Compendium of Curiosities #28

Hello friends, thank you to all who commented on my posts whilst I was on holiday, I really appreciate it!  Internet access was poor and on return home I found over 300 posts in my reader, which I don't think I will ever catch up on, but I will see and comment on any new posts ....

Linda Ledbetter's Compendium of Curiosities #28 is all about Tim Holtz's Alcohol Ink Ombre technique and the Curiosity Crew have created some wonderfully inspiring projects which you can see HERE.  You will find the technique on Page 57 of Tim Holtz's Compendium of Curiosities III.

I would like to say a huge thank you to the Curiosity Crew for choosing me as an Honourable Mention for my seahorse hanging for Challenge #27.  It is such an honour to be recognised by such a talented team!

The sponsor for Challenge #28 is the lovely Linda Coughlin of the Funkie Junkie who will award one randomly selected individual to receive a $25 Voucher to spend in Linda's on-line store.  Tim Holtz and Mario Rossi have also donated a fabulous prize of Tim Holtz goodies for one person chosen by the Curiosity Crew.

I made a simple tag for my entry, I cannot share how I did the Alcohol Ink Ombre technique but I can tell you that I used Lettuce, Meadow and Pesto coloured Alcohol Inks to create the background.

I wanted to 'brighten up' the background so I stamped and coloured the flowers from the Tim Holtz Flower Garden stamp set in Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink for the petals and Gathered Twigs for the cone part.

To finish off I added some Tim Holtz Crinkle Ribbon coloured with Ripe Persimmon Distress Spray Stain and added the words from Tim's Idea-ology Small Talk Stickers.

At Inspiration Journal, the challenge this month is 'Get Pasted' where we would like to see you use Embossing Paste somewhere on your creation.  As always, there is a fantastic prize of $50 for one randomly selected individual to spend at Inspiration Emporium.  There are still a few days left to enter!  If you do make a purchase from Inspiration Emporium and you use my code Redanne, you will get a 10% discount off your whole order too.

I hope you will not mind this indulgence, but my wonderful friend Rita of  RMG Creations, gave me an early birthday present when we visited her and her hubby Andrew when we were on holiday in Scotland last week.  Rita made this gorgeous bag with Tim Holtz Eclectic Elements fabrics that she won last year from Paula Cheney. Am I not just the luckiest Tim Holtz fan ever!!  The beautiful bag is lined, has inside and outside pockets and a zip closing - very professionally finished....

As always, thanks so much for looking, I always appreciate your comments and look forward to seeing you again soon!  Hugs, Anne xx







Products from Inspiration Emporium - Click on the link
Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Lettuce
Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Meadow
Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Pesto
Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink Cardstock
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Applicator Tool
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Blending Solution
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Crinkle Ribbon

Compendium of Curiosities #23

CC3C #23 is all about the Tim Holtz Collection Folio and you can see what Linda Ledbetter and the Curiosity Crew created HERE.  There is certainly some wonderful inspiration over there!

My folio took nearly a week to make, off and on and it is not quite finished yet, but time is marching on I want to enter it into the challenge.  I wanted to make something useful so I made the folio to be used for storing travel documents and ephemera picked up along the way.  There are lots of photos so I am keeping the words to a minimum, all of the products I used to create the folio are Tim Holtz ones and include, three different paper pads, inks, paints, Remnant Rubs, Flash Cards, dies, chit chat stickers, Ephemera, stamps and lots of Idea-ology.

The whole of the folio is covered in papers from Tim's paper packs.

The first layer with lots of storage space on the left hand side for tickets or travel documents.

The next layer with three envelope pockets for storing small items.

Another top opening envelope with a 'rusted' frame (Gathered Twigs and Abandoned Coral Distress Paint)

This layer has pocket pages to store small tickets.

A final pocket for storing passports and other valuables.  This large expandable envelope pocket is removable. The butterfly is coloured with Spiced Marmalade and Picket Fence DP and Clear Rock Candy Distress Paint.

The back of the folio, covered in a collage of tickets.

At CC3C, since it is an odd number week, the challenge is sponsored by Inspiration Emporium who have a $50 voucher to spend in their on-line shop, for one randomly chosen individual.  One very lucky individual, chosen by the Curiosity Crew will win a fabulous prize from Tim and Mario!

Inspiration Emporium are also sponsoring a challenge at Inspiration Journal (Spring Blooms) where one lucky randomly chosen winner will receive 50 Emporium Dollars to spend in their on-line store.  In addition, if you use my code Redanne, you will receive 10% off your whole order.

Apologies for the long post but thanks so much for looking and I hope to see you again soon.

Hugs, Anne xx

Inspiration Emporium Products Used: 

Tim Holtz Papers

Collection Folio

Distress Paint

Distress Ink

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Fasteners

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Findings

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ephemera Pack - Expedition

Tim Holtz Remnant Rubs

Tim Holtz Thinlet dies

Compendium of Curiosities #11 - Effect Powders

I am having such fun with CC3C, it is really challenging me to use and do things I have not used or done before.  The challenge this time is to use Tim's special Distress Embossing Powders and you can find the technique on Page 52 of Tim's Compendium of Curiosities III.

