Tuesday 1 November 2011

Poison


I decided to do something a bit different this week, as it is so long since I did anything non-journal-y. As you will no doubt have observed already, I have something of a passion for Stampotique stamps, so the challenge on their design blog every couple of weeks is something I have been meaning to get to for a while... The challenge at the moment is to design a poison bottle, using Stampotique stamps only. I happened to be cleaning out my spice drawer and found an almost empty test tube container that is used to store vanilla pods in. Seemed like a good place to start. After a few mishaps (i.e. the cork getting wedged in the tube just after I had filled it with green spray ink, and the fact that as a test tube, it doesn't stand up - doh!)here is my finished creation:

Goglin just seemed the obvious choice for guarding the potion, and with his little hands poised - I kept thinking 'my precious' all the time I was painting him! I added some beads and buttons to the rusted wire, the pointing finger button is a handmade porcelain button, made by yours truly...

I used upholstery tacks to attach a tag (and to stop the cork sliding inside the tube again, hmm hmm)and used a torn piece of old book page to break up the darkness of the green 'potion' inside.
Hope you all had a happy halloween everyone!

9 comments:

  1. WOW!!!! This is just amazing!! x

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  2. omg...that is not adorable it makes me smile. awesome!

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  3. Fabulous test tube and I loved the wire curling around.

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  4. Hi there, This is Brilliant, love the curling wires and Goglin is the perfect choice to guard your potion, Love it!! Gay xxx

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  5. Beautiful bottle, love Goglin! Thanks for joining us at Stampotique Designer's Challenge.

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  6. Wow what a fabulous poison bottle! Love the whole idea of this. Thanks for joining the Stamptotique designer's challenge

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  7. This is gorgeous, I love it and I adore the image you've used xx

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  8. Fabulous altered bottle. Great idea.

    Thank you for joining us at Stampotique Designers Challenge.

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  9. this is so fun and creative!!! Hugs Juls

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