Challenge 2fer! CC3C #3 and May's ePlay Challenge

Welcome to another installment of the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge, Vol. 3, hosted by Linda at Studio L3.  This is the third challenge in where we work through the techniques of Tim Holtz from, you guessed it…his 3^rd Volume of the Compendium of Curiosities!!  As in the past challenges, we can’t give details on the challenge, so don’t ask, but do go get your own copy of Tim’s fabulous book.  Also, Inspiration Emporium has offered an extremely generous $50 Gift Certificate for all the odd numbered weeks! So grab a copy, and join in to play!!  All the deets are here, at Linda’s blog!

Week #3: Page 65 Faux Tea Roses

OK…I've had the tattered pine cone die pretty much since it came out…watched Tim on a video..and still hadn't tried making either the pine come or rose.  You see, I had failed miserably with the layered rose using the Sizzix Flower #5 die…and  yes, its only paper, and yes, given that I spent years practicing for 7 hours a day..one would think I’d jump in and give it a go..and finally, with this week, I did.  It wasn't pretty!!  Rolled a 20 on my dexterity roll…(ohh, gamer speak)  broke 4 toothpicks (ok, cheap flat ones, no good for making Galumpkis either!) and at one point had tears rolling down my cheeks I was laughing so hard…and no…only ice tea on my desk; .maybe that was the problem…but Finally!! One sorta fell into place…Next one went a little better; only lost one petal portion.  And then Miracle!! A bouquet of roses! (And if you follow me on Instagram..yes, it took 2 hours!)  I spritzed them with Perfect Pearls to shine them up, considered using Goosebumps spray too make water droplets…thankfully reconsidered, but then didn't know what to do with them.

Aha!  On my side desk is a small canvas piece I was working on using stencils for the monthly ePlaychallenge on the eclectic Paperie blog.  I had a spare bird and cage cut out from last week’s challenge, and the rest fell together nicely.  Now…for all you canvas users out there…how do you hang them? This is a panel, so no place to screw in mounting brackets; I don’t want to frame it.  So any thoughts will be most appreciated. 

  

So, if I can do this; you can! There is still some time.  Grab a copy of Tim Holtz’s Compendium of Curiosities Vol. 3, and join in!