Saturday, May 24, 2014

CC3C - Faux Tea Roses

Happy Saturday everyone crafty! Today marks another challenge in the new Compendium of Curiosities III Challenge!!! I can't believe that this is the third one already...time flies!  The Curiosity Crew and I, again want to thank you all for all the wonderful comments as well as all the entries from the Distress Glitter Challenge! We really are having a very hard time choosing a a Curiosity Crew winner. You all make such gorgeous entries, and I know it inspires me every week. Thank you truly! 
This challenge, number three is about Making Faux Tea Roses... a favorite I am sure! I hope as many or more of you play along on this beautiful floral challenge so you can win some amazing fabulous prizes donated by the ever generous Tim and Mario, and this third challenge's sponsor, Inspiration Emporium!!! Talk about some amazing loot! You will have two weeks to complete this challenge and link it up to the CC3Challenge site, and you can read all the rules here. Please take the time to visit every member of the Curiosity Crew (See below.) for not only some beautiful flower inspiration, but for a chance to win some extra goodies!
I had made several of Tim's faux tea roses and had them laying around on my craft table, so I was thrilled to be able to use some of them on this project. (;0) for a certain somebody with inside information!!!) I love his technique for making them! AND, I have wanted to use the Window Box die for sometime, so I thought these two would be a perfect marriage for a warm day scene!

I die cut several layers of the window box, the rectangle shape, and a lacey strip using Grunge Paper and Board, and cardstock. I also embossed one of the rectangle pieces with the Candy Stripe Texture Fade, but at an angle, to mimic shutter doors.
I layered and layered pieces of everything on their corresponding pieces, and gave every thing a few coats of Picket Fence Distress Paint. I added the lacy strip for decor on the flower box. The shutter were made with half pieces of the rectangle, then dry embossed, and then window pane pieces on top. I LOVE this Window Box die!!!
I wanted a stained glass look to the window, so it was Frosted Film to the rescue. I think it is so cool that you can stamp on it. I colored in the images with Distress Markers and then cut them to fit into each window pane.
 
I cannot get enough of the Burlap Panel...can't you tell?!! I painted it a little with Picket Fence Distress Paint, and then decided to add some bricks. I colored Wendy Vecchi's Embossing Paste with Re-Inkers in Festive Berries and Black Soot, gave it a little mix, and then swiped it onto Wendy's Bricked Stencil for Art. I wanted an irregular look, so I didn't worry about being careful.
After it was dry, I rubbed a Jet Black Archival Ink Pad directly onto the bricks, and then added a few specks of Picket Fence Distress Paint to some of the bricks too! Hello WALL!!! I almost didn't want to cover it up!
I decided the shutters needed some black, so out came the Black Soot Distress Paint. I used an exacto knife to cut the slats apart for a more realistic look, and then came fabulous Idea-ology hardware.
I wanted a little more greenery so out came the Garden Greens die, but I wanted them to stand out a little, so I cut them with Ranger s Metal  Foil Tape Sheets, and then colored them with one of the new colors of Alcohol Ink, Botanical! I love how vibrant it is. The sentiment is one of Wendy's from the Garden Art Stamp Set...perfect!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
If you haven't joined in on all the fun at CC3, I hope you do so soon! You learn so much, plus you can win a lot of amazing product!

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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!



125 comments:

  1. So many details to love! Hinges, faux stained glass, brick texture, and of course, the tea roses.

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  2. Gorgeous canvas Anita! Love the brick wall and the shutters are awesome! The roses are beautiful too! Hopefully I'll get chance to join in with this challenge this time. Sue C x

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  3. Wonderful piece Anita, love how you put your window together, great idea to add the pedestal, and of course your roses look fantastic!!

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  4. Its Wonderful !! I loved the window n bricks on bg make it look like wall .The detailing of window,curtains is fab and of course the roses !

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  5. I love your window, the stained glass was a great idea to show off the roses.

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  6. Wowser! Every detail from the brick wall to your roses is fantastic.

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  7. Love this! The details on your windows are just beautiful, and I love your roses! Yellow roses are my favorite (my wedding bouquet was filled with huge yellow roses. However, I personally find yellow a difficult color to work with, so I am always in awe and somewhat jealous when I see an artist able to pull it off flawlessly! A thousand thanks for sharing another incredibly inspiring work of art.

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  8. Love your view from afar! Love the flowers and theme....amazing, amazing.

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  9. Another wonderful project, love the windows and beautiful shading on the roses, gorgeous.

