Saturday, April 26, 2014

CCC3 - Marbled Paints

Woohoo! Today is the day that the new Compendium of Curiosities III Challenge starts!!! It all begins with Paint Marbling!!! I hope you already have 'The Book' and are ready to roll so you can win some uber fabulous prizes donated by the ever generous Tim & Mario, and the first challenge's sponsor, Inspiration Emporium!!! You will have two weeks to complete this first challenge and link it up to the CC3Challenge site, and you can read all the rules here. Please visit every member of the Curiosity Crew for some gorgeous painty inspiration, and I hope this card gets your creative gears moving as well!
I decided to go with a card the first time out! I'm running short on cards, so you will probably be seeing a lot.
I first glued down a sheet of Melange Tissue Wrap onto some card to create the base for the the embellishments of my card.
I used Tim's technique for Paint Marbling on the Tissue Wrap.
I started cutting out the butterfly motif image and cut strips of the Tissue Wrap to use for the weaving pattern.
I also used Tim's technique on a Giant sized manilla tag, and then I laid out the strips and began to weave them into place.
I painted a piece of Crinkle Wrinkle as well, and then stamped on it. Metal embellishments, Stickles, and edge inking finished out the card. It was super simple.
I am so thrilled to be apart of the Curiosity Crew!  I hope you all join in on the fun, and that your hands get creatively inky soon!!!

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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

187 comments:

  1. The recipient of this card is going to be blessed! Thanks for sharing!

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  2. Beautiful card and wonderful inspiration for the new challenge xx

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  3. O my word Anita... I LOVE it... the design & colours are so beautiful...the butterfly is AmAzing...the tutorial is brilliant...Have a happy weekend... Hugs May x x

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  4. What an awesome start to the challenge!! Your project is fab, love the detail, and thanks for the step pictures!!

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  5. What a great start to the challenge ....... beautiful card! The colours are fab, the butterfly is simply stunning and I love the paper weaving. I can't wait to get started. Thanks for sharing. Linda xx

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  6. Great card. Love those bright colours. Great challenge

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  7. I absolutely love this card. How inivitive to weave strips of prepared card and the arrow on the butterfly body is so cool.

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  8. Amazing from the design to the execution! So unbelievably lovely and the fact that the first CC3 challenge is marbled paints tickles me because it reminds me of our time on the #PaperTrail :)

    Amy*

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  9. What a stunning card, thank you for the inspiration. I'm also going to try and make cards using the challenges.

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  10. Holy AMAZESAUCE Anita! What a beautiful card and a spot-on way to start CC3C!!! I am so excited to be playing along this year and seriously cannot wait to see what you and the rest of the crew come up with...getting to see your artwork is just as exciting as getting to make my own. Thank you

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  11. You are off to a great start. Love the woven design.

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  12. Lovely, thanks so much for the instructions on the strips. It is a very inspiring card!

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  13. Anita...your card is beautiful! I love the woven paper strips! What a very cool idea and boy, do they ever pop off of your marbled background! Your big butterfly is so striking as well. And I love your multicolored and stamped crinkle ribbon. What an inspiration! It is such a thrill to be working on this crew with you! Candy

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  14. a very beautiful card. I love how the colours are so rich without being harsh. there is still an element of age without it getting dull... really lovely. the weaving is very effective.

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  15. Anita, I just love your card. The weaving technique is so effective. Thanks so much for sharing. Jean.x

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  16. That is SO COOL, Anita! I love your weaving and the arrow on the butterfly!

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  17. Beautiful Butterfly! I love the arrow/body almost reminds me of an exoskeleton.

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  18. WONDERFUL piece of ART... love the tissue wrap too... I love using this on so many projects and yet another idea... Love your colors, design and the BUTTERFLY... so very nice in all ways... GREAT work!!!! or I should say GREAT FUN!!!!

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  19. These colours are amazing and remind me binding of vintage books.

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  20. Great card, the butterfly is so beautiful!

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  21. So excited about the CC3C challenge, congrats on being on the Curiosity Crew. Love your card and all the amazing details. I'm going back to have to take another look. Wonderful Inspiration!

