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Hi there! I hope you are having a great weekend! Today I have a mixed media canvas to share. For technique, I joined along with the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #7 which is to create a project focusing on the Painted Industrial technique.

To create this project, I painted the burlap panel with Gesso then applied various colors of Distress Paints along with more Gesso:

For added texture and design, I used the Painted Industrial technique to enhance the die cut house and heart.

For color inspiration, I joined along with the current colour me...! challenge:

Many thanks for visiting ~ I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

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Hi there! I'm so excited to be joining along with the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #2! The challenge is based on the new book by Tim Holtz! One of the challenge guidelines is that ALL participants should work from their own copy of A Compendium of Curiosities, Vol. 3. This is required out of respect and appreciation for Tim, who put countless hours and passion into writing the book. If you don’t have a copy, you can order one directly from Tim, who will even autograph it for you :)

Challenge #2 is to use Distress Glitter ~ the "how to" may be found on page 56:

In case you missed my post for the first challenge (click HERE), I've decided to create a book for this challenge. 

My second page features a photo of myself standing in front of the Eiffel Tower while vacationing in France. I used a couple different colors of beautiful Distress Glitter on my page:

I adhered a layer of pretty antique linen Distress Glitter to a die cut grungeboard butterfly:

and I dipped the homemade rose in Clear Rock Candy Glitter which I think resembles a coating of sugar. 

I'm also entering this into I am also entering this in the Sunday Stamper challenge where Hels is challenging us to feature the color PINK. 

Many thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great weekend!

Be Sweet ;)

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Hello! I'm so excited to be joining along with the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #1! The challenge is based on the new book by Tim Holtz! One of the challenge guidelines is that ALL participants should work from their own copy of A Compendium of Curiosities, Vol. 3. This is required out of respect and appreciation for Tim, who put countless hours and passion into writing the book. If you don’t have a copy, you can order one directly from Tim, who will even autograph it for you :) 

Challenge #1 is PAINTMARBLING ~ the "how to" may be found on page 43:

Here's a photo of the colors I used to create my paintmarbled paper. Be sure to check out Tim's A Compendium of Curiosities, Vol. 3. page 34 for an awesome step by step tutorial!

I decided that I am going to create a 5" x 8" grungeboard book for the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge. Not only is that a manageable size to work with but I will have all the techniques and projects in one place so I am able to refer back to them for inspiration when I am having one of those creative blank stare moments! 

My first page features a photo of my dear sister Tina ~ who is also my weekend riding partner :) Peeking out from behind Tina is my marbled paper which I stamped and heat embossed one of Tim's stamps:

To create the base page, I collaged tissue paper on the grungeboard, applied various Distress Inks, randomly stamped the mini blueprint gear image and added a rub-on. Once I layered the photo and marbled paper to the page, I embellished with a trio of flowers that were made using Tim's pinecone die, foliage and grungeboard die cut gears:

I finished it off with a die cut grungeboard crackled heart and painted gold grungeboard gear:

For inspiration, I joined along with the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge and I am also entering this in the Sunday Stamper challenge where Hels is challenging us to feature wheels on our project (in the photo :)

Thanks so much for visiting! If you would like to join along, please be sure to visit the Studio L3 blog HERE. Challenge #1 is sponsored by:

Be Sweet :)

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