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  10. Wow, wow and thrice wow - from the brick wall to the shutters, from the pediment to the window box, each piece has come together so beautifully! It's one of those things I would love to touch... and the flowers are gorgeous. Love this - a lot!! Thanks so much for the inspiration. Hugs, Anne x

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  11. A wonderful burlap panel!
    Have a great day, Eva

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  12. Beautiful window canvas, Anita. You've done such a beautiful job on this very unique piece. Your yellow faux tea roses are absolutely gorgeous. Love the "stained glass" idea in the window and the very cool shutters on either side of it. Your Wendy Vecchi brick background is such a striking background against the burlap panel. Love it! <3 Candy

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  13. What a darling little window Anita! The stained glass window a very nice touch, Karen.x

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  14. a wonderful shabby window box scene....

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  15. Love it,super cute,could look at that for ages and spot new things!

    Donna.x

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  16. I LOVE your window box! I would love to come home to an array of flowers like that every day!

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  17. i love this! What a fabulous piece! Your bricks on the burlap are stunning.

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  18. Seriously Anita!! This is yet another stunning creation. That window box is genius. Love the stain-glass effect, and the bricks! Awesome!

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  19. WOW Anita!! I totally love all of the details that you put into this piece! Of course your roses are beautiful- but your brick wall, frosted glass, shutters, window box, oh well-All of them! Absolutely darling! ")

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  20. OMG, Anita! This is crazy gorgeous! I LOVE the bricks! The detail on your window is amazing! So beautifully done!

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  21. LOVE the window box action Anita! Your attention to detail is always a delight for the eyes. I have to look again and again to make sure I've caught every lovely bit. Gorgeous project and photos too!

    Amy*

    PS I miss your face :)

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  22. This is SOOO adorable!! I love the use of the burlap! G=

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  23. You've used some of my favorite components in your super inspiration piece! Can't wait to make the faux tea roses; I don't grow real ones.

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  24. This is incredible. So many different techniques and crafty stash too. Please may I borrow your mind to help me think what to do for my challenge??

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  25. You have simply OUTDONE yourself on this one! I love it!

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  26. SO pretty Anita!! it's a lovely work of Art!! TFS

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  27. What a gorgeous burlap canvas Anita! So many wonderful details - the stained glass windows, the shutters, the bricks AND your lovely yellow roses in the windowbox!

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  28. this is an awesome piece of art work. love it all. still very elegant even with all the distress going on. oh one of your distress markers isn't closed properly. you can see in pic possibly a scattered straw? anyway a yellowy one. xx

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  29. Anita, what a gorgeous window box of flowers you have grown! Oh my you even added the shutters and brick work for such an inviting feeling! Love your burlap panel. Have a great Memorial Weekend. Hugs!

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  30. Fabulous canvas piece, Anita! You put so much detail into the window scene! The faux tea roses complete the scene so beatifully!

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  31. A very different canvas,and I love your roses , thank you for a great tutorial xx

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  32. Wow, this canvas is wonderful Anita. Your roses are so perfect, this challenge will be a toughie for me, those roses never want to come out haha!! You did an amazing job and your window is so pretty!! Well done!

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  33. This is so cool! I have the pediments die, and have used a Fiskars window stencil and other items to use the pediments on. With 2 girls in college, my free spending money is short these days - LOL! Have a blessed weekend!

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  34. The window panes and the shutter pulls kill me! So stinking smart. A pretty little canvas all around.
    Jess

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  35. Your window rose garden is beyond fabulous. Such a wonderful piece of art!

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  36. Beautiful work Anita, Annette c

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  37. Frosted film on the windows!! How Cool!! Love to play with that window die cut!! thanks for the inspiration!

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  38. What an inventive way of using these roses. LOVE the brick wall and those embossed shutters. My goodness you are so inventive! Jenny x

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  39. Love your window! It is absolutely gorgeous! Love all the detail around the window itself and the little flower box! Lovely.

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  40. This is Beautiful!!! Your creativity is amazing!!

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  41. Anita, such a lovely canvas. I feel like I could open the windows, lean out and pick the flowers. Love the brick background. You are rockin!

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  42. Now I really need that window die!! LOVE the flower box, your gorgeous roses and the metal foil vibrant leaves. Brilliant canvas Anita filled with a fabulous range of techniques. Nicola x

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  43. Love the window scene. The details are amazing - brick wall, shutters and the roses are so real looking

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  44. Not only is this absolutely 100% gorgeous, but your creative twist in making those shutters is astounding. I love them and their hinges. Fabaroonie!

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  45. The roses are so sweet....and I love the addition of foliage. The flower box "ledge" you built is such a great way to use that lacy piece. But what I really love is that window! It looks for all the world like leaded glass, and it is soooo cool. The bricks work so well with the burlap panel, too. Ooooh...I just love everything! LOL

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  46. I love the window and flower box with the brick background. Lots of details.