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  22. Wonderful card !! I loved the marbled tissue and the weaving.. looks fab !

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  23. love your paper weave and the colors are so fun! The butterfly is a beautiful add!!! love that you did it on the tissue paper!!! Beautiful!!!

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  24. Love the idea of weaving colorful painted strips on your card!

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  25. Anita, I love this card! The weaving is fantastic and gives a really nice effect! The butterfly is total gorgeous. Our climate is very dry and this technique is a bit difficult, so I am going to try it on tissue wrap! Happy Saturday and thank you for starting my morning off so beautifully!

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  26. Awesome as always Anita!! I have so been looking forward to this!
    I love the woven BG and the butterfly is stunning! TFS

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  27. Beautiful card Anita, love the marbling effect..and what you have done with it, especially the weaving :) ...have just got my book and can't wait to play along with you all ;) Jan x

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  28. Beautiful card - love those colours :-) I have some Melange tissue myself - don't like cutting into it though - lol.

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  29. So realistic yet wildly colored - really beautiful work.

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  30. I cannot think of any words other than - utterly gorgeous! A stunning creation to start off the challenge - love how you used the tissue wrap, will definitely give it a go now. Hugs, Anne xx

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  31. This is beautiful!! Love the colours - have some Melange tissue myself - hate cutting into it though - it's too lovely!!

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  32. Great card, Anita! The weave is awesome. Love that you did the technique on the tissue wrap, clever girl.

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  33. Fabulous card Anita! Love the weaving and the butterfly is gorgeous! Sue C x

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  34. Your card is beautiful, I love the weaving technique.

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  35. Beautiful, love the weaving, so effective

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  36. I have been looking forward to this day! Love your inspiration piece! Off to create my own...

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  37. Oh Anita, I envy the one who's going to get this card ... it's utterly gorgeous! Suzanne xxx

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  38. Love the weaving! I will be giving it a try! Thank you for the inspiration!

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  39. This is a beautiful card. The colors are yummy! Hope I can join the challenge soon. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  40. Congratulations on joining this fabulous team Anita! Love your card - the weaving looks terrific. Happy Weekend! Nicola x

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  41. This looks fabulous Anita. love the colours and the paper strips. It all goes together so beautifully
    x catherine

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  42. Love your colorful card, Anita.
    The weavind idea is a fun element.
    I am ready for the challenge!

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  43. I adore the weaving Anita and the marbling is great. Nikki x

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  44. Oh my! This is fabulous! I love those woven strips.

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  45. Love the paper weaving Anita and that butterfly is amazing and I adore your chosen colours too. Tracy x

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  46. Absolutely awesome! That butterfly is GORGEOUS and LOVE the woven strips!!!

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  47. Wow.... very inspiring!! Like it a lot :)

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  48. This is Absolutely GORGEOUS!! OMG!! Love the colors, Love the Butterfly--Love ALL of it! The weaved paper--Don't even get me started on how FAB that is!! Thank You for the Awesome inspiration, Anita! XOXO-Shari

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  49. Gorgeous explosion of color! Fabulous. Love that weaving!

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  50. Thanks Anita - I really like the tissue wrap weaving. I'll have to give that a shot!
    best, K.

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  51. I love the background on the butterfly. It's beautiful!

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  52. Love all the color and thought into the background. What a fab idea! Beautiful work.

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  53. Awesome card, Anita! Great start to the challenge!

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  54. Beautiful colors. I love the marbled ribbon! Inspirational!

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  55. Wow, you totally rocked the first challenge. I love love the colors, and have 2 boxes of tissue that have never been out of the box... I cannot wait to try this. You definitely inspired me!

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  56. This is just stunning, Anita! Absolutely gorgeous job, girl!!!

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  57. I love the way you used this technique. Paper weaving is another favorite of mine.

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  58. Anita, this card is stunning. Off to make something of my own now. Thanks

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  59. Love this card!! I love the wander also :)

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  60. Love, love, love the woven paper! And the butterfly has totally inspired me. Thanks so much!

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  61. Love this card! The butterfly is amazing. Your weaving adds some wonderful texture. Great way to start the challenge.

