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Compensium of Curiosities, Vol. 3 Challenge - #25

3/28/2015

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Now what? Well, first I trimmed it a bit more and then used Vintage Photo and a blending tool to tone it down a little. Then I started on a tag to act as a background for the latticework.

I took a white tag and, using Cracked Pistachio, Scattered Straw and Vintage Photo inks, I created an inky background. I blended the edges with Vintage Photo and then took a "scrap" courtyard trelliis (it had generated the blue in the photo above), I sponged Vintage Photo ink through it as if it were a stencil. Using that same "stencil" as a template, I randomly placed different colored "stars" around the rest of the background. Then I attached the framework piece. Each star and the lattice was partially shadowed using Vintage Photo and Black Soot Distress Markers

Next was stamping: the image is from the Stampin' Up! "Parisian Plaza" set, stamped in India Ink Black. I then colored in the shutters with  a Cracked Pistachio marker. But it needed more so Remnant Rubs ("Words") and ChitChat stickers took their place on the tag. Finally, I assembled three Hero Arts Art Flowers ("Vintage Collage") using orange brads and placed them at the top right of the Framework using dimensional foam dots. Somehow, I ribbon tie didn't fit this tag (to my eye) so I trimmed a bit from a scrap framework and glued it to the top of the tag to be a "hanger"!

The end result is  tag which could be the cover of a travel journal (but I haven't decided yet):
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Linda Ledbetter ,from her blog Studio L3, has announced the 25th Compensium of Curiosities tw0week challenge, and she is assisted in this challenge by a design team of eight talented artists, two stores and the team of Tim Holtz and Mario Rossi II. Linda and the design team put together their interpretations of the bi-weekly challenges, the stores offer gift certificates for winners in alternating weeks (challenge #25 challenge is sponsored by The Inspiraton Emporium), and Tim and Mario have donated a cache of goodies form which another prize is assembled.

The rules are simple:
  • One must work from the book and not reveal Tim's techniques (If you don't have the book, you can get one from Tim ... there 's still time as there are ten challenges left in this series!)
  • You need to link your creation to Linda's blog
  • You need to visit the design team's blogs and leave comments on their interpretations.

Simple, and what you get is inspiration from the design team *and* the other entrants and all sorts of tips and tricks and ideas you can incorporated in your own work if you so wish. Also, You get to practice with all of Tim's products along the way (and we all know that practice makes perfect).

Challenge 24 is from Page 64 ("Frameworks") and is a product-specific technique. I have five of teh "Frameworks" dies so my first task was to pick one, just one, to use in this challenge. I decided on "Courtyard", mainly because it looks like a Catherdral Windows quilt to me, not becasue it's looks like it belongs in a courtyard. However, the name sent me in a totall different direction from a quilt!

First, I cut several versions of the frame and proceeded to follow Tim's instructions to the letter. It came out like this:
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Here are some closeups of the tag to show detail:
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Kimberly Cobb link
3/28/2015 12:45:00 pm

Love your tag...great use of the Framework die and color palette.

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Clareene link
3/28/2015 02:51:20 pm

Great job of layering. Love all the activity. Really cute little flowers too.

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Cheryl Grigsby link
3/29/2015 11:26:15 pm

Carol, this is so cool! It would make the perfect cove for a travel journal. I don't have this particular Frameworks die, but you've made me want it. Thanks for sharing this on CC3C!

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Anita Houston link
3/30/2015 04:16:08 am

Hi!!! First, thanks for the write up on the challenge...so perfect, and so glad you have learned so much along the way through the challenges...that's what it is all about!
Your tag is wonderful! LOVE that you stenciled through the frameworks, ala Annette...such a cool technique and looks great! I think it's perfect for a travel album too! Thanks so much for playing with Tim's Frameworks with us at CC3Challenge!!!

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Susan Mostek link
3/30/2015 05:47:08 am

Well, Carol - now you have made me want to purchase that Frameworks die too. It's the only one I don't have! Love how you used part of it at the top of your tag - very clever! I also love that you used the die as a stencil as well. Well done!

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Candy Colwell link
3/30/2015 11:58:12 pm

Hi Carol. Great use of Tim's Frameworks die cut. You're figuring out all sorts of uses for it, aren't you? The stencil idea is a good one and it adds a nice touch to your tag. Love your design! Thanks for joining us at CC3C. <3 Candy

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Ruby Craft link
4/11/2015 01:20:54 am

Sweet Tag. Great take on the technique. I think the hanger was a great idea and this would indeed look great on a travel journal.

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    Worked in environmental consulting for a little more than a decade and then seven years as an instructor in biological science at various community colleges in California and Texas. Moved to London in 1992, then Beijing (1996) and Saudi Arabia (1998), before returning to NW Ohio in 2002. I am currently living in NW Ohio with my husband and three Bombay cats.  I love to read (mystery, science fiction, history) and stitch (have done crewel, currently experimenting with free embroidery and needlepoint but blackwork and cross stitch are my main genres); have been known to knit; and now I'm heavily into papercrafting!
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