Bird Crazy - for Inspiration Emporium

Hello friends

Like most people who have seen them and/or used them, I have been dying to try out the Crazy Things Stamps and also my Crazy Things dies that go beautifully with Tim's original Bird Crazy Stamps that I got some time ago.

I decided to use them to create a trio of male birds ATCs as my Design Team piece for Inspiration Emporium.  The ATCs could easily transferred later onto card fronts.

I was playing around with a new stencil to make some backgrounds, I like to experiment on small surfaces first but liked them, so they were used here.

Mr Cool reminds me of a Jazz player, with his pork pie hat and rather serious look.  The hat is from Tim's Crazy Things stamp set.  The wall was created using a Dinky stencil and Distress Inks.   The colouring was done with Distress Inks in Cracked Pistachio, Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade and the fabulous new Ground Espresso.  The word is cut from Tim's Alphanumeric Thinlits die set.

I see this character as the Jazz singer in the club where Mr Cool plays... He reminds me of a rather colourful character who used to sing at Ronnie Scott's club in London, called George Melly (yes I did used to go and watch him in the days when many a famous British, American and European Jazz singer(s)/player(s) frequented the club - and many still do - sadly not me though!).  

Again he and the background have been coloured with Distress Inks, in Blueprint Sketch, Crackled Pistachio and Hickory Smoke.  The background also uses  the Mixed Media Thinlits.

My third and favourite character is quite a dapper chap, with his formal hat and tie and his monocle, I think he must be a theatre-goer.  The monocle was made from the glasses/spectacles from the Crazy Things set of stamps as is the hat and tie.  He has been coloured largely with Ground Espresso, Squeezed Lemonade and Fossilized Amber Distress Ink.

So many things have already been done with the Bird Crazy stamp set and Accessories but the new Crazy Things set of stamps open up a whole new world of possibilities.  I hope to be back soon with some girls, made from the remaining three stamps in the Bird Crazy set.

If you do not have any of the Bird Crazy gang yet and you choose to buy from Inspiration Emporium you can save 10% off your whole order if you quote Redanne.  There are special bundles of the Bird Crazy gang for sale at Inspiration Emporium too which you can find on this page here.  Postage rates in the USA are only $5 and only $10 to the UK and Europe.

Take care and hope to see you again soon.

Hugs, Anne xx

Products Used from Inspiration Emporium:

Tim Holtz Bird Crazy Stamp Set

Tim Holtz Crazy Things Stamp Set

Tim Holtz Bird Crazy die set

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Tim Tag August 2015

Hello friends!  The year is whizzing by, with talk of Halloween and Christmas already!

With all the inspiration we have had from Tim Holtz and his very talented designers recently, I have gone for a Halloween theme for my tag.  I was very much inspired by the talented young lady igirlzoe and her wonderful Halloween creation here.  Zoe's tag with Count Peckula just made me smile....

Following Tim's techniques for his August tag here, I created my very own 'Lord Wampyr', a distant British cousin of Count Peckula.....  Those of you who know Bram Stoker's Dracula, written in 1897 may know that it was a through a visit to a library in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England that Bram Stoker changed the name of his main character from Wampyr to Dracula.  Wampyr the vampire just does not have the same ring to it does it?!  

Anyway, on to my tag.

I am not going to repeat Tim's techniques as you can see them here

Sadly, I don't have the word dies that Tim used so I used my Alphanumeric set to cut the words and numbers.  I added a bat from Tim's new Oddities Adornments.  Lord Wampyr prefers a tuxedo to a cape and his favourite tipple is red wine rather than blood, which possibly explains his red eyes...

The ephemera comes from Tim's Frightful Ephemera Pack, a new release.

Lord Wampyr has been stamped with the Crazy Birds set, the hat, bow tie and pumpkin have been stamped using the new Crazy Things stamp set.  The metal bat is from Tim's new Adornments set, Oddities and the arrow from Tim's Idea-ology

This is also my Design Team piece for Inspiration Emporium where you will be able to find items that I have used to create my tag.  If you do shop there and use my code Redanne, you will get a 10% discount off your whole order.  Postage rates are very reasonable at $5 for the USA and $10 for international orders including Europe.

I do hope that Lord Wampyr made you smile, thanks so much for looking and I hope to see you again very soon!  Big hugs, Anne xx

Products Used

Tim Holtz Crazy Birds stamps 

Tim Holtz Alphanumeric dies

Tim Holtz Crazy Things stamps

Tim Holtz Crazy Birds dies

Tim Holtz Ephemera Pack - Frightful

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Oddities

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Arrows

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Vial Labels

Tim Holtz Distress Paint

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Compendium of Curiosities #34 - the Grand Finale

Hello friends and lovely new followers.

