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Sunday, 12 February 2017

Regal Diary




Hi and welcome to my blog  :)  I'm sharing a bit of 'up-cycling' with you today, featuring the gorgeous Kingfisher again.  I have used CB Kingfisher Song, Baroque Meadow and  Words of Inspiration stamp sets; black Gesso paint, gold embossing powder, pearl acrylic paints, Stickles.



You may or may not know that I am a self confessed 'crazy cat lady'!  I love cats, both real and decorative ornaments.  I usually have a cat calendar for the year, and this year's came with  a free diary that I decided to up-cylcle for one of my GDT samples.  I felt awful about painting over these kitties but I needed to use  the diary.  I gave it 2 coats of black Gesso and left to dry naturally.



Once dry I stamped a large Kingfisher, Baroque Meadow and a couple of sentiments onto the front of the diary and embossed them all in gold.  I then painted the Kingfisher with pearl acrylics to make the image shine.  I didn't want my bird to look as if it was floating in mid-air so I drew a branch with an embossing pen and embossed it in gold then painted it.  




I added some Stickles  to the meadow flowers and the sentiments.




To complete this project I gave it a couple of coats of spray varnish to protect the art work.



I really love the look of this diary now, and you could alter any notebook or journal in the same way.  This would make a lovely present, and it was quick and inexpensive to create.  You could use any stamps, I up-cycled a book last year using Indian themed stamps.
Thank you for visiting my blog today, I hope you have enjoyed this post and you'll come back soon  :) 
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8 comments:

  1. Bernie Simmons12 February 2017 at 19:11

    Lovely Lady P xxx I know how hard this was to do Black coated card does not react well to water so to get the result you have is ACE xx love it x

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    1. Penny Butler12 February 2017 at 19:52

      Hi Bernie, thank you so much hun :) Yes it was tricky but I got there in the end lol! ;) xxx

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  2. cuilliesocks12 February 2017 at 22:21

    Stunning work Penny, the black background really makes the colours of the kingfisher pop, fabulous project, Kate x

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    1. Penny Butler13 February 2017 at 12:43

      Hi Kate, thank you my lovely :) I agree - a black background always shows up the colours of the images, so does a thin black border :) xxx

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  3. Birgit13 February 2017 at 03:27

    I love this! The black gesso is very shiny and luxurious and loving the Kingfisher with the great colours. The gold just sets everything off brilliantly

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    1. Penny Butler14 February 2017 at 15:30

      Hi Birgit, Thank you for your lovely comment :) I used a spray varnish on the finished project which makes the whole thing shine and protects it :) xxx

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  4. Flo Langley13 February 2017 at 12:19

    Great up-cycling Penny. Love the kingfisher on the black background it really pops. Fabulous effect and a wonderful project.
    Hugs Flo x

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    1. Penny Butler14 February 2017 at 15:40

      Hi Flo, thank you so much I'm glad you like it :) xxx

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