Welcome to another installment of the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge, Vol. 3,
hosted by Linda at Studio L3. This is
the Eighth challenge in where we work through the techniques of Tim Holtz from,
you guessed it…his 3rd 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, The
Funky Junkie Boutique has offered an extremely generous $50 Gift
Certificate for all the even numbered weeks! So grab a copy, and join in to
play!! All the deets are here, atLinda’s blog!
First, we can all relax; my Muse has returned, a bit
miffed, but no worse for wear. My latest
shipment of TH Christmas stamps and stencils has calmed her somewhat…and have
you seen the Sweater Knit background stamps and layering stencils yet??? I’m
surprised I haven’t attracted every Muse in the county!
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So after a good look-through and touch of all the new
goodies; out come the Alcohol inks! I always forget how much fun they are! I
have a birthday card in mind…so I grab my scrambled numbers stencil…and
enthusiastically work the technique (remember—need your own book; no hints) and
I got nuthin’. Major seepage under the
stencil…maybe too detailed? I try again-paler
colors on the background…then use the Harlequin layering stencil…and again…an incredibly
subtle result. I had to take a break
there to start dinner, and then I’m thinking that this was also a class from
the Creative Chemistry 2 online class..and those are downloaded on the IPad…Bingo!
I catch up on that while steaks are grilling..see my mistake, and later went
back up to less-enthusiastically work the technique, and while still subtle,
you can see the faded numbers appear (well not so much in the photo). The rest of the card ended up being colored
with distress markers, as the AI’s where just not controllable, and the Blending
Pen was smudging the Archival ink even after heat setting. I do love those Framelit stamp sets! Never was
much of a cutter, fussy or otherwise! Now, as soon as I replenish my blending
solution, I’ll rework the harlequin one…’cause I see possibilities!
There is still a week to join in; Stop at Linda’s to get
all the details. Have a great week everyone.
I do like your colour choice and the cupcake is just scrumptious! I have not got a blending pen...I think the pure ink would be better. It worked for me. It dries lighter too. Does not look to faded for a few minutes.
ReplyDeleteKim, this is gorgeous, and I'm seriously in LOVE with the colors you used! Great, great job on the CC3C technique-- you rocked the faded layers! I'm glad you stuck with it-- it's a tricky technique! The cupcake looks fab with the Distress Markers, too. Thanks so much for joining in!
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Linda
Great card, that cupcake looks good enough to eat and I loves the bright colours you picked for your background... Thanks for playing along with the CC3 Challenge and hope to see you again soon x
ReplyDeleteKim...this card is so cute! I love Tim's blueprint cupcake stamp and it definitely works here! Your faded layers background really pops the very nicely colored cupcake. You've done a fabulous job on this technique...love all of your samples. Thanks for joining us at CC3C. <3 Candy
ReplyDeleteWay to wrestle that technique to the ground! You've won, your card is beautiful and you did a great job with Faded Layers.
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