Faded Layers with Compendium of Curiosities

Today is Compendium of Curiosities in my studio...My finished project looks like this... but you will see more pictures below.. Please scroll down... thanks for looking... 

  here are some details you need to know...

Just a Reminder:
Everyone is welcome to participate in the CC3C, but you must work from your personal copy of the CC3. The Crew will not be posting technique instructions on our blogs, and participants must not, either. We require this out of respect and appreciation for all the work Tim invested in writing the book. If you don’t have a copy, you can order one directly from Tim, who will be glad to autograph it for you! If you have any questions about the challenge in general, check out the CC3C F.A.Q. here.
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As always, we’ll select a “Curiosity Crew’s Choice” winner who will receive a fabulous assortment Tim’s products, courtesy of Tim himself and Mario Rossi, his business manager and everyone’s favorite “Behind the Scenes” social media rockstar (follow Mario on Instagram and you’ll never be bored)! To be eligible to win, you must visit each of our team members’ blogs and leave a comment there. You can easily access their blogs by clicking on their project photos (your comment on this post counts as your comment on my blog).

The Funkie Junkie Boutique is back to sponsor Challenge 6, and lovely owner Linda Coughlin has $25 shopping spree to one very lucky CC3Cer– just in time for those amazing new summer products that are hitting the market! For a chance to win, link your project here and link to The Funkie Junkie Boutique in your blog post!

Well I have to tell you that I had a very difficult time figuring out what to do...??? I must have been half asleep when I tried this the first time... but then the 2nd time... wow I really got it going... 

Here are the three pieces of paper I made for my project...  randomly choosing the colors... as I had nothing in mind when I created these papers... 

 

I used 3-4 inks on each piece and came up with this green one...  which I used for my leaves... 

This blue one for my background... 

 

 

And this brown one for the center of my sunflower... 

Can't honestly tell you how many sleepless nights I had to figure this one out...  and then this morning it popped into my head... as we are going to harvest our sunflowers this week-end... 

 

The heads which are filled with seeds, will feed the chickens for quite a few weeks of a nice treat... they love them...  generally speaking we grow a couple of kinds...  a short one and a very very tall one...  which is about 13 feet tall... they have all been harvested, due to a heavy rain the other day... 

 

I love sunflowers.. they are a HAPPY flower... always smiling at you... so here is some happiness for YOU... 

 

 

 

 

It really was very easy to create the tag, once I had decided what to do with that papers...  I drew and then cut out the large leaves.. and then a stem... and then the center of the flower.. since the center has a little big for leafy stuff around it.. I used some more of the green for that, around the head... then I cut the circle out for the center of the flower... 

 

I didn't use the faded layer method on the yellow... as I wanted a solid looking yellow... but I did use 3 inks on that also...

 

 

 

I drew and cut out the leaves for the flower and glued them in place... with my fav... Glossy Accents... and then cut out some letters using a Tim Lettering Die... love them...  so very useful for tags, and assorted items... the coloring can be done prior to cutting them out... or afterwards... I have stamped on them etc... but love them... so many ways to use them... 

 

I love the leaves... almost look camo...  but they are just multi green colors.. 

 

A copper butterfly that was a bright blue plastic... and then a little raffia...  Voila' done!!! 

 

I really like the way the colors came thru for me on this... and I love the way the finished 'tag' looks...  It is really a small wall hanging and will go into a very special place with some other pictures I am working on... love the look..

 

I will use this technique again... I really do like it... even though I had a rough start with it...  it is really quite nice on different pieces... 

 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and hope to see you again soon...  I really appreciate all your comments and I read each and every one a couple of times... Love them all.. thanks again. 

 

Have a super wonderful day... enjoy every minute of the day...

I won a $50 gift certificate over at Simon Monday challenge

and just received a huge pile of goodies... I bought ALL STENCILS... so I think you know what I am going to be doing for the rest of the day... maybe week!!! Yikes.. what fun..

 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie