Saturday, June 07, 2014

CC3C - Layering Stencils & Texture Paste

Happy wonderful Saturday crafty beings! Today marks the fourth challenge in the new Compendium of Curiosities III Challenge!!! The Curiosity Crew and I REALLY want you all to know that the entries from the challenges totally blow us away! We struggle to pick our favorites each time, and it's so difficult. Of all of the design teams for challenges I've been on, the entries for this one have all been amazing. I wish each of you could win! AND...thank you thank you thank you for all of the comments. My cup runneth over! 
Challenge number four is all about Layering Stencils and Texture Paste! These two go hand in hand, and I hope all of you play along on this challenge so you can win some amazing fabulous prizes donated by the ever generous Tim and Mario, and this fourth challenge's sponsor, The Funkie Junkie Boutique!!! Thank you sponsors for your generosity! You will have two weeks to complete this challenge and link it up to the CC3Challenge site, and you can carefully read all the rules here. Please take the time to visit every member of the Curiosity Crew (See below.) for not only some gorgeous textured inspiration, but for a chance to win some extra goodies!
Since Father's Day is just around the corner here in the U.S.A., I decided to make an 8x10 wood panel plaque for the man in my life, my hubby, and even though he is not my father, I am sooooooooo happy he is the father of my babes!
I absolutely LOVE all the texture on this from the technique, and I learned some things along the way. This is one of those projects you want to feel and touch, as the photos do not do it justice. If you haven't done this tech yet, I promise you will love it, and do try experimenting with different stencils and pastes. Sorry I have no step outs on this one, but I got so lost in the pleasure of the creating that I totally forgot to snap photos...that is how fabulous this technique is...plus I really got to get my grunge and vintage on which is my passion. Hope you enjoy!
Cabinet Cards and Found Relatives are my new passion too!
 
 
 
 
 
Happy Father's Day out there to all the wonderful men with babes!!!

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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!


122 comments:

  1. All that fabulous texture and vintage yumminess makes this a super collage Anita! Love the way you've worked in the found relative and ephemera. Jenny x

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  2. You knocked it out of the park with this one Anita! What amazing layers and texture. I could look at this for hours with all the intricacies and details. What a great project to create around Father's Day too! TFS such a great piece.

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  3. Hmm, you've given me an idea for my son's Father's Day gift. Thank you, very much!

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  4. Gorgeous Anita! Love the grunge feel and the texture, fabulous use of the embllishmens too! Love it ! Sue C x

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  5. Anita I adore all the details, so much to look at and enjoy, gorgeous as always xx

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  6. This is just gorgeous Anita. Lots of wonderful layers, vintage colours and great details that have combined beautifully with your fabulous composition to create a brilliant Father's Day gift. Love it xxx

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  7. Wonderful inspiration, love all the texture created, fabulous!...and thanks for the uber kind comment on my blog Ruth x

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  8. I can't believe that 2 weeks are over and i did not get to make my roses! Oh well, maybe this week will be better and I will get a project in...Love what you have done here for our inspiration. Thank you.

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  9. This is wonderful and so very "Tim" style! What a fabulous gift for a dad, or for anyone, really.

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  10. Anita, your textures have me going back and looking again! Wow- an awesome job with those stencils! Looks almost like encaustics- I really had to look close! Love that Embossing paste is one of my absolute favorite supplies!! Your color palette is gorgeous too- just saying...")

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  11. Anita, I love your piece for CC3 challenge 4. The colours are great and I love the way you've composed the artwork. I'm sure your husband will treasure it forever. Fantastic! Jean.x

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  12. I can see the textures in the close up shots! R is gonna love this!! Fabulous gift!

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  13. Oh how fabulous, I just want to reach out and touch all that gorgeous texture (like you said), the vintage theme is wonderful, love all the elements and how you have brought them together in a wonderful collage. This is a fantastic Father's Day gift for your hubby. Hugs, Anne xx

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  14. Another fabulous creation Anita. I love studying your work: the yummy details of the texture and layering and grunginess. Wonderful!

