Sunday 20 January 2013

Alpha Challenge - C

So it's the second alpha challenge over at The Craft Barn blog for 2013 - all the details for the challenge can be found HERE

This fortnight the chosen letter is C - I chose the word 'cat' as I have two cats who I adore!  And here they are relaxing inside due to all the snow outside!



And here are my altered dictionary pages:





To start I masked off the definition of cat then watered down some white acrylic paint and gave my two pages a double coat so the dictionary pages were still visible but dulled into the background a bit.  I then created the sky and grass background by applying distress inks in the following colours: stormy sky, tumbled glass, dusty concord, crushed olive and pine needles.
I used black versafine to stamp the cats, butterflies, grasses and leaves - all the stamps are by Inkylicious.  I removed the masking tape from the definition and drew a border around it.

I'm enjoying this challenge but I do find it very difficult to get the dictionary to stay open while I'm working on it!!

I would also like to enter my dictionary pages in the Pan Pastel Challenge this week which is 'nature' - all the challenge details can be found HERE

Thanks for stopping by, Claire x

32 comments:

  1. Exquisite pages, Claire - the blended sky is just beautiful, and the silhouettes look amazing against the muted text - wow!
    Alison x

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  2. So sweet a page with the kitties playing with the butterflies. Great transition from sky to ground.

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  3. Your page caught my eye Claire, love your take on this weeks letter:)
    Val x
    ps I struggle to keep the book open too!

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  4. Stunning work thanks for joining us at PanPastel uk this week.

    Kerry DT Leader

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  5. Very pretty pages. I like the silhouettes.

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  6. Wonderful work on the pages Claire and cats is a terrific subject to chose

    Love Chrissie xx

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  7. Very very beautiful pages!! :0) Mo

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  8. Beautiful pages and fab colours - love the cat pix too

    Kathyk

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  9. I'm not that keen on cats - birds are more my thing
    I did have to laugh when Ginger Freddie (who lives in my road) stepped tentatively in to the snow this afternoon only to turn straight round and miaow to be let back in. He can only have been out for 20 seconds!!
    Your page is lovely.
    Laura
    :)

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  10. Love the spread, graded coloured background and silhouettes very effective

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  11. What a beautiful double page spread - a stunning decoration, totally gorgeous. I love how your cat is playing with the butterflies!

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  12. I adore my cats too and I adore your pages!!! Thank you for joining us over at The Craft Barn x

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  13. i really love the softness of this page.

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  14. Gorgeous pages - love the colours and the silhouettes of the cats!

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  15. I am falling in love with these silhouetes....and the great colors..Thanks for your comments to The Doll House Collector at Alison Bomber' blog with my adorable doll sheet,,,so feel free to choose your favorite product from all my stuff for free e-mail me to nicecrane@yahoo.com

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  16. These pages are so atmospheric and the colours are beautiful.

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  17. Love your double page for Cats - great gradation of colour and love all the foliage!!

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  18. Oh wow, this is totally amazing ... love the scene, love the colours ... love your word!

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  19. Great pages, beautiful blends of colours and I love the silhouettes.
    Thanks for sharing at PanPastel UK this week.
    Hugs Brenda xox

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  20. That's a wonderful page, a lovely scene.

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  21. Love, love, love this one. But then... I love cats too, so that helps... Beautiful background on this page. Well done.
    Thanks for playing with us at the Craft Barn
    Izzy

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  22. Really beautiful, love the scene you have created
    Lindsay xx

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  23. Love thestamping and colours on these pages.

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  24. This is beautiful!! I love how the colors blend and the stamps are great!!

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  25. This is wonderful! The colors are amazing and I LOVE the silhouette stamping! Must try this--thanks for being so inspirational! If you have time, I'd love for you to play along with our challenges at Inkspirational and Technique Time Tuesday! :) HUGS!

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  26. Your page is beautiful, just like those 2 cutie kitties of yours
    Hugz Minxy

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  27. I absolutely love your pages. They are beautiful.

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  28. Great page. Very summery and relaxing

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  29. Congratulations Claire! your page is exquisite!

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  30. Beautiful Claire - I adore cats and I adore you pages!
    Beautifully done!!!!!
    sandy

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