Phew!!! I got this finished just in time (well, a couple hours left lol), even though the light is terrible and this is the best pics I can get. Aurora Wings Challenge Blog‘s challenge this time is Recycle! I mulled over a few things that I could recycle, and then….omg, I came across this ugly thing!!
Worlds ugliest wine rack, that I’ve been intending on upcyling for some time…. Mitzi’s Wine Sprite image really got my brain going (or so I thought). I colored the sprite, and 2 bunches of grapes that I cropped from her and enlarged, with my SN and Copic markers, then fussy cut them out. My original idea was quite different than how this project turned out, but the more I dug around in my craft room, the more stuff I found that I could use….and recycle!! I covered the “lovely” holder pieces of the rack with some corrugated cardboard that I retrieved from some poster packaging at a former job of mine (we will NOT get into the amount of “garbage” I took home to make something pretty with!!). I inked the cardboard a bit with some Distress Ink to give the texture a little more definition. I stencilled the lettering, using some MS stencils that were the LAST stencils in this city!!! I had some corks that I had been saving….so… perfect place to use them. I cut them in half and in slices….hard to cut when one is too lazy to walk to the other room for her Dremel tool, and uses a kitchen knife instead 😛 I arranged them over some purple bubble die cuts and some wine labels….a few recycled, and a few printed, because the rest tore 🙁 A strip of ribbon that was snitched from a destroyed wreath, and some adhesive gem bubbles filled some of the gaps. I added the Sprite and the grape bunches, then edged each piece with twine….that I rescued from the same job as mentioned before….there was a shipment of jeans that came in, rolled up and tied with twine….MY twine, tee hee. I had to use empty bottles for photo purposes, as I didn’t have the right hooks to hang the rack securely on my wall with…..didn’t need to waste wine!!
Here are a few close ups of different parts of the rack
I’d like to enter this in the following:
Aurora Wings Blog Challenge – #60 Recycle!
CCC Digi Creations – #85 ATG
Creatalicious Challenges – #127 ATG with optional thanks
Not Just Cards – ATG
Crafty Catz Challenge – #393 ATG
EEEEK!!!!! This is my FAVE of yours EVER!!!!!! I am actually almost speechless (partly because it’s 45 minutes past wine o’clock) as I keep imagining how fab this would look in my bar area. Ahem… GORGEOUS coloring of Wine Sprite and cropping the grapes is brilliant! Love all of the cool details. That sure is one butt ugly wine rack but you’ve made it into a MASTERPIECE! Love, love, LOVE!!!!!! And with 3 hours to spare. Thanks so much for joining our ‘Recycled’ challenge at Aurora Wings. I knew you could do it! And HOW! CHEERS! xxD
I knew you were going to pull something awesome at the last minute, Susan. This is the cutest, prettiest wine wrack ever! Your coloring of the Wine Sprite is beautiful, and I just adore your use of corrugated cardboard. Looks fantastic! Thank you for your awesome entry in the Recycled challenge at AW. Mitzi xx
This is fabulous! What an amazing idea!! Love it. Thank so much for sharing with us at Creatalicious. Good luck and do come back. Jackie DT member xx
Very cool and creative project – love it!! Thanks so much for joining us this time at the Creatalicious Challenge, Elizabeth (DT)
WOW! This turned out fabulously and what a great upcycle. Thanks for joining us at Creatalicious
Tina dt