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  62. I love the basket weaving you did with the paper, very cool idea! Beautiful card!

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  63. Love the basket weaving you did with the paper, what a cool idea! Very pretty card!

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  64. Great card , love the brading and the use of the tissue. It is wonderful that Inspiration Emporium is offering a shopping discount for this challenge, I like ordering from them because the ship so quickly.

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  65. Gorgeous card, love the weaving & the butterfly is beautiful.

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  66. Your card is gorgeous - that is one lucky person to be sent such a special card. You make it look so easy to do

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  67. Love the paper weaving! Fabulous xx

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  68. Your butterfly is gorgeous and the woven paper is wonderful. Thank you for all the inspiration here and in your blog:)

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  69. Wonderful piece Anita. I can't wait to get started! Karen.x

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  70. This is beautiful! What a great start to CCC3!

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  71. Fabulous card! Love the weaving. Your butterfly is so pretty. Great job!

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  72. Wow, your card is stunning! I am so loving your weaving; gives such a great textural effect! Great way to start us on our journey,

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  73. Very cool! Love the colors, and the weaving is a fabulous touch! Love what you did with this challenge!

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  74. Wow!!! It is so amazing card. Beautiful colors and accessories. A butterfly is wonderful about the wonderful colors and with great arrow. Ant tke background is really stuning. I really love it!

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  75. Love this girl, got my brain to going. The weaving is an awesome idea and you always have something up your sleeve. oxox

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  76. I love the weaving technique! I never to use my tissue paper. The inspiration.

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  77. This is really amazing. I love the contrast of the warm tones on the strips with the cooler tones on the background.

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  78. Beautiful use of marbling technique! Wonderful idea to use these challenges as a way to replenish my card supply...thanks for the tip!

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  79. Love this idea! Great way to do something different with the Tissue Wrap.

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  80. beautiful and brilliant!! but of course.
    i love it!

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  81. Your card is awesome. Especially love the woven paint marbled strips.

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  82. Fab colours, love what you did with the Tissue Wrap.

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  83. The butterfly is so beautiful and I really like the color choices.

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  84. Scrumptious! You sure make paper weaving look sophisticated with the gorgeous TW and Marbling effect... and that b'fly is absolutely stunning. So happy to be creating with you on this team!

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  85. What a fantastic idea! Thanks for showing how to marble tissue paper and use them creatively by weaving them! Just beautiful!

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  86. This is gorgeous! Saw it on Pinterest and am repinning!

    I love the background, the colored tissue, and the weaving.

    Fabulous!

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  87. Breathtaking piece, love the background technique.

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  88. So pleased to see you as part of this fabulous challenge Anita! LOVE how you've used paint marbling here. It's a gorgeous card. Jenny x

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  89. This is beautiful Anita, the butterfly looks stunning and I love how you used the paper and cut it into strip!!

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  90. Love how you wove the strips of tissue paper to create another focal point for your card. Can't wait to play with the marbeling technique.

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  91. Totally stunning card! I love the technique that you've used to paint and to cut paper! The butterfly is wonderful! Hugs! barbarayaya

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  92. You say simple, but it's so effective - I love that woven tissue wrap, brilliant! And the finished card is simply gorgeous with the butterfly perched just so... fantastic inspiration, thank you!
    Alison xx

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  93. Love it Anita. I love the paper weaving to create even more texture. I know you are going to enjoy this journey. Wishing you lots of inky fun on the Curiosity Crew X

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  94. I love the paper weaving .. awesome project !!

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  95. Beautiful card! I love the weaving.

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  96. Gorgeous, Anita! I love all the pretty colors! And so cool you're on the Crew! Hugs, Sandra

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  97. Gorgeous project, Anita! Love the colors, and that paper weaving is way cool!

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  98. A terrific project, Anita!

    Love the paper weaving, that butterfly in all its grungy beauty and the colours you chose! Utterly adorable and stunning!

    Claudia x

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  99. I too just love the weaving. OK, I give. I can't resist the tissue wrap any longer.

