Good morning everyone. This is my first make for the Clarity Challenge Blog. Those who are Facebook friends will know how much I enjoy Clarity Stamps and altered art. Combine the two and you can make some stunning things for the home making them into your own individual works of art.
This was a plain rather beaten frame. I picked it up in a junk shop for 50p...but it had a few scratches on the wood and had seen better days. That said it was perfect for what I wanted a frame with a wide fairly flat surface. After taking it home and giving it a clean with a well known bleach type cleaning product (The One that has Bang in the name!)I was ready to go....I stamped the frame with the two poppy stamps and added the two mice from the harvest farm set using Adirondack espresso. Then coloured the images in with promakers. Moss green for the stalks and leaves and Poppy for the poppies if you look closely you will see two little mice sitting in the poppies...made a poppy picture, using the cloud mask the wheelbarrow from the garden set the birdies were from the JOY and birdhouse set two hot air balloons and a tree I think it maybe the larch but I have had this one a while so can't recall exactly. I hope you like it and next time you pass a junk shop pop in!
Bernie this is great inspiration for upcycling an old picture frame to personalise it to the picture inside. I love the techniques you've used in your artwork and the combination of stamps too :-)
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Great minds think alike! love these poppies and how effective they are on the frame!! Great idea hon xx
ReplyDeleteI have so many Clarity Favourite stamps Rae! But these are defiantly Up there is the top 5. They are just so versatile and easy to use.xx
DeleteBrilliant idea Bernie - love it! x
ReplyDeleteLove the poppies Bernie and the stamping of the frame and then the artwork make them look like the picture coming out to meet you. Lovely
ReplyDeleteLovely picture Bernie. Such a clever idea to continue it onto the frame. x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful hun, I love how you have done the poppies so they go over the frame as well
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Another beautiful creation , Berni, those poppies work so well on the frame, they look as if they are spilling out of the picture ... inspired as always xxx Annie Mehew
ReplyDeletebrilliant Bernie love it x
ReplyDeleteWow. Lovely x
ReplyDeleteVery clever creation Bernie, lovely use of the stamps xx
ReplyDeleteFantastic framed picture Bernie. I love how the poppies spill over onto the frame! xx
ReplyDeleteThis is so unusual Bernie - I love it. I don't have the poppy stamps but maybe they're a "need"!
ReplyDeleteI love the picture and the frame - brilliant xx
Lovely work Bernie. Very inspirational indeed.
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ReplyDeleteA lovely way to showcase those Clarity stamps. Thank you for sharing your inspirations and ideas with us. xx Maggie
ReplyDeleteWow lovely blog post. I have just started my blog so that I can join in the challenges after seeing all the special teams work. My blog if you fancy a look is annscraftycorner.blogspot.co.uk
ReplyDeleteFantastic work Bernie, such an inspirational idea using the frame....Thanks for sharing it with us...your Clarity work is Fab....Hugs. X
ReplyDeleteAh Jo Thank you....High praise indeed form someone of your caliber. Looking forward to seeing more of your work too xxxx
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