I am so very sad that this is the Grand Finale at the lovely Linda Ledbetter's CC3C challenge - No. 34.  It has been an amazing journey for me, I managed to enter 32 of the 34 challenges and enjoyed being taken out of my comfort zone many a time!  Huge thanks to Linda and her wonderful and oh so talented Curiosity Crew for the encouragement, the lovely comments, the win and the Hon. mentions along the way.  Thanks also to the wonderful sponsors Inspiration Emporium, The Funkie Junkie and to Tim and Mario for providing some fabulous prizes.

The sponsor for this challenge is Linda Coughlin from The Funkie Junkie who is offering a $25 voucher to spend in her wonderful on-line store.

The challenge this time is to use Tim's Layering Stencil - Monoprint Technique which you can find on Page 48 of Tim's Compendium of Curiosities III.

I started off my adventure with CC3C nearly 70 weeks ago by using Tim's beautiful seahorse die set (I know, I use it a lot!) to make a gift for a lovely friend.

I created a card and a frame to hold the card if she wishes to.

The finished card (unframed)

I started off creating lots of backgrounds with the technique (which I cannot share with you).  It is a great technique to play around with.  I opted for the square card at the front.  I used Mermaid Lagoon and Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink and Tim's Woodgrain stencil as I wanted to create an underwater  'reed' like effect.

I die cut and painted my elements, created a faux sand base (Tim show how here) and crackled some of the elements with Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint.  I chose not to use the red coloured seahorses in the end.

This image shows up the crackle on the seahorses very nicely.  I added seed beads for eyes to the seahorses and also added some seed beads to create some 'bubbles'.

The sand dollar is coloured with Antique Linen Distress Paint with a little Gathered Twigs DI around the edges.  The starfish is coloured with Abandoned Coral DP.  All of the greenery has been cut from various Tim Holtz dies and coloured with several of the green Distress Inks.

This is a view of the card in the frame, which has been decorated quite simply with gauze, some moss and a few seashells from my collection.

Apologies for the darkness of the photos, the weather has turned nasty here, it is raining heavily and very dark and gloomy.... I think we may have had our three days of summer this year....

This is my DT piece for Inspiration Journal and you will find many of the items I used in Inspiration Emporium's on-line store.  If you use my code Redanne you will receive a 10% discount off your whole order.  

I know this is the Grand Finale of CC3C but some of the Curiosity Crew have hinted that we will be seeing more of them, so fingers crossed - and thank you again to all of them!

Thanks for looking, I hope to see you again soon.

Hugs, Anne xxx

Products from Inspiration Emporium

Sizzix Sand & Sea die by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Garden Greens die by Tim Holtz
Tim Holtz Woodgrain Stencil

Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint

Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Paints

Tim Tag July 2015

Hi Everyone

Just a quick (well reasonably quick) post from me today to share my Tim tag for July.  To see Tim's wonderful tag and how he did his, look HERE.

I made several starts on mine, I don't have the stamps Tim used, so tried lots of other designs before I settled on a seaside theme (no surprised there then!).  I used the same techniques that Tim did, just different colours and stamps.  

I also added a couple of 'altered surfaces' to my tag which falls in nicely with the lovely Linda Ledbetter's Compendium of Curiosities III challenge #33, which is to use Tim's Altered Surface technique found on Page 45 of Tim's CC3C book.  If you still need a copy you can buy one direct from Tim here.

For the base colours I used Cracked Pistachio and Mermaid Lagoon.

The elements were coloured with Distress Markers.  The hanging star is one of my altered surfaces.

The number 1 is my second altered surface.  

CC3C #33 is sponsored by Inspiration Emporium and this is my DT piece for Inspiration Journal.  Inspiration Emporium are offering a very generous $50 voucher for one randomly selected individual to spend in their on-line shop.  Their shipping rates are excellent - $5 in the USA and $10 to Europe.

Tim and Mario are also offering a fabulous prize of Tim Holtz goodies to one individual selected as the favourite by the talented Curiosity Crew.

Thanks for looking, hope to see you again soon - in fact I hope you will come back

on Tuesday as I have some very exciting news!