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  100. Gorgeous card, love the colours and the images.
    Very much like the way you have used the paper for weaving, great effect.
    Happy crafting, Angela x

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  101. Love your weaving technique. Definitely going to have to use that in future projects.

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  102. This is a super WOWSER card!! Love it! Makes me really want to get out my distress paints and get "painty"

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  103. This is fabulous! I love how you wove the strips on here! Gorgeous!

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  104. This is a beautiful card!! I love the colors you chose and how you used weaving. Very creative and inspiring!

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  105. Another fantastic creation Anita, LOVE that paper weaving, how cool is that! X

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  106. I loved your idea of beginning with tissue paper and marbling that. Your card was fantastic :)

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  107. Beautiful card, love the weaving!

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  108. Oh. My. Goodness! This is just the coolest thing I've seen in a while. The details are fabulous. Love the woven border, love the arrow on the butterfly body and the colors are just off the hook. Honestly, Anita...this is a work of art!

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  109. Hard to believe your beautiful card started out as a B & W piece of tissue paper. It's so stunning.

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  110. Beautiful card! I love the weaving and the different widths of the strips!

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  111. A stunning card love the colours.
    Becky

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  112. I love this technique and it is amazing what you have made with it. Beautiful piece.

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  113. Fantastic, I so loce the weaving you did to create something truly inspirational, thank you for sharing your art.

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  114. I really like the way you used strips from the tissue to weave together. And the ribbon seems to match. Very effective and beautiful

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  115. What a start to the cc3 challenge, that butterfly looks as if its about to fly off the page. The colour of the big tag is so fresh and bright a perfect offset for the darkly rich butterfly.

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  116. Gorgeous colours and love you you've used the tissue xxx

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  117. Fabulous card, love the effect of the marbling on the tissue.
    Sandra x

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  118. Never thought to use tissue wrap with this technique. Looks fab!

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  119. I love your card!! The technique rocked, and the weaving was such inspiration. I can't wait to see more of your work

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  120. LOVE the woven painted tissue and your butterfly is GORGEOUS! FAB card!

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  121. I love the colours of this and I am so going to try out the weaving techniques

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  122. awesome creation!!! absolutely brilliant!! =)

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  123. Loving the threadwork and the matching ribbon, a super snazzy creation x

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  124. Simply Beautiful! Love the paint of the Tissue paper.

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  125. Such a pretty project Anita! The rainbow of colors look fabulous and that butterfly is gorgeous! Love the shimmery detail!

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  126. oooh... marbling on tissue wrap! I love it and I really love this card (I've seen it on my pinterest feed almost daily! LOL) so excited to see what you come up with for CCC3... and can't wait to play myself!

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  127. Woohoo I just love what you have done, I have just received my cc3 today and looking forward to having a play along although very new to it all.
    Denise x

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  128. Love LOVE this piece! The weaving is so striking! Zoe x

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  129. Always nice to have a fresh supply of cards and especially ones as lovely as yours. Fabulous!

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  130. It's a rainbow feast for the eyes, love the colors. now I know what to do with all the tissue I have!

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  131. Love that woven piece and your beautiful butterfly!

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  132. Your card is so beautiful! I LOVE the butterfly and the used of the arrow as the body, totally inspired! Thank you for leading us forward in these challenges and for leaving such a lovely blog comment, it made my day. :)

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  133. The woven strips embellishment is genius! So many great ideas on this card. I wouldn't have thought of doing the paint marbling on tissue; that is a MUST-try. Thank you for sharing your considerable talent!

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  134. Stunning work! Love how you have put each element together, amazing!

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  135. I love the weaving technique. Your butterfly is beautiful!

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  136. The weaving technique is really clever, and I love how your card background turned out.

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  137. I never would have thought to marble tissue wrap. You're so smart :) I can't wait to try it myself.

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  138. Wow!!! My favourite colour combo and so inspiring x a great start to the challenge my friend

    Huge hugs Annie x

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  139. Absolutely Gorgeous, Anita! That butterfly just pops right off the page!

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  140. As usual you inspire me and start the ideas flowing. Absolutely beautiful.

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  141. anita, I really love how you wove those pieces- such a great idea and your canvas is lovely!

