Compendium of Curiosities 2, Challenge 6

 

Technique 6: Tissue Wrap Collage

A Compendium of Curiosities, Vol II

This week we over at Studio L3 we are up to week 6 in the challenge.
This one was really a lot of fun. I just love all the layers you get with it. Stop over at Linda's Blog and get all the details.

Here is a close up so you can see the grunge under the tissue. I used one of Tim's Stamp that mimics the crown piece under the tissue. I love the way the paint dabber highlights the grunge.

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Ticket Obsession Swap

A few weeks back I posted about my new obssesion with Tim Holtz Ticket die. Well not actually the die but the embellishment of them in other ways than the obvious ticket stamps. 

It all started with a video http://tinyurl.com/79xzjhg

Anyway... Stacy Cook agreed to host a swap on our Yahoo list All Things Tim and as they say the rest is history.  Here are some of the tickets I made and will use some of these as tickets in the swap.

These are the backs that I covered in colored card stock and stamped with a stamp from Tim Holtz.

 These are some of the images I used.

Just another shot of some of the different images I used.

Technique 5: Shattered Stains

Technique 5: Shattered Stains

Tim Holtz's A Compendium of Curiosities, Volume 2, page 48

This week over at Linda's Studio L3 we are up to week 5.

I use the Tattered Floral die for my technique piece and made a Happiness Tag.

Here is a close up so you can really see the Shattered Stains Technique. 

Get all the details on the blog challenge at Studio L3 and join in on the fun.

Technique 4: Faded Layers A Compendium of Curiosities, Vol. 2, Page 43

Well we are up to week 4 already on the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge over at Linda's Studio L3. Hop on over to her blog for all the details. 

Since the stamping technique is Faded Layers I added even more layers with card stock and paper. 

I used this weeks challenge to create a birthday card for a friend.

 I hope they enjoy it as much as I did making it

Technique 3: Marbled Stains

A Compendium of Curiosities, Vol. 2,

This week the challenge is Marbled Stains. I used this challenge to create a card for another project that I hope to tell you about later this week. I love how this technique really gives an aged/ marble look.

 To achieve the Liberty color I was looking for I used Picket Fence, Pine Needles, and Bundled Sage Distress Stains.

I couldn't be happier with the results.

Technique 2: Faux Patina

A Compendium of Curiosities, Vol.  2, page 58

Over at Studio L3 Linda is hosting an art challenge using the techniques from Tim Holtz's 

Compendium of Curiosities 2

This week is Faux Patina and below is my entry.  I created the patina on a tag and on to an ornate plate that I adhered to an easel that I'm using as a Mothers Day gift.

Close up of the ornate plate.

Ticket Obsession.....

A couple of days ago I cam across an Art of Craft video on You Tube where an artist was using Tim Holtz's Ticket strip die in the most unique way.

She was stamping the tickets with individual art images instead of using ticket image stamps.

Well, I have come completely obsessed with the idea and have started making some myself.

Here are a few that I have stamped and not yet colored. Including some of Tim's Stamps, some from an Alice in Wonderland set and some Asian Buddha images.

Here are a few more from bird sets including the set used in the video.

Here is the first set I colored. Images are from Paper Artsy. Inset image is a close up of one of the tickets.

I used only Distress Markers on them.

This bird image is a from a Martha Stewart set.

This is my favorite set so far. Images are from Clearly Stamps.

I used Copics, Prismacolor and Distress markers on these.

Covering the colored images with Glossy Accents before inking the backgrounds with Distress really make the images POP.

I told you I was Obsessed with them. I am considering doing a swap on ATT if there is enough interest.