Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #11 & Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge

"Not All Who Wander Are Lost"

It's week # 11 in the

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge so...

Please open your book to page 36, where you'll find Tim's Blended Batik technique!

You can visit Linda's blog StudioL3 to get all the details

I used Tumbled Glass-Broken China & Weathered Wood

distress ink on my tag 

&

over at Simon Says Stamp & Show this week's challenge

was all about "HIM" Tim Holtz that is!

So this was really the perfect week to be able to combine both challenges in one!

The Umbrella Man on my tag was a souvenir

 from a demo being done by none other than himself...
so he stamped & cut it out of grungeboard & gave it to me!

The set of keys I have the tag attached to for the photo were my Aunt's

from when she sailed on an Ocean Liner after WWII to France to live in Paris

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #10 & Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge

This week for CCC#10 it's "Distress Stickles"so

Check out the Compendium of Curiosities, page 46, for the low down!

Hop on over to Linda's Blog StudioL3 for all the details

&

Over at Simon Says Stamp & Show the challenge is to invoke the

Wendy Vecchi style mine comes in with the Grungepaper Rose & flowers

sitting on top of the Grungeboard flourish vine...oh & don't forget the snaps!

I learned to make those roses from Wendy herself on the cruise last year.

These are the colors of Distress Stickles I used

Black Soot

Rock Candy

Broken China

Scattered Straw

Spiced Marmalade

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #9

It's week #9 & time to turn to page 42 in your

Compendium of Curiosities for the Distress Crackle Technique!

Be sure to visit the lovely Linda Ledbetters blog StudioL3 for all

the info about these fun weekly challenges 

I could not get a photo I was really happy with so I'm just going with

what I got...The subject of this tag was my trip to Blarney Castle in Ireland

Such a beautiful place & a WONDERFUL trip!

I used Shabby Shutter & Old Paper on the background & Rock Candy on the

 horseshoe & Castle picture which gave a shiny crackle finish which was hard to

photograph...oh well............

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #8 & Things With Wings Challenge

"Things With Wings" Challenge

TIME FLIES

It's week 8 already & the technique challenge is "InkedGrunge"

on pg 39 of

Tim Holtz new book

A COMPENDIUM OF CURIOSITIES

I had so much fun doing this tag & I'm really pleased with how it turned out!

I used Tumbled Glass-Pumice Stone-Black Soot Distress Inks then

a coating of Rock Candy Distress Stickles on the Grunge Board wings

You can visit the lovely Linda Ledbetters blog StudioL3 to get all the

info about joining the challenges & to see all the great artwork being done

I'm posting both pictures I took because I can't decide which background I like better!

.....LOL

I'm also entering this piece over at the Simon Says Stamp & Show Blog

their first challenge is "Things with Wings"

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #7

This week's technique was "TINTED VISION FRAGMENTS"

on pg 55 of

Tim Holtz new book

A COMPENDIUM OF CURIOSITIES

if you haven't gotten this book yet you definitely should!

To join in on the technique challenges just visit the lovely Linda Ledbetters blog StudioL3

The picture I used is of my Grandfather & Great Uncle in 1907 they are both on bikes

similar to the one on the tag & the H is their last name initial.