Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Rain, Rain Go Away

So as I post this picture, I have just been told that the next 10 days will be dry - no complaining about that - except that we have just had some turf laid and life is much easier if the grass is watered naturally rather than by me standing there with a hose, lol.
No matter, I'm not going to wish for rain, but I am considering that my picture has magical rain spurning powers!!





I made a little rain droplet stencil out of paper using my fantastic Gyro Cut tool (love that tool) and used my new texture paste I made a few weeks ago - every time I open the pot a very strong smell of talcum powder wafts round the room - haven't decided whether I like it or not yet, it's quite over-powering!! That will teach me to use foot talcum powder in my texture paste recipe !!
I then added Glossy Accents on the top of each droplet so it would look shiny, as you can see below...




.....the only problem is that the rain seems to falling through the umbrella - whoops, didn't think about that, how annoying I thought, but I guess it was a learning process and I wasn't prepared to try and scrape the droplets off!

Challenges entered:

thecraftbarnblog alphadictionary-challenge

allsortschallenge - Spring is in the Air

craftstamper - Anything Goes

rubberdance - green, white and orange

thatscraftychallenges -stencils-and-masks

Thanks for visiting,
Rachel



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27 comments:

  1. Sybil Grieco15 March 2016 at 12:21

    I love this page. I like the way you put the definition under the letters of Rain. As for the umbrella the rain to me looks like it's falling behind the umbrella not through. I think it looks great.

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  2. buterfliecrafter15 March 2016 at 13:51

    I love the playfullness of your page, you could also say that the rain is behind the girl? I used to cut my stencils with a heat tool but recently bought me a silhouette cameo.I use babypowder in my recipe for tecture paste and love the smell, what is your recipe?

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    1. buterfliecrafter15 March 2016 at 13:56

      just found your recipe :-)

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    2. Arty Beginnings15 March 2016 at 16:30

      I totally agree with your statement, the crafting blog crowd are a very encouraging group, even my husband commented on it! The 'recipe' for the texture paste is really only trial and error - I think the recipe I was copying stated you needed to use twice as much powder as I had to use, so I think you need to play around with it! Thank you for your kind words, they are all very addictive to read!

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  3. Annie15 March 2016 at 15:11

    NO, the rain droplets are NOT falling through your umbrella, they are falling on the other side, outside your umbrella. It would look strange if they weren't there. A purely delightful scene you've created! Love the colors and all the fun details.

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    1. Arty Beginnings15 March 2016 at 16:31

      Actually you saying that makes total sense to me now - maybe not a whoops after all!

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  4. kaybee15 March 2016 at 15:43

    Fun page - love all the elements.

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  5. brenda15 March 2016 at 16:28

    A super journal page, many thanks for joining in our Spring theme at Allsorts this week.

    B x

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  6. maria f.15 March 2016 at 16:40

    Although it's about rain, I find it delightful to look at. Homemade stencils, eh? AND paste? Intriguing.

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  7. Sid15 March 2016 at 20:30

    Loving your page especially your textures raindrops !

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  8. WendyK15 March 2016 at 22:13

    Love your page, and I am so pleased you are not going to ask for rain, our garden is just plain soggy.

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  9. McCrafty's Cards16 March 2016 at 01:17

    This is beautiful, Thank you for joining in with us this week at Allsorts, Good Luck!!
    Kevin xx

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  10. Bibi Lindahl16 March 2016 at 07:46

    What a great page! There are so many lovely and cool details here, such as the awesome landscape stencilling, and I really like how you spelled out 'rain' over the bookpages - or is it newspaper? Thank you so much for joining the March challenge at Rubber Dance ♥ Nice to see you with us!

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  11. susiestacey16 March 2016 at 21:16

    Lovely page.
    Thank you for sharing at Allsorts 'Spring is in the air' challenge and good luck x Susan x

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  12. Scrapmate16 March 2016 at 23:27

    A lovely page with so many wonderful elements.

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  13. Crafty Claire17 March 2016 at 21:00

    Brilliant page. I love all of the tiny details and the repeating pattern of colours xx

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  14. Gio18 March 2016 at 12:01

    This is so lovely, gorgeous design! Thanks so very much for playing with us in the TIMI challenge :-)

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  15. Mummylade18 March 2016 at 15:39

    So sweet! Thank you for playing along with us at Allsorts with your creation.

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  16. Bleubeard and Elizabeth19 March 2016 at 17:56

    I realize I must live in the dark, but I had never heard of a Gyro Cut tool until I checked it out on the internet. From what I found, it is mostly sold in the UK, which is possibly why I have never heard of it. I agree it sound FABULOUS, especially for someone as shy and fearful of craft knifes as I am. This may have been a learning experience on the raindrops and the texture paste, but it's a beautiful and fun entry regardless. If we don't learn something each time we make art, we are just rehashing what we've made in the past!

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  17. Julia19 March 2016 at 18:52

    This is beautiful, loads of interest on the page and a great choice of word. I love those little houses and the hills in particular.

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  18. Kristiina20 March 2016 at 15:39

    I love those stripy hills and the cute umbrella girl. Thanks for joining in the challenge at Rubber Dance, good luck with the draw :)

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  19. thassos45620 March 2016 at 20:32

    I love this page. Your background is just gorgeous :)

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  20. Jane21 March 2016 at 19:49

    Wow, what an amazing page, thank you for entering The Craft Barn's Challenge.
    Jane x

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  21. maggie27 March 2016 at 09:33

    Fabulous page. I especially like the hills.

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  22. Sarn27 March 2016 at 10:38

    Love the look of these pages too.
    Good on ya for making your own texture paste!

    Hugs, SaRn xxx

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  23. ionabunny31 March 2016 at 23:54

    Such a fun page. So many fun and lovely elements. Thanks for joining the Rubber Dance challenge. Hugz

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