Tissue wrap flowers

Tissue wrap flowers: I busted out one measly little guy, atop my top hat. If you squint it looks more like a flower. I used a tag that didn't make the cut, from the tissue wrap challenge. Actually it was fun simple and a snazzy technique that I will keep in mind. I think Tim should come out with some scent sprays we can spray on these guys.  You laugh, but you know that us fans would buy it! This Holtzian CC2 week 10 challenge at Linda's Studio L3 is sponsored by Funkie Junkie.

Just Watch Me - Compendium of Curiosities 2 #9

This week Simon Says Stamp sponsors, Linda's Studio L3, Tim Holtz CC2 challenge number 9. There are a plethora of beautiful watches on the site. I thought this was a lot of fun. I wish I had several of these to make, because I actually had to choose from a couple ideas that I really liked, that seldom happens. Now my mind is full of ideas for the watch since I was surprised at how much one can actually cram in that little space.

Compendium of Curiosities 2 - Repurposed Packaging

Fun stuff! Linda at Studio L3 challenged us to a project with Tim's re-purposed packaging.  I do this frequently using my cool junk mail was card bases.  I Tim's used masking tape, some red paint, bird die cut, flourish texture fades and some snazzy embellishments. Have fun!

LifeBook 2012 May Calendar

May day calendar exercise from LifeBook, was fun. It was refreshing to not have trauma over not being able to draw a face as well as most.  And it was really fun to map my feelings out, concisely, in each days small box and then review it at the end, memories!

Compendium of Curiosities 2 Faux Patina

Week 2 CC2, love this stuff. I had fun with the patina, could do everything in sight, but my kitty wouldn't sit still for it. I used lettuce, Stonewash and Stream, along with pearl fixative because I don't have Snow cap. I suspect the base is more translucent sine I used pearl. I'll have to buy some Snow cap to try it.  I dined up several tags trying to stamp on this background, so I eventually decided to add additional embellishments instead, that always works. Join the fun at Linda's Studio L3 and Tim Holtz blog for tons of awesome stuff. Here's a detail of the metal, since it doesn't show up the over view photo.

Compendium II Custom foam Stamps

So glad to have this on my 'to do' list, fun stuff. I used a tag made from background paper with acrylic paint over some embossed harlequin, it's hard to see the details in the photo, but that's all there.  My custom stamps are from Tim's movers and shapers mini butterflies, then stamped with walnut stain, along with half a dozen embellishments and a tape rose.  Check out the fun stuff at Linda's Studio L3 and Tim's blog and Simon Says Stamp.

Lifebook 2012 honor your past

Lifebook lesson for April is to honor your past and drawing a full frontal face.  Well here she is. I found out I'm not terribly scared by anything in my past... just the usual baggage ; )  I find it more daunting to draw a front face and to use color, maybe by December I will not be as frustrated with these two things.  I also learned that things don't adhere well to chalk backgrounds, which makes perfect sense now that my words keep falling off.