Hugs, Anne xx

Products used from Inspiration Emporium

Tim Holtz Mini Blueprints #6

Archival Ink - Jet Black

Tim Holtz Distress Markers

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Idea-ology - various

Travel Document Holder for Inspiration Journal

First, I would like to thank my latest new followers for joining me on my crafty journey.  Next, I would like to apologise to any of you that I have not visited lately.  I have been full of a summer cold which has made me feel pretty miserable and I have been trying to spend less time on the computer.

I am off to London at the end of the month so see the wonderful artist that is Wendy Vecchi and I made a Document Holder to carry all the things we need for the trip.

To start I used a Manila File Folder which I cut in half, folded to create two inner pages and then I got out Tim Holtz's fabulous Correspondence Paper pad to create this:

Once folded I covered the inside and outside of the file folder with Correspondence Papers.  For the front I used the Picture Wheel die and then added the word London using Tim's Alphanumeric Thinlits die set.

Big Ben is stamped from London Sights and the view is from the Cityscapes stamp set.

A couple of pockets were added to the first two pages along with Alphanumeric letters, Remnant Rubs and the rest of the Cityscape view.

On the inside back pages I added an envelope from the Bigz envelope die and attached another pocket on the inside back page.

I used Wendy Vecchi's Archival Ink and Embossing Powder in Red Geranium to cover the Idea-ology clip and the double decker bus charm is from my stash.

A view of the back cover and Tim's beautiful papers.  The finished folder measures 6" x 4.1/2", is not too bulky and will fit nicely into my handbag/purse.

Many of the items I used can be purchased from Inspiration Emporium, if you do shop there and use my code Redanne, you will receive a 10% discount from your whole purchase.

Thanks for looking, I will be back on Tuesday to share some 3D projects for Eileen Hull's

  Art With Heart Challenge.  Hugs, Anne xx

Products from Inspiration Emporium

Tim Holtz Correspondence Papers

Tim Holtz Alphanumeric die set

Tim Holtz CityScapes Stamp set

Tim Holtz London Sights Stamp set

Tim Holtz Remnant Rubs

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Hinge clips

Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Red Geranium

Friends Forever for Inspiration Journal

Hello everyone, thanks for your visit.  Today I am sharing a birthday card for a friend, my DT piece for Inspiration Journal.  using the same layout as I did in a recent post.   It won't come as any surprise that I love all of Tim Holtz  papers but the new Correspondence ones are just beautiful and you don't really need to add too much to make something special.

After cutting my layers I roughed up the edges, I left the edges un-inked as I wanted it to be light.  I used Tim's Wildflower stencil and Ranger white Embossing paste for the design on the left.  I added Tim's Thinlits Handwritten Love dies for the sentiment.

The finishing touch was one of Tim's Butterfly Duo dies with a couple of the Tiny Tattered Florals to created the body of the butterfly.

Many of the items I used are available from Inspiration Emporium and if you do buy from them and use my code Redanne you will get a 10% discount off your whole order.  Postage rates are always excellent at $5 for the USA and $10 for Europe.

I would like to say a huge thank you to those of you who visited my post over at Inspiration Journal this week, I really appreciate the comments there and also on Facebook.  I did a flower tutorial a few years ago which gives a bit more detail and if you are interested you can find it here.

Thanks for your visit, I hope to see you again soon.  Hugs, Anne xx

Products from Inspiration Emporium

Tim Holtz Correspondence Paper Stack

Tim Holtz Butterfly Duo die

Tim Holtz Thinlits Handwritten Love dies

Tim Holtz Tiny Tattered Florals die

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Wendy Vecchi  Embossing Paste

Tim Tag June 2015

I am here to share my Tim Tag for June 2015, if you want to see Tim's original tag, you will find it HERE.

I had to deviate, quite a bit, from Tim's original design, mainly because I do not have the cup die but I have used most of the other products he used, just in a different way.  I used Tim's Linen Ribbon at the top, coloured with Salty Ocean Distress Ink.  I also created some 'bubbles' at the top of the tag, using re-cycled plastic packaging and the Bubble Embossing Folder.  I just love using the seahorse die and it is coloured with Mermaid Lagoon and Peacock Feathers Distress Ink.  I applied a coat of Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint.

I created the background the same way as Tim but I used Broken China, Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean Distress inks through the Stripes stencil to create the plaid background. 

I used Tim's Textured Surfaces to create the greenery, the starfish and the burlap mat (love the texture).  I used Jute string to wrap around the burlap and the sentiment is from Tim's Hashtag set of stamps.

This is also my Design Team piece for Inspiration Journal.  If you choose to buy from Inspiration Emporium and you use my code Redanne you will receive a 10% discount off your whole order.  Postage in the USA is $5 and Europe is only £10.

Thanks so much for looking, I hope to see you on Thursday for my next Inspiration Journal DT creation.  Hugs, Anne xx

Products from Inspiration Emporium:

Sizzix/Tim Holtz Sand and Sea Die

Sizzix/Tim Holtz Garden Greens Die

Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Hashtags

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Tim Holtz Stripes Stencil

Tim Holtz Bubble Embossing Folder

Tim Holtz Textured Surfaces

Tim Holtz Jute String

Tim Holtz Linen Ribbon

Compendium of Curiosities #30 - Rusty the Robot-tle

You may feel, after reading this, that I have gone a little bit bonkers!  I have had an empty bottle sitting in my craft room for ages and when I saw the challenge at CC3C this time, I just saw a robot....... yes really....

Please meet Rusty the Robot-tle!

Rusty was created using the Faux Cracked Glass technique which can be found on Page 54 of Tim Holtz Compendium of Curiosities III.  If you have not seen what the Curiosity Crew have made for this Challenge then please do pop over to Linda Ledbetter's Blog where you will see some fantastic inspiration.

As this is an even numbered challenge, the sponsor is the wonderful Linda Coughlin from The Funkie Junkie who is offering one randomly selected individual a $25 voucher to spend in her on-line store.  In addition to that Tim Holtz and Mario Rossi are offering a very generous prize of lots of Tim goodies to one person selected as the Curiosity Crew's favourite.

Whilst I cannot share the technique with you I can show you some of the materials I used to create my robot-tle.

A view of the bottle once the technique has been applied.

The head was created using one of Eileen Hull's Artist Trading Blocks which was then covered with corrugated card from Tim Holtz Textured Surfaces and coloured using Gathered Twigs and Rusty Hinge Distress Paint mixed together with a little Black Soot DP and some Caramel Alcohol Ink. The eyes are made from Tim's Idea-ology mini gears and the mouth and ears from some cardboard cogs from my stash.  His 'hair' is made with twisted rusty wire, also from my stash.

The shoulders and legs were created with some left over corrugated card, coloured in the same way as the head.  The 'body' cogs are again Tim Holtz Idea-ology range.  The word band has been coloured using Rusty Hinge Distress Paint.

This is the second of my DT makes for Inspiration Emporium this month and I used products from there to create my project.  If you do shop there and use my code Redanne you will receive a 10% discount off your whole order.

I hope that Rusty gave you a little smile, I think I was channeling my inner child when I had this idea!  Thanks for looking and hope to see again on Friday with a special post....

Hugs, Anne xxx

Products from Inspiration Emporium

Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink

Ranger Alcohol Ink

Tim Holtz Distress Paint

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Textured Surfaces

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Sprocket Gears

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Gears

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Word Band

The Men in our lives...

Hi Everyone

June is the month of Father's Day on both sides of the Atlantic.  Male cards are always notoriously hard to do so I have made a quickie card, that could be used for almost any occasion.

I started by using plain white card, nothing special and embossed it using Tim Holtz Compass Texture Fade ( Embossing Folder).  I carefully coloured the sections with Gathered Twigs, Broken China and Vintage Photo Distress Inks.  I used Tim's spritz and flick technique, using water to create the splotches in the background.

The Gentleman is from the Tim Holtz Time Travellers stamp set, I stamped him and coloured him with Brushed Corduroy, Antique Linen, Spun Sugar and Broken China Distress Ink.

The charm and word band are from Tim's Idea-ology range, as is the clip.  I dabbed over the clip with Wendy Vecchi's Sky Blue Archival Ink and then added Sky Blue Embossing Powder and heated it.  I love using Embossing Powder in this way, the clip now looks like it has been enamelled.  The words on the charm (Wander) and the word band (the journey awakens the soul) have been coloured with Broken China Distress Paint (just generously coat with the paint, leave a moment or two and then wipe off the top surface).

To finished the card I mounted it on to some corrugated card (stained with Vintage Photo Distress Ink) from my stash and then mounted this onto plain black cardstock.

All of the items I used are from Inspiration Emporium, if you do decide to shop there, the postal rates are extremely competitive, both in the US and Europe and you can use my code Redanne to receive a 10% discount off your whole order.

