Wednesday 1 May 2013

Gatsby Altered Bottle




Over on the Happy Daze blog I have altered a plain plastic shower gel bottle using the Gatsby plate by Artistic Outpost but also the background stamp from the Jane's Countryside plate, and the Creme de la Creme stamp from French Flight. I dabbed on various pink and beige shades of acrylic paint, with old gold on the black top, which I stamped with the script and the Great Gatsby wording. The front of the bottle shows Daisy, and I have given her a string of pearls and pearl earrings with pearl glue.


I've used the Jane Austen background stamp, the Creme de la Creme stamp, and the remaining stamps from the Gatsby set all over the bottle in both black and a selection of pinky Distress Ink tones. I stamped the two men from the Gatsby plate onto translucent shrink plastic and cut them to fit inside two little frame charms which I rubbed with a little white paint and tied together with some dyed to match seam binding.


 

Whilst I was painting the outside of the bottle, I watered down some of the pink acrylic paint and added it to some flowers.


I adhered some lace to the bottom and added some glass glitter all over the bottle and the flowers. I stamped The Great Gatsy in black as I wanted these words to be prominent. You can see the decadent champagne bottles from the Gatsby set.



I am entering this for the Eclectic Paperie challenge which is Flowers, and the Artistic Outpost referral programme for May. You can buy their stamps from them if you are in the US, and from Happy Daze if you are in the UK.
  
 
 
 
And thank you, Alison, for mentioning to me about the new Our Creative Corner challenge of Anything Goes which has just gone up, and which I am delighted to link this up to! 

16 comments:

  1. This is gorgeous! Love all the pretty embellishments!!

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  2. Absolutely wonderful... to turn a plain old plastic bottle into this glamorous, romantic creation. Completely beautiful. Lovely to have you play along at eclectic Paperie and at AO (don't suppose you'd care to join in with the Anything Goes at Our Creative Corner and make it a DT hat-trick for me?!?!)...
    Alison xx

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  3. Do I see a pearl necklace adorning that lovely AO image? Gorgeous altered bottle and I so love how you combined all the images! You know it was you who started my total love of shrink plastic! Hugs!

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  4. This is such a clever way to up-cycle. Love the Gatsby theme and how you have captured it so beautifully with this bottle. Great use of the images and lovely flowers. So glad you joined us at eclectic Paperie this challenge. I'm glad I got the chance to pop by.

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  5. Wow this is gorgeous, really clever project and the finished result is stunning
    Claire xx

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  6. This so pretty Lucy, great colours that so match the stamps you have chosen....very clever way to upcycle.

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  7. Beautiful Lucy, a wonderful alteration.
    Got here after a long day, it's now 3.00 am ish and can't sleep lol.
    Hugs Brenda xox

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  8. Wow! Fantastic altering Lucy! xx

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  9. A gorgeously vintage altered bottle Lucy! I love the stamping on the bottle and the little charms you made too.Thanks so much for joining us at Our Creative Corner this time.
    Juliax

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  10. Hi Lucy, what a fabulous transformation of a plastic bottle! Love the Gatsby theme and the wonderful feminine feel to it - it really is beautiful. Thanks from me too for joining in at Our Creative Corner. Hugs, Anne x

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  11. Yay - lovely to have you join us at OCC too!
    Alison x

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  12. Beautiful altered bottle, love the delicate colours and fabulous imagery. Gorgeous flowers too. Tracy x

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  13. Stunning! How amazing, you would never know it had started as something so basic! Thanks for joining us at Our Creative Corner Love from Laura xxx

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  14. This is great Lucy! I've been saving nice shaped bottles but not yet had the motivation to tackle one, you've inspired me! Chris xxx

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  15. Gorgeous. Would not have thought that this was a shower gel bottle. Wonderful job! Thanks so much for playing along with the E-Team in our e-Team Picks Challenge.

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  16. Such a delicate make!
    Thank you for sharing this with us at OurCreativeCorner!

    Claudia x

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