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Altered Butterfly Drawers

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By sparklingblackrose

Good morning everyone, hope you are well! Here I am with an Altered set of Drawers I made as a present for my mother. I bought a set of plain wood drawers from another crafter as she was clearing out her craft room and I thought it was a fabulous opportunity to have a play and alter them!
I starting with a base coat of bronze metallic paint, left to dry, then painted on Crackle medium. When this was dry I painted with Sand colour acrylic paint and left this to dry and crackle. It is hard work because you can only put down one layer of the top coat or the crackle medium makes it look awful. I then waited for this to dry.
I used assorted favourite clear stamps of mine, some Tim Holtz, Butterflies and dragonflies stamps which I cannot remember the make of as I have had them so long. I stamped onto the paint using Stazon ink and only lightly pressed so I would get a slightly distressed effect with the stamps too.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Crafty Creations Challenges: Mothers Day
Frilly and Funkie: Alter it
Sweet Stamps Challenge: For Mum
Shopping Our Stash: Mothers Day
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes
LEJ Designs: Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday: Anything But a Card
Crafty Bloggers Network: Love Paints

Thank you for looking and for your lovely comments :-)

Comments

  1. TAM5 May 2012 at 11:23

    WOW your mother will be sooo pleased with this - its lovely

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  2. Lorna's crafty creations5 May 2012 at 11:24

    WOW a fabulous creation Elaine, i love it

    hopped over from DC
    have a lovely weekend
    Lorna xx

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  3. Catherine5 May 2012 at 11:52

    This is beautiful, love it, the butterflies re gorgeous as well....

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  4. Sylvia Anderson5 May 2012 at 11:56

    Stunning x

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  5. sue5 May 2012 at 13:20

    gorgous your mum will love them sue xx

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  6. Dawn5 May 2012 at 13:36

    WOW and WOW, this is stunning, love it. x

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  7. Sarah Hurley5 May 2012 at 14:01

    WOW Elaine, these look amazing!!!

    Fab work honey :o)

    Sarah xx

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  8. GoonerGirl5 May 2012 at 15:19

    Wow this is wonderful I love it, Thank you for joining in at LEJ Designs Challenge blog. Chris xx

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  9. sandy's crafty bits5 May 2012 at 15:53

    wow this is super ... and I am sure you mum will love it ... just doing a bit of blog hopping ... hope you have a great weekend ... happy crafting and love sandy xx

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  10. Linda5 May 2012 at 16:22

    Oh WOW this is fabulous. What a fabulous gift and I am sure your mother will just adore this.

    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  11. Linda5 May 2012 at 16:28

    These are just lovely, Linda x

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  12. Anonymous5 May 2012 at 16:49

    What a fantastic present for your Mum ! I'm sure she will love and treasure it. Love the stamping and the crackle is fab ! Thanks for joining us at Frilly and Funkie. Sue C x

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  13. applejack cards by sue5 May 2012 at 17:04

    Ahhh, wow! what a beautiful artistic project! It is so lovely, a lot of work, but certainly worth the time taken.

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  14. jimlynn5 May 2012 at 19:22

    Fabulous project! WOW! Love all those butterflies too.
    Thanks for joining us at Shopping Our Stash.
    Lynn

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  15. claire15 May 2012 at 19:32

    hooo love the box

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  16. CraftyLoops5 May 2012 at 19:38

    Well you know anything altered anything is right up my street. This is incredibly beautiful Elaine. Lee x

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  17. ALI5 May 2012 at 20:44

    Fab project, love what you have done.

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  18. coops5 May 2012 at 21:43

    wow this is stunning elaine.really gorgeous :D

    xx coops xx

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  19. carrie-lee5 May 2012 at 21:55

    A stunning set of little drawers very creative xxx

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  20. crafty-stamper5 May 2012 at 22:15

    they are absolutely beautiful
    carol x

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  21. Lindsay Craftymonster815 May 2012 at 22:31

    Wow! What a stunningly beautiful project, just so pretty. Thank you so much for joining in with the LEJ Designs challenge blog
    Lindsay xx

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  22. Mrs O crafty blog6 May 2012 at 00:54

