Compendium of Curiosities #14

Here I am bringing up the rear again!  As well as having several projects on the go at the moment, we are away, visiting London - to see the wonderful poppies at the Tower of London (there are a couple of pictures of some of them at the end of this post for those who are interested).

At Linda Ledbetter's Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #14 we are to use Tim's Coloured Crackle Technique which can be found on Page 53 of Tim's Compendium of Curiosities III book. We must work from our own personal copy of the book and in fairness to Tim we must not share the details of the technique.  If you do not have the book yet, you can get a signed copy from Tim here.

Of course there is a wonderful prize on offer, for one lucky individual, chosen by the Curiosity Crew, of a wonderful package of goodies generously donated by Tim Holtz and Mario Rossi.

In addition, CC3C is sponsored this time by the lovely Linda Coughlin of The Funkie Junkie, who is offering a $25 spending spree in her on-line shop.

Since Christmas is so close I decided to make a Christmas decoration using Tim's new large Snowflake die and also his new Layered Snowflake die combined.  I also had an old frame from a canvas that I made a mess of, I stripped the canvas off but could not bear to throw the frame away....

The frame had already been gessoed and had a thin layer of embossing paste added to give it some texture.  I used Tim's Coloured Crackle Technique on the whole frame (it does not have a back but I photographed it against some dark card).

I am in LOVE with these new Snowflake dies!!  I layered up the large Layered Snowflake with the smaller Stacked Snowflakes, stacking them up onto both sides of the large Snowflake, so it is very dimensional.  I hung it from the top of the frame using some invisible thread.  As you waft past the frame the snowflake moves around in a full circle.

Each of the snowflakes was covered with Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint before building up into a stunning decoration.  These could also be used as a beautiful tree topper or as a tree decoration - they would glisten beautifully in the tree lights....

A closer view of the coloured crackle on the frame, it looks so beautiful in real life. I added a bow to the top to disguise the little hook that holds the snowflake up.

To finish off I added a word band to the bottom with some crinkle ribbon which I coloured with Tumbled Glass Distress Stain.

This project is also my Design Team piece for Inspiration Journal and our Challenge topic for this month is Happy Holidays.  I hope you will check out the challenge HERE, there is a fantastic prize on offer of a $50 voucher to spend at Inspiration Emporium's on-line store.

In addition, if you do shop at Inspiration Emporium for any crafty goodies and use my code Redanne you will receive a 10% discount off your whole order!

OK, just a quick indulgence now, here are two pictures of the poppies at the Tower of London.  There are over 880,000 poppies representing each and every one of those who lost their lives in World War One.  It is a very moving sight....

Sadly, it was a very dull day, they are spectacular in real life.  Each one of the poppies has been sold to raise money for the services charities.  I am so looking forward to receiving mine.

As always, thanks for looking and for your comments, they mean such a lot!  Hugs, Anne xx



Products Used:

Layered Snowflake 
Stacked Snowflake
Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint
Broken China Distress Paint
Word Bands
Crinkle Ribbon