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  47. I'm trying to figure out a more creative way of saying, "OMG, I LOVE THIS!!!", but that really does sum it up. I just adore the sweet little scene you created, and those roses are stunning!!!

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  48. Thanks for all the step out photos as always. Beautiful piece to put up in a home. Making these roses are my BEST! Now to decide what I am going to put them on!

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  49. I love your window box Anita! Those roses are gorgeous!
    Happy Sunday!
    Alison xxx

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  50. That Is beautiful, I love the stained glass window & the roses look so pretty.

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  51. Anita, I love the incredible detail of this project. Beautiful!

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  52. Hi Anita, Just wanted to say that I LOVE your piece this time... all the layers, all the attention to DETAILS is so wonderful... this is the kind of piece I love to play with and create... You really did a wonderful job of making ART talk... love it ALL... Thanks for all the inspiration that you create each week... Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

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  53. Wow Anita! Love it! The details are so fun to look at. Complete with hinges on the shutters!! Such great brick work too. Your roses are lovely, as is the composition of the piece.

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  54. Beautiful project, gorgeous flowers.

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  55. I adore the brick wall! I can imagine that being a fabulous background for many projects. Thanks, Anita!

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  56. I love every little detail of this. The brickwork has my wheels turning for another project I'm plotting out. I LOVE how these challenges motivate us to create and inspire us by seeing everybody else's brilliant work. Beautiful work!

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  57. Wow beautiful picture!!! I love it :) The window with a beautiful colored stained glass and shutters in the red brick house with lovely roses is really stunning. The window looks like really would have been in an old house with red brick really cool!

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  58. Hello Miss Anita, sorry for being MIA and having no time to visit, omg this canvas is BRILLIANT and GORGEOUS, love the brick wall behind, that window is fabulous, the shutters fantastic, but those windows are SUPERB they look like stain glass, beautiful flowers and leaves, your work is very unique, I love it, thanks for sharing so much inspiration, you ROCK Miss Anita, hope you have a wonderful week, ((( BIG HUGS)))..

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  59. There are so many details to look at here, its just great.

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  60. Beautiful. Love your idea for the project.

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  61. Love your finished project. Hope to enter this challenge, incorporating this and the last challenge.

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  62. What a pretty canvas! The window die is one of my favorites and I love how you incorporated into new challenge.

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  63. Your canvas is fabulous! I love the window scene with those beautiful roses!

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  64. This is so pretty, Anita! Love the window scene you've created! Gorgeous! Hugs, Sandra

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  65. Hey there, yellow-rose-sister! Love this. LOVE this!!! You've just added layer after layer of detail. Its awesome!!

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  66. OMG Anita this is soooooo amazing; "girlfriend" the details blew me away. love the window box die and the brick stencil work on the canvas ( yeah I'm in a season of burlap love too ); not to mention the use of frosted film... just gorgeous !!

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  67. Ooh yeah ... sorry I was so caught up in ALL those details... your roses are very pretty ! :)

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  68. Burlap, roses, and such a gorgeous window...I will move there NOW! This is wonderful Anita and as always, thank you so very much for the amazing photographs of the process. As a visual learner I find you inspire me so much with the superb details. This is sensational!!
    Lisa x

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  69. Anita, your project is totally fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  70. Anita, your brick wall, and window and (faux) Tea Rose filled window box are Fantastic!! Your burlap panel looks Phenomenal!! I know the technique is faux tea roses, but, your brick wall is Awesome!! Those tea roses could be climbers, looking for a foothold in that brick background!! Fabulous! WOW!! Great inspiration for us again on this 3rd CC3 challenge! XOXO-Shari

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  71. I'm a bit late with the comments and I think that by now everything has already been said! I add my thought: wonderful work in every detail, I really like everything, especially I love the "glass" windows and roses ! As always great inspiration! BArbarayaya

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  72. What a wonderful scene you have created, I would love to live in that house. I must try to get that stencil it makes perfect walls.

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  73. Love this little canvas. My favorite part is how you did the stain glass window on the frosted film. Great idea and inspiration!

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  74. I agree about the wall...First thing that jumped out at me...and the stained glass. LOL! sounds like that only parts I like, but so not true...the whole scene is stunning!

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  75. Absolutely love this. I love the window and flower box dies. And the roses are very pretty.

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  76. Gorgeous creation Anita, love how you altered the Burlap Panel so it is the wall around the window - genius xx

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  77. Beautiful project ! The window die is adorable, I have to get it !!