    Fabulous Px

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  23. Anonymous6 May 2012 at 06:51

    This is a great idea, which i was as creative xx

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  24. Sazzle6 May 2012 at 07:50

    Aren't you clever, they look great and your Mum will love them :-)

    xx Happy crafting and glittery hugs xx

    Sazzle
    (lincs crafty girl)

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  25. Cheryl6 May 2012 at 08:23

    oh wow this is simply stunning,you really have altered this to perfection,one stunning piece of work,bless you for playing at LEJ designs,this week,love hugs Cherylxxxxxxx

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  26. MissyG6 May 2012 at 09:57

    Absolutey stunning - love all the butterflies
    Linda

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  27. GailieB6 May 2012 at 09:59

    Wow, they are gorgeous. What a lovely idea. I'm sure your mum will love them. Gail x

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  28. craftynanny6 May 2012 at 10:56

    That's great - I know I would spoil it by being impatient and not waiting for it to dry properly!! :S Lea xx

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  29. Linda6 May 2012 at 12:13

    Wow what a wonderful project!!!! Your mom will love this!!!!! Gorgeous keepsake!!!! Thanks for joining us at Sweetstampas!!!!!

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  30. Caz6 May 2012 at 13:37

    WOW this is gorgeous mind you everything on your blog is beautiful xx

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  31. craftyeyes6 May 2012 at 16:15

    these are beautiful elaine your mum will love them xxtracy

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  32. sutty6 May 2012 at 19:06

    It's absolutely beautiful - I love all those stamps and the paint effect - just gorgeous.

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  33. Sewe6 May 2012 at 22:32

    wow that is gorgeous :)

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  34. Annette7 May 2012 at 09:34

    Gorgeous drawer box. I love the simple colour scheme, and it is really effective. Thanks for joining us at Top Tip Tuesday.
    Annette
    xx

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  35. Lisa M7 May 2012 at 12:01

    This is outstanding!! I love what you've done to these drawers and box. Gorgeous creation!!

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  36. Anonymous7 May 2012 at 19:28

    Elaine wow, absolutely stunning, just love the colors fabulous effect. Thank you for joining us at LEJ this week xx

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  37. Caroljenks7 May 2012 at 21:39

    Love your butterfly box - beautiful!

    Thanks for joining in with us over at Top Tip Tuesday - don't forget to share a Top Tip with us next time to be in the running for our Top Tipper Prize too!

    Carol x

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  38. Stacey Richardson, SweetStamps.com8 May 2012 at 03:35

    What an awesome gift for your mom, it's beautiful! Thanks for sharing with us at SweetStamps.com and good luck in the challenge!

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  39. melsanford8 May 2012 at 11:53

    Oh this is just beautiful! Love 'n' hugs, Mel xx

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  40. Terry9 May 2012 at 00:32

    Your mom will just love this altered drawer! The butterflies are beautiful! So happy you joined us at Frilly and Funkie!

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  41. Linda Coughlin, the funkie junkie9 May 2012 at 02:00

    What a super project! I just love the colors and the beautiful stamping. You have achieved such a lovely shabby feel. You did a really stellar job on it and I know your mom is going to LOVE it! Thanks so much for sharing it with us this week at Frilly and Funkie!

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  42. Marjie Kemper9 May 2012 at 16:57

    Love your stamping! The box is gorgeous. Thanks so much for joining us at Frilly and Funkie this week!

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  43. Gemma13 May 2012 at 09:38

    Stunning set of drawers...love them!!
    hugs and xxx
    Gemma

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  44. Sunshine HoneyBee13 May 2012 at 13:53

    Like all things Butterfly and your creation is bee-utiful. Wonderful Mother's day morn 5/13/12 to find out I won Ch112 using SBDS Mouse House for my Mother's Day card I entered. My daughter who just finished up her sophomore yr of college will be home next wk. I'll celebrate Mother's Day when she arrives home.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  45. Tammy Roberts14 May 2012 at 20:49

    Beautiful altered drawers! I'm sure your Mother will love it! Thanks for sharing it at the Frilly & Funkie!

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Thank you for your lovely comments, I really appreciate them all :-) Elaine-xxx-

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