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  142. LOVE LOVE LOVE - that butterfly makes me swoon!

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  143. Love this Anita, especially the weaving and the fact that the technique works on tissue too xx

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  144. Hi Anita! I love your card ! the paper weaving is such a great idea, gorgeous colours and all topped off with that fabulous butterfly lovely ! x

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  145. Hi Anita - wow - this is so clever - I love the weaving - stunning work! Brilliant xx

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  146. Hi Anita! How fun to see you on the CC# Crew ! Love your woven card , love the colors you chose and OMG ... the ribbon so perfect ... love the print on it and the perfect coloring; great inspiration

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  147. This is so cool!!! I love how you did the marbling on the tissue wrap. And THEN cutting strips to weave? yep, coolness… =)

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  148. This card has all of my favorite things, plus a new idea! I hadn't thought of trying this technique on the Melange Tissue Wrap! I love this idea!

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  149. Love the Marbling technique on Tim's tissue paper. Beautiful butterfly and clever use of the arrow for the butterflies body.

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  150. Great card, the technique with the Tissue Wrap, a great idea!

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  151. Your tag is amazing. I love the weaving technique and the colors you used.

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  152. I love you take on the paint marbling technique, but the cherry on top is the arrow for the butterfly body, such an awesome and thoughtful finish.

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  153. stunning... love the use of strips, great design, Px

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  154. Thanks for letting me play along in the CC3C!

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  155. Love, Love, Love, the background!!!!

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  156. Really LOVE your background!

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  157. Fabulous Anita! Love how you wove the pieces to create a stunning design!

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  158. Wow - so unique! I am going to have to run off and try the weaving technique; such a great way to incorporate lots of colours without it being "too much". This CC3 challenge is awesome!.

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  159. I love this! Thanks for sharing!

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  160. I'm so sorry, I was logged into the wrong Google account for my previous comment. Thanks again for sharing your beautiful work!

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  161. I love love love the way you have woven those strips! This is a brilliant piece and I love it! Did I mentionI love it? Hugs Barb x

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  162. great idea - love the weaving xx

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  163. The woven strips are magic....but then I pretty much love everythng you do. Great colors!!! Thanks for stopping by.

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  164. Love the weaving technique!

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  165. This is so lovely! Thank you for your blog and wonderful inspiration! I bookmarked 'you' a long time ago:)

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  166. Gorgeous and colorful! :) Love the weaving and how you also colored the ribbon.

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  167. LOVE the stamped and marbled ribbon, Anita! ...and the woven strips...and the butterfly - especially now that I've seen the arrow!...it's all so fabulous! Great start to the CC3Cs!

    Angi@MakingMayhem

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  168. Love this card! I too love the weaving!

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  169. Beautiful ! it was the colours on the weaving that caught my eye!

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  170. Beautiful, gorgeous and awe inspiring, I have never seen that weaving technique, and using the marbling technique with the Tim's tissue paper is genius !

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  171. Your card is just gorgeous!!! I really liked you use of the technique and glitter detailing of the butterfly. Gorgeous wow

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  172. What a fabulous card! I love the stickles along the edge of the butterfly, and the tiny woven strips!

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  173. Wonderful! Such a cool look with the woven paper!

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  174. Seriously ... you have been gifted with creativity Anita. This card is absolutely fantastic. I love the weaving and how you used this technique on Tim's Tissue Paper. What an amazing piece for this first challenge. You inspire me :) -- Mary Elizabeth

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  175. So stunning! The weaving is fantastic, might have to give it a try.

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  176. Wow, what a great take on the challenge! The weaved background is so creative!
    Thanks for sharing :)

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  177. I love seeing your process Anita and the colors you used. It's a brilliant project!

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  178. Gorgeous card Anita, I love the weaving!

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  179. This is SO gorgeous!! Weaving the tissue wrap was ingenious!!! Love this!

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  180. Wonderful Project .... Lovely Butterfly

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  181. This card is stunning! I am loving the strips of marbled tissue paper. Just gorgeous!
    Kate

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  182. Wow Anita! This is beautiful!!

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