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  78. Love your flower box and the window with the pediment is so cute - oh heck, I love the entire thing.

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  79. Brilliant, Anita - I love how you've used the window die against the burlap panel, fabulous hinges, and that gorgeous window box full of stunning flowers - an absolute triumph!
    Alison xx

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  80. I bet you have flower boxes on your windows at home, am I right? :) TTFN

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  81. Just love how you put this together...Keeper..

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  82. Anita - everything about this is so awesome - I loved the hinged shuttered windows and the pretty curtains behind it and the way you incorporated the faux tea-roses pulls everything together perfectly.

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  83. awesome piece of art!!! fabulous details!! =)

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  84. LOVE your piece. Thanks for letting me play along in the CC3C for tea roses.

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  85. Thank you for the details on how you made your wall. Your project is fantastic!!

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  86. Gorgeous creation, Anita. I love all the beautiful details you created. Wonderful design :)

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  87. I can't get over how much went into this! What an awesome project! The flowers are stunning!

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  88. Anita, Absolutely love your brick wall...and yellow roses are my favorite. What a beautiful window box. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  89. Absolutely love the little scene you have created xo

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  90. Anita...I just adore your sweet little window, with the brickwork and yellow roses...a fabulous canvas...Love your attention to detail! Jan x

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  91. WOW! What a fantastic piece Anita and a wonderful tutorial as well, I love everything that went into your gorgeous piece of art. Chris :)

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  92. I Love love love your artwork. I lost count on the number things I'm going to try on my next project. Your inspiration is off the charts.

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  93. So clever and so detailed. Fabulous!

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  94. What a brilliant tutorial. Many thanks for the inspiration

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  95. Lovely piece and a great tutorial, thanks so much for sharing it with us.
    Happy crafting, Angela x

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  96. Anita, the window is fabulous. Love the stained glass window. The roses spilling from the window box are so happy. Nice work.

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  97. My fav bit is the shutters, I love the hinges and cuttign the slats must have taken a while, and a steady hand, but really finish them off.

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  98. I would have hated to cover that wall, too! It is so GORGEOUS! But the window with the shutters and flowers is so AWESOME! LOVE your creation, Anita!

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  99. Such attention to detail, what a happy time you must have had engrossed in making this, it is a lovely piece

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  100. I love that window die! what a brilliant idea to make stained glass windows and your roses turned out great!

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  101. This is just fabulous Anita and so very creative. love your addition of your faux tea roses. They are super
    x catherine

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  102. There are so many fab ideas Anita! The stain glass windows are genius, as is the brick background. It showcases the roses perfectly. I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed that my pinecone die arrives in time so I can play. :)

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  103. This is such a beautiful art piece I absolutely love your work!

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  104. I love everything about this! The colors, the ingenious use of everything, and it's so cute and homey. Thanks for the closeups so we can see everything! Stained glass too!

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  105. Beautiful project Anita! I love the stained glass windows - what a great idea!!

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  106. I love how you assembled the window box as a background for three gorgeous roses! Thanks for the tutorial on how you put it all together!

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  107. I've always loved window scenes. You're right, Hello wall! Great project

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  108. Wow! This is amazing. Love the wall, love the window ..... genius idea with the frosted film! And the roses look gorgeous. Linda xx

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  109. Love how you used this die Anita and it's on my shopping list now (which grows every day lol). The yellow roses are beautiful and that's a wonderful sentiment. xx

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  110. Everything about this is so lovely and well thought out and clever! I especially LOVE the stained glass windows - I have a feeling I will be experimenting along those line very soon!

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  111. Hello! This project is so pretty! I love the window and how you attached the shutters! You are so inspirational with all your creative work. Have a great day:)
    ~kim

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  112. Wow! This is lovely! It looks like a lot of fun too. Thanks for sharing.

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  113. I love your use of Burlap it is fabulous and yes I have green fingers from entering my challenge, not because of garden but from my little rose garden which my faux tea roses went into in my art journal from the Dylusions sprays lol.

    Denise xx

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  114. Beautiful windowbox! And the most gorgeous window & shutters! Wish my house looked like that!

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  115. outstanding Canvas.. I love the brickwall... well I love it all... fabulous inspiration, Px

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  116. Wonderful wall, the bricks and windows are great techniques. Thanks for the tutorial.

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  117. Super Anita ! love the stained glass window and the gorgeous window box, Fabulous work so much detail. xx

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  118. LOVE the background in the window. Beautiful!

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  119. What a wonderful canvas. Love all the details and how you created the window box.

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  120. A beautiful canvas, I love the brick wall.
    Thank you for the tutorial.

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