P A P E R C R A F T S: Studio L3 - Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #21

My friend Marilyn regularly participates in Studio L3 challenges and she does the most amazing work using the instructions in Tim Holtz Compendium of Curiosities. I've had my book for a while now and decided I should try out some of the techniques.

The challenge this week is "Perfectly Distressing"! You'll find the instructions on page 38 of the book. I used it on the truck image which is my favourite TH stamp for masculine cards. Although it's hard to see the pearl shine in the pic, a bit of it shows on the back end of the truck.

For the card, I used:
-Bazill cardstock, Basic Grey graph paper, Karen Foster Collage paper
-Tim Holtz Alterations Embossing Folder "Patchwork"
-TH Distress Inks - Tea Dye, Brushed Corduroy, & Forest Moss
-Perfect Pearls Gold
-Truck stamp & verse from the TH "Journey" Visual Artistry collection
-Oval and Scallop Spellbinders Nesties
-Metal corner & lock are embellies from my stash.

Double Click to enlarge pic

Sharon
Nov.10/10

Challenges:

Studio L3 - Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #21 - Perfect Distressing

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #43 - Make it Vintage

Simon Says Challenge Nov. 10 - Favourite Tim Holtz Stamp

12 comments:

MarleneMAZNovember 10, 2010 at 10:16 AM
Your card is great! love the embossed background on it. Welcome to the challenge and hope you keep joining in :)
YvonneNovember 10, 2010 at 12:05 PM
Love your card Sharon.
I may have met you years ago when I was living in Antigonish and doing Stampin' Up classes. I regularly went to Port Hawksbury.
email: Steph@SimonSaysStamp.comNovember 10, 2010 at 4:04 PM
Nice embossing! I love the old auto too :)

Thanks so much for entering the Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge!!!

-Sarah
newfiecrafter(Marilyn)November 10, 2010 at 6:51 PM
Well I'm so glad you finally decided to join in the challenges over at Studio L3 . Love this card and that embossing folder sure completes the card . Good luck in the challenge .
Marilyn
Lisa Gouthro McLeanNovember 10, 2010 at 7:54 PM
Love this card, Sharon :)
NancyNovember 10, 2010 at 8:07 PM
Your card's wonderful!!

Thanks for joining us at the Simon Says Stamp & Show challenge!
Linda Coughlin, the funkie junkieNovember 11, 2010 at 9:46 AM
What a wonderful guy card! I almost used this stamp too - one of my favs. I love the sepia tones and the embossing you used here. Everything comes together to create a spectacular look! So happy you could join in the fun this week at Simon Says Stamp and Show!
Lynne ForsytheNovember 12, 2010 at 7:23 AM
FAB..FAB...FAB...man card! I'm so glad you played along cause your card is WONDERFUL!!

thanks bunches for playing along with the Design Teamies and Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge Blog!!
KatNovember 12, 2010 at 3:18 PM
love your card hun,
the embossed back groung is cool,
the old car is one of my faves to,
it was hard to pick,
Kat.
NettyNovember 12, 2010 at 3:31 PM
Totally terrific card, just brilliant. Annette x
Linda LedbetterNovember 13, 2010 at 2:38 PM
Sharon, I'm so glad you joined in, and what a fabulous debut piece you've created! This is indeed a Perfectly Distressed, perfectly masculine work of art, and you used the stamps and embossing folder brilliantly. The metal touches are great, too!

Thanks so much for sharing your talent at the CCC! I hope we see you again next week. :-)
AnonymousNovember 17, 2010 at 11:20 PM
Beautifully done!