rafia to use as an embellishment. I made this A6 Notebook using SN "Talking to the Birds". Its been coloured with Copic Markers and have added Crytsal Stickles to the flowers. The brown border has also been made using the Copics, It was trial and error, using both blender pen and colour, just kept mixing the 2 which resulted in this distressed look.The backing papers are K & Co and the little bird stamp is Hero Arts. I've made smaller notepads before, but this is the first time I'ved covered a notebook. Pretty isn't she! Hope you can join us with this weeks Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge, you can see the other DT's pieces here. Have a great weekend!
Clairexx

55 comments:

Dawn Wheeler said...

Fabulous idea Claire ,love the image andthe papers ,
hugs Dawnxxx

clare said...

aww..claire this is so sweet,love the rafia..great idea...and the image is so cute.
TFS hugs clare xx

thanks for your lovely comment x

Macpurp said...

this is lovely! I do like this set of stamps.
your holiday must seem like a long time ago now!

love tina x

Donna said...

Beautiful notebook Claire and the rafia is the perfect finishing touch :) Donna x

shaz earl said...

Simply gorgeous Claire xx

Jill said...

gorgeous card Claire it;s amazing what you can recyle and use on your cards once you start looking hugs Jill x

Desire Fourie said...

This notebook's cover is gorgeous and one won't stop making notes in it. Love the little birdie in the bottom corner. Hugs from Desire

Nicki said...

Lovely project Claire, that image is so sweet.

Claireabelle said...

It's lovley Claire
x

Wendy said...

Lovely notebook Claire
Wendy x

Sparkle and Flourish said...

Just gorgeous! Love the image..such a fab one to colour. Love the raffia..such a perfect touch!

Judy xx

Rach said...

this is so sweet Claire,xx

Carol Ann said...

A lovely note book Claire that stamp is so sweet x

Anonymous said...

What a darling notebook!! Just love this!! ;) How sweet!! TFS!

cats whiskers said...

What a great idea and I love this image and your colouring hun
Hugs jacqui x

Bev said...

So pretty! Love these colours Claire and it's such a fab idea too

hugs BEv x

*Beatriz Jennings* said...

beautiful card thanks for your comments on my blog!

Cindy Haffner said...

Cool idea, and love your sweet image.

Riet said...

o Claire,you made fabolous cards, l love them all.

have a nice weekend.
hugs Riet.

jo said...

oh how stunning.love image the image , huggs jo x

simplyfairies said...

Fabiloso Claire very pretty indeedy, I love it,,,,

WeirdCat said...

Such a sweet card, love the colours

Corie said...

This is so sweet and adorable!!

ella bella said...

gorgeous notebook claire, i love that image its so sweet
Tracy x

Happy Crafter said...

Gorgeous Claire i love it :)
Val xxx

Nancy said...

hi claire,
vielen dank für deinen lieben kommentar auf meinem blog :o)
ich finde deine karte ganz bezaubernd!

lg
nancy

Poppy said...

great little notebook.
poppy

Danielle said...

Beautiful work Claire! I love the challenge of recycle - we all need to challenge ourselves to that one! Thanks for the comment you left on my blog - much appreciated. I love your work.
Hugs, Danielle

Curt in Indy said...

This is so sweet! I love the image on this. Your "trial and error" turned out beautiful as did your Copics coloring. Well done! Best, Curt

Stacey said...

Love this image and the distressed image looks great! ~x~

tracie said...

Oh Claire this is so sweet, love this image and the use of the Rafia - gorgoeus !!
Hope your well... Have a great day
hugs
Tracie :)x

nessy said...

this is lovely ~ such a sweet card ~love the bow!!
vanessa xx

Marcea said...

gorgeous card and details - I love it
-x-

Joy said...

Hi Claire, My you have been busy love all your cards and your colouring with Copics is great - must get mine out and have a play. Love Tilda on her pony and thinking I'd like an MM slice!! xx

Sue said...

fabulous note book claire and wonderful recycling:)

sue
xx

Dawn said...

Hiya Claire
Aww I love this card - such a great design and beautifully coloured!


Hugs
Dawn

Tiets said...

this one is sooo fabulous!!

Julie said...

what a gorgeous project...love it! x

sam21ski said...

Fab piece Claire xxx

Christine Riley said...

Gorgeous Claire, love it!
Hugs, Christine :)

Kelly Schelske said...

Grat idea Claire, beautiful job!!

debby4000 said...

Fabulous work making the notebook its gorgeous, would make a fab gift.

Anonymous said...

you have been awarded blogger of the month on crafting corner, and i have also picked your for my blogger award, yo will have to pass it on to 5 other inspiring blogs xxxxx

Claire said...

What a great idea. It's fab. The more I see these stamps the more I like!

Debbie said...

Oooh gorgeous card Claire - I love to recycle stuff - your rafia just finishes it off beautifully. :)

xxDebbiexx

Linanna DESIGNS said...

Hi Claire, i hopeyou are well hunny, this is such a gorgeous card loving the imge you've used! also love the card below too. Its not stopped raining all day, im sure there is not much left up there!! hugs Linda x

Nicole Bailey said...

Oh this card is just so super cute!
I love the image...I've never seen those stamps before!
Love how you colored her in-you did some an awesome job!
TFS>

Sue Shaw said...

Hi Claire
This is gorgeous, she is soooo sweet.
sue. x

Kirsten Alicia said...

Gorgeous card. I love the image & your colouring is lovely.

Deb said...

gorgeous card Claire, love the sweet image and the raffia looks fab!
have a great evening, Debx

Anonymous said...

thanks for the sweet comment on my blog post. i love your blog and this card is fantastic. i love to recycle in my craft whenever i can!

Anonymous said...

Great card Claire...perfect recycling.
Hugs
Carole

Crafting Queen said...

Wonderful card, love the colouring. have a great day. anesha

Anonymous said...

Fabulous project! The image is so cute.
Hugs, Vanja

Crissy Armstrong said...

That is just adoable!!


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