Thanks for looking, I hope to see you again soon.  Big hugs, Anne xxx





Products used:
Tim Holtz Time Traveller stamps
Tim Holtz Texture Fades - Airmail and Compass set
Tim Holtz Distress Inks -various colours
Tim Holtz Idea-ology
Wendy Vecchi Embossing Powder - Sky Blue
Wendy Vecchi Sky Blue Archival Ink

Compendium of Curiosities #27

I am bringing up the rear again with my creation for the lovely Linda Ledbetter's Compendium of Curiosities #27  where the challenge is to use Embossing Diffusers.  The Curiosity Crew have made some wonderful and inspiring projects.  You can find the technique on Page 61 of Tim Holtz's Compendium of Curiosities III.  If you still need a copy, you can buy a signed copy direct from Tim, HERE.

As always, there are fabulous prizes on offer for the winners.  Linda's Curiosity Crew will choose their favourite to win a bundle of goodies from Tim Holtz and his Logistic Director, Mario Rossi.  One randomly chosen person will win a $50 voucher to spend at Inspiration Emporium's online shop.  Great prizes!

Now that Spring is here and Summer is just around the corner I decided to use my Tim Holtz Sand and Sea die (the seahorse is a favourite) and, of course, the Embossing Diffuser, Set 1.  I cannot share the technique with you but this is what I created:

I used Tim's Wave Embossing Folder for my background, which was coloured with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink to bring out the 'wave' effect.  The bubbles were created using Wendy Vecchi's Clear Embossing Paste - it is nice to use the clear, as the colour below will show through.  I added some more paste to the bottom and covered it with Tim's faux sand technique which you can find here.  I had some left over from then (yes I don't throw much away!). I backed the piece with some corrugated card which had been painted with Picket Fence and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Paint.

The seahorse was coloured with Mermaid Lagoon and Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink and a layer of Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint was applied over the top.

The sand dollar was coloured with Antique Linen Distress Ink, edged with Gathered Twigs.  The starfish is coloured with Abandoned Coral Distress Ink.  They were all coated with Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint.

To finish off I added some twisted rusty wire for the hanging and one of Tim's new Idea-ology tiny bottles with some faux sand in it.

I hope you will check out the new May challenge at Inspiration Journal which is 'Get Pasted' - no not literally, but you need to use Embossing Paste somewhere on your project. There is a $50 prize for one randomly selected individual to spend at Inspiration Emporium.  If you do shop there and use my code Redanne, you will receive a 10% discount on your whole order.

As always, thanks for looking and I hope to see you again soon!

Hugs, Anne xx

Products Used:

Tim Holtz Sand and Sea Die

Tim Holtz Embossing Diffuser, Set 1

Tim Holtz Texture Fades - Waves and Bubbles

Distress Paint

Distress Ink

Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint

Perspective Butterfly for Inspiration Journal

The month is nearly over and this is my Project #4 for Inspiration Journal, where the challenge theme is Everything Goes - you only have a day left to enter but there is a great prize on offer of $50 to spend in Inspiration Emporium's on-line shop.

I have a question for you first, have you seen Jenny (Buttons) videos on the British Craft Network TV yet?  If not, you are missing some great tutorials, tips and techniques.  My piece today, was inspired by a couple of Jenny's shows where she used a layered paper technique, dribbles and splats!

The card base is 6" x 6", I cut up strips of Tim Holtz  paper (1" x 6"approx) from my stash, ripped the ends off and glued them down, overlapping in the left top corner as you can see below. 

I added some Tissue Tape  here and there and then painted over the whole piece with a light coat of Picket Fence Distress Paint.  A few dribbles of Chipped Sapphire Re-inker were added along with some builder's scrim for texture. 

Now for the fun bit!  Using several colours of Distress Spray Stain, these were spritzed and dried in turn, over the whole card.  Once dried fully I used a paint brush to add splats of paint all over - it is hard to know when to stop, it is such a fun thing to do - but make sure you cover the whole of your desk/work surface with paper and protect your clothing too!

The butterfly was one I had left over from another project, it was coloured with Distress Stains and then coated in Clear Rock Candy Distress Paint.  I added some gauze I raided from the medicine cabinet and some rusty wire to the background, attached with my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher.  I also added some random stamping to the background using a Wendy Vecchi Vintage Mesh stamp.

To finish off I added some of Tim's Remnant Rubs for some added interest.

So, there you have it, my completed Jenny inspired card.  Apologies for the long post but I wanted to do justice to Jenny's techniques and tips. 

If you do shop for supplies at Inspiration Emporium, don't forget to use my code - Redanne to get 10% discount off your whole order and shipping rates are very reasonable.

