A Little Blue Bottle - Guest Desgner at Frilly and Funkie -'Enjoy your Embossing! '

Hi Everyone and Welcome 

Today I am a Guest designer over at Frilly and Funkie and I really am thrilled to have been given this opportunity to share a little of my creativity on such a prestigious blog.
The current theme is 'Enjoy your Embossing' chosen by the super talented Jenny and here's what she has to say:

'Make a vintage or shabby chic project of your choice and remember to include some embossing. Use your favourite embossing methods (wet, dry, heat, or any other techniques you want to share) - just enjoy your embossing!'

What a fabulous theme! Thanks Jenny for providing the ideal opportunity for me to finally alter one of the many glass bottles I have stashed away in my 'bottle bank'  using Wendy Vecchi's Faux Granite Technique . 

Choosing  one of my 'empties' did take a while ( I seem to have quite a stash!!) .......... but in the end I settled on an empty perfume bottle- isn't it cute ?

With respect to Wendy I won't go into detail about how to do her Faux Granite Technique as you can find Wendy's excellent tutorial here 

I used Sky Blue Archival Ink and Embossing powder to emboss the bottle - Be sure to keep in mind glass+heat = HOT, VERY HOT so work in stages to minimise the 'OUCHES' !!

To create the white specks I used Ranger Glacier White Pigment Ink Pad and a Speckle stamp from my stash. Once the embossing was dry and the bottle cooled down I applied Silver Gilding Wax to the bottle neck and base.

Though the bottle is cute enough to stand alone or have its original topper popped back on (which is fabulous in itself) the challenge theme is all about embossing so I created an embossed poinsettia using Tim Holtz Bigz Poinsettia die, a dot embossing folder and some dark blue card stock that has a subtle silvery shimmer to it .
Can you believe I bought this die a while ago and this is the first time I have used it!!!  

I highlighted the embossed pattern and caught the edges of the leaves with Silver Gilding Wax before shaping and adhering the layers together. 

I adhered a couple of hex nuts into the centre of the poinsetta and positioned a heart pin in place. I altered the pin using Silver Alcohol Ink by simply dripping the ink from the bottle. I love the textured effect it created. I placed a deep blue gem in the centre of the heart as a finishing touch.

Here are a few more photos of my altered embossed bottle. Hope you like it .

If you fancy joining in the current challenge there's still plenty of time to enter - just head over to Frilly and Funkie's blog  checkout the rules and then go have some fun 'enjoying your embossing!'

Huge thank's again to all the team at Frilly and Funkie for my Guest Design spot today - it has been a real priviledge and honour and is much appreciated . 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges 

Country View Crafts #35 January 2016- 'Inspired by Bottles' 

Anything but Cute Challenge #9 'Ring out the Old, Bring in the New' 

( Tim Holtz poinsetta die bought new but used for the first time on this project ) 

Thanks too to all of you who have popped by today. I hope you have enjoyed your time here and leave inspired to create . 

Look forward to seeing you again soon 

Take care 

Amanda x