The rules are straightforward and can be found on LINDA LEDBETTER'S blog, you must work from your own personal copy of Tim's book and we should not describe the technique out of respect for Tim.

The Curiosity Crew will choose a winner who will win a fabulous package of products from Tim and Mario and the sponsor for this fortnight is INSPIRATION EMPORIUM who will be offering a very generous $50 shopping spree at their on-line shop, to one very lucky randomly selected person.

I have just received the new large Layered Leaf die and Embossing Folder and since it has turned quite Autumnal here in the UK, I just had to use it to create a Thanksgiving card.

I cannot describe the technique but I did use several of Tim's Embossing Powders in Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo, Fired Brick and Aged Mahogany to give the gorgeous big leaves an Autumnal look.  I also die cut two oak leaves and an acorn from a Movers and Shapers die and used the same technique on these too.

Here's a close-up of the leaves.  They are quite large but very beautiful.

The 8" square base card is Kraft, on top is a mat coloured with Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink.  I added a layer of burlap (from my stash) to the top to give an 'earthy' feel to the card.  The ribbon has been dyed with Spiced Marmalade and a touch of Vintage Photo Distress Inks.  The little piece of burlap was taken from the edge of the burlap piece and added to the bow.

The letters are from Tim's Alpha parts, I sanded them very lightly and added some Spiced Marmalade Distress Paint, left it for a few moments and then wiped some off with a piece of dry paper towel.  I just thought the black letters needed toning down a little for this piece.

I am entering this into the Compendium of Curiosity III Challenge #11 - HERE.

This is also my Design Team piece for Inspiration Emporium, I do hope you will go over and have a look at the current challenge which is 'Fall is in the Air' and where there is an opportunity to win an amazing $50 gift voucher to spend in the on-line store.  So if you enter the Inspiration Emporium challenge and CC3C you have a chance to win $100 in total - just imagine what you could buy with that!

If you do go over to Inspiration Emporium for supplies you can use my code Redanne to receive a 10% discount.  Postage in the US is only £5 and international postage is just $10!

Thanks for looking, I will be back in a couple of days with my Tim Tag which has been finished for ages but I just forgot to post it!  See you then I hope.  Hugs, Anne xx



Product List: Inspiration Emporium

Tim Holtz Layered Leaf and Embossing Folder
Tim Holtz Movers and Shapers  Leaf Die
Tim Holtz Movers and Shapers Acorn Die
Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder
Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Tim Holtz Crinkle Ribbon
Tim Holtz Alpha Parts

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge 6 - Burlap Panel

I know, I know, I don't blog for two weeks and then two posts in two days!  Sorry but I have been completely mojo-less for a couple of weeks,  but I cannot miss an opportunity to enter something into Linda Ledbetter's Compendium of Curiosities Challenge.

Challenge #6 requires us to use one of Tim's Burlap Panels and to use the Altered Burlap Panel Technique.  You can find full details on page 37 of  A Compendium of Curiosities III.

As always, the Curiosity Crew will choose a winner who will receive a fantastic collection of Tim’s products, courtesy of Tim himself and Mario Rossi, his business manager.

In addition, the Challenge is sponsored by the lovely Linda Coughlin of The Funkie Junkie Boutique, who is offering a fabulous $25 voucher to spend in the boutique, to one very lucky CC3C entrant.

So, on to my entry.  Mr Mojo finally made an appearance when Tim's fabulous dragonfly die and embossing folder dropped through my letterbox this week, I could not wait to get inky and have a go!  I used one of Tim's 4" x 6" bare panels that comes in a pack of two.

I started by using the technique Tim used on Page 37 and then I applied some Wendy Vecchi embossing paste (which I tinted with Fired Brick Distress Paint) through a stencil, trying to achieve a fairly random pattern.  I outlined the bricks with a charcoal pencil and used a damp paper stump to rub it in.  I rubbed a little onto the bricks too, with my fingers, to give an aged look.

I cut some Grunge board with Tim's Honeycomb Frameworks die,  This was distressed using Distress Paints and sanded back, to age it and this was added to the brickwork to give the appearance of a trellis.

Now, on to the star of the show - the beautiful dragonfly (although it looks more like a Damselfly with the colours I have given the wings.

 I took a tip from Tim's tag for July and cut the dragonfly in clear shrink plastic and embossed it using the folder that comes with the die (I love it).  I coloured the plastic with Alcohol inks in blues and greens.  The embossing was very deep and had a white ghostly appearance in places.  I wanted the colour to be more intense so that it would show up against my background (and plastic/acetate is notoriously difficult to photograph).  I cut the dragonfly again from cream card, embossed it and then coloured it with Distress Stains in Peacock Feathers, Peeled Paint and Chipped Sapphire and then coated it with Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint.  I glued the two together and I loved the vibrancy of the colour showing through the shrink plastic.

Finally, I added a little spritzing with a black Distress Marker and the Distress Tool to the background before adding the word FLY from the Elementary set of Alpha Chips.

Should you need some inspiration, just pop over HERE and see what the CC3C 's Curiosity Crew have made - you won't be disappointed! 

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