Compendium of Curiosities Challenge- week 31

I can't believe it has taken me this long to put a page together for the 31st challenge presented by the wonderful Linda at Studio L3. I have made so many rusted enamel backgrounds this week. It is such a fun technique. I embossed over a map for this one. The car and words are from TH. Sorry I haven't been around to visit my fellow CCCer's . I have been having internet problems. Amazing how disruptive to life that can be.

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Tim Holtz - 12 tags of Christmas- 2007- #7

What a coincidence that CCC and Tag 7 of the 2007 tags of Christmas are both using the rusted enamel technique this week. I love the look and feel you get with this. I have made many backgrounds with it over the last few days and embossing powder seems to have spread everywhere. I did not have Tim's NOEL stamp so I used this one. I ended up using re-inkers for the painting. I couldn't get bright enough shades with the ink pads. The photo corners are from an old album. I sanded them and inked them with black soot. Come visit "Inkin It Up" to see who is playing.

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TAKE A WORD #15-Blackbird

I made this for the TAKE A WORD Challenge. I was making something else when I realized this old Cat Stevens song was playing in my head, so I thought I should go for it.

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Love tag

I made this for the new just for fun blog where they wanted some Heartfelt wings and for Bella Creations where we had to use a love ticket from a sheet of freebies. The diva stamp is from Lost Coast Designs. The little angel and 24-7 are from SU and all the others are Tim Holtz. I used distress inks - spun sugar, victorian velvet and aged mahogany for the background. I used cranberry alcohol ink on the word frame.

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Tim Holtz - 12 tags of Christmas- 2007- #6

Well we are now half way through 2007 with our Tim Holtz 12 tags of Christmas. It is difficult to play with Christmas stuff after the season but I will persevere. My tag doesn't look the same as Tim's but I have used the "pearlized distress ink" technique like he did. I like the effect this gives to Christmas tags and cards. Thank you for looking!

Alter it Monthly - February

This is my entry for Alter it Monthly (shrines, nichos,altars and Dream boxes). The shrine was given to me by my good friend Rhonda from lost in cardland. Our intent is to exchange ATC's using the Art of Nick Bantock as our inspiration. It has taken a while to get it going so this challenge was a perfect prompt. I have used alcohol inks and Pigma archival brushes on the metal after wiping it with alcohol - wasn't easy to make the inks stick. I put a transparency over the TH clock . The background for the mail (catslife press) art sign is verdigris ep. I made a love ATC for February using TH stamps. All the other ingredients are from my stash.

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Compendium of Curiosities Challenge- week 30

I can't believe we have had 30 weeks of Tim Holtz fun. This week it is all about the embellishments. I can't share how they were done but go over to Studio L3 to see an array of wonderful examples. You also want to go to Simon Says Stamp and Show to get some loving. I have used a piece of flocking for the background which I embossed with a Sizzix folder. The love tag is Th and all the others are from my stash.

I am still immersed in the task of clearing out the clutter in my craft room and everywhere else in the house I have stashed stuff. It is really amazing how much stuff you can fit in a small space! And how hard it is to throw anything away. There is such a fine line between collecting and hoarding.

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