As always, thanks for looking, see you again on Friday!  Hugs, Anne xx

Inspiration Emporium Products Used:

Perspective Butterfly stamp set

Wendy Vecchi Vintage Mesh stamp

Tim Holtz Paper Pad

Distress Paints

Distress Stains

Remnant Rubs

Make Art Challenge

Hello and a big welcome to friends and followers old and new, I always appreciate your support.

Having just received my DT package from Inspiration Emporium I decided to create another Wendy Vecchi inspired project to enter in her Make Art Challenge - Use Re-Inkers, you can find the challenge details HERE.

I have been trying, unsuccessfully, to do a background using Wendy's Alcohol and Re-Inker Technique for a while now and to create this one I used a lot of Rubbing Alcohol but I was determined to get a result!  You can see how Wendy does the technique HERE.  I omitted the metallic mixative on my background.

I kept the card quite CAS because I wanted the background to show up nicely.

After creating the background using Re-Inkers in Potting Soil and Cornflower Blue, I stamped out the beautiful Tulip three times from the Art From the Heart (LCS003) set of stamps and  coloured them with Archival Inks in Red Geranium and Fern Green and a Tim Holtz Blending Tool.  I decided against using the blue flower (coloured with Sky Blue Archival) and the ribbon (coloured with Forget-Me-Not Archival mixed with Rubbing Alcohol- it is great for colouring ribbon).  I fussy cut the flowers and layered them up to give dimension.

The wonderful sentiment is from the Blooming Art (SCS119) set of stamps, it suits my mood at the moment!  The stripes at the bottom were used to 'ground' the flower and were created with Wendy's Dots and Stripes Border stencil using Potting Soil Archival Ink.  To finish off I added one of Wendy's Blossom Bucket bees.

There is still time to enter Inspiration Journal's Anything Goes Challenge this month, there is a $50 gift voucher for one randomly selected individual to spent at Inspiration Emporium, our generous Sponsor.  If you use my code Redanne you will receive a 10% discount from your whole order.

I am entering my card into Wendy's Make Art Challenge - Use Re-Inkers.

Thanks for looking, hope to see you again soon.  Hugs, Anne xx

Products used from Inspiration Emporium
Archival Ink
Archival Re-inkers
Wendy Vecchi Dots and Stripes Border Stencil
Wendy Vecchi Blooming Art stamps
Wendy Vecchi Art from the Heart stamps

Compendium of Curiosities #25

Cutting it a bit fine (again!) but I have only missed one so far, so I just had to make time!  For full details on the latest challenge check out the lovely Linda Ledbetter to see what Linda and the Curiosity Crew have given us for inspiration.  Challenge #25 is about using Frameworks and Tim Holtz demonstrates this on Page 64 of his Compendium of Curiosities III book. If you need a copy you can purchase one directly from Tim here.

As this is an odd numbered challenge it is sponsored by Inspiration Emporium who are generously donating a $50 prize, for one randomly selected individual, to spend in their on-line shop.  One very lucky individual, chosen by the Curiosity Crew will win a fabulous prize from Tim and Mario!

For my Compendium of Curiosities #25 entry I made a card.

As well as the Frameworks die, I also used some new goodies that Tim recently released.

I used the fabulous Butterfly Duo Die and Embossing Folder, Tim's new Pocket Cards and I used the burlap from the new Textured Surfaces Pack.

I did not take step by step photos of all the stages but you can see from the above that I stencilled some Kraft card with the Doily stencil and crackle embossing paste that I lightly coloured with 

Vintage Photo re-inker.  The Framework was cut from thick black card.

  I also used one of the Pocket Cards on top of the embossed surface.

The butterflies were cut from white card which I embossed with the Duo embossing folder.  I inked the top of the butterflies with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and then painted the de-bossed areas with Peacock Feathers Distress Paint.  The Trinket Pins were coated with Peacock Feathers DP.

To finish off I added some corners from my stash which were painted with Peacock Feathers and Gathered Twigs Distress Paint, and one of Tim's Simple Sayings.

This is also my Design Team piece for Inspiration Journal and just as a reminder, if you buy anything from Inspiration Emporium and used my code Redanne, you will get 10% discount off your entire order.  Postage rates are extremely reasonable at $5 for the USA and $10 for international orders!

  Thanks for looking and I hope to see you again soon.  

Hugs, Anne xxx

Inspiration Emporium Products Used:

Tim Holtz Frameworks Die

Butterfly Duo Die and Embossing Folder

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Textured Surfaces

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Pocket Cards

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Trinket Pins

Tim Holtz Simple Sayings