Compendium Challenge #17 (& a late 16!)

Welcome to another installment of the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge, Vol. 3, hosted by Linda at Studio L3.  This is the Seventeenth 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, InspirationEmporium has offered an extremely generous $50 Gift Certificate for all the odd numbered Challenges! So grab a copy, and join in to play!!  All the deets are here, at Linda’s blog!

So, this week the challenge is Woodlands & Tinsel Twine, found on page 60.  I’ll admit I've been a bit scattered lately, so I was very disappointed when I couldn't finish Challenge #16’s  “Layered Stencil Embossing” piece.  But with this week’s I thought “Bingo! I can tie them together, which will give my # 16 a direction.  So out came a 5 x 7 canvas panel; added some blue through a snowflake stencil (not noticeable at all in the photo) glued down (and that was a challenge in it’s own right!) my Star Bright die cut, which was treated to the Layered Stencil Embossing technique found on page 50, again not terribly noticeable, as the stencil is a modern graphic snow flake design, and larger than I thought it would look.  Then I took the wreath from the Woodlands set, gave it the Page 60 treatment. Then, back to the challenge of gluing down: my lovely clumpy glitter is all over my sweat shirt, when I finally broke down and dragged out my Glue Gun.  As I didn't have the tinsel (I know I do...just couldn't find it!), which would have been lovely framing the panel, I cut the snowflake border die from Memory Box in velum, then had a ball gluing that down as well…lesson learned: a pre-gessoed panel could still use some fresh gesso…

 Now go visit the Curiosity Crew’s sites…there are some amazing pieces there this week! And if I don't get back on, I wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas!!