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  15. Really beautifully done wood panel for the hubby Anita. I love your choice of the stencils you used on this piece. The colors are awesome. There is so much to see on this! I agree with you that Tim's cabinet cards and found relatives are do much fun to play with! <3 Candy

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  16. This is so cool! Love the texture and the distressed style! Amazing ! I know your hubby will have a wonderful father's day! Hugs, Sandra

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  17. What a wonderful gift for your husband! Rich bold colors and loads of texture. I keep seeing something new. I can tell you put a lot of love into your collage, it is fantastic.

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  18. Again you've created a masterpiece. I love the rich colours used and the stencils ooze masculinity. Great inspiration for this challenge. I have yet to use my paste and stencils. I guess I have no choice now. I'm sure your man will love this.

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  19. This is soooo fabby! I love all the different layering stencils you used here, and the dimension the texture paste adds is just wonderful. The focal image is so perfect for a Father's Day card, as is the color palette! Just the right touch of grunge. Yummy!

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  20. Anita oh my goodness this is just wonderful. A lovely dark back ground makes everything else really shine. Love everything on this piece and I can't wait to get started myself. Karen.x

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  21. Absolutely stunning men panel! Great textures and details. Love the color choice.

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  22. What a great piece for any special male in the family! Or one just deserving some recognition. Can't wait to get messily creative!

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  23. Anita, I think I can safely say that you had LOVING FUN when creating this outstandingly delightful piece of ART... it is really nicely layered and fun, pleasant and cheerful to look at... love it all.. Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

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  24. This is gorgeous and a wonderful gift! All the details and that texture! it glows!! It is amazing! I hope your hubby loves it! Have a great day:) ~kim

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  25. Oh, yay - home in time to play with one of my favourite techniques. Am in love with this fabulous grungy make, Anita - the colour blending and embellishing is just fantastic. A wonderful masculine make!
    Alison xx

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  26. this is wonderful Anita - the texture looks amazing - and the colours brilliant x

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  27. Your husband is going to love this gorgeous piece. I love all the fascinating details you incorporated into it. Blessings!

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  28. Oh my lots of goodies going on here. I didn't know there were like gold and silver texture paste. I always learn something here. Have a great week and thanks for taking the time to share with us. oxoxoxo

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  29. This is just fantastic Anita. Love all the details, the texture, your layering and the way you used so many different elements and succeeded make it all blend beautiful together. You are so talented and creative !!
    Thanks a lot for sharing your art ! And yes would be nice with a small tuto.... Lol. Understandable though that you got carried away...
    Hugs from SPAIN

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  30. This just looks so fabulous Anita. love all the elements and how you have put it all together. a fabulous piece of work
    x catherine

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  31. Fabulous project Anita!!! Love how you put all of this together! I totally understand re the step by step photos! Really love how you outlines some of the textured elements, really makes them pop! Love this!!

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  32. Oh that's a great idea for Father's day, thanks for the inspiration!

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  33. The plaque is super cool, first the colors just pop, the elements...OMG TH goodness everywhere love that photo too. The texture you achieved is fabulous ... I can only hope my stencil play is this fruitful !

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  34. Gorgeous project, so many interesting layers x

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  35. Anita, this is such an awesome collage. Your hubby will love it. It has such a nice clean graphic feel.

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  36. Such a great card, wonderful texture and elements.

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  37. Such a fabulous Father's Day gift.

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  38. Fantastic Fathers Day plaque, darling, and a brilliant use of the Challenge technique! You made "masculine" in the most fabulous way!

    xoxo

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  39. Love the layout and the colours of this piece, I love the texture and the layers, very masculine and perfect for Father's Day, Px

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  40. Linda what a great piece. So much detail to take in and the texture to each element! It really jells well together! Love it and the whole vintage feel as well. Great piece!

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  41. Wow so much detail and so 'Tim' love it

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  42. Fabulous plaque and the texture and colours of background is really stunning. I love all elements:) It is really great Father's Day gift :)

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  43. Wow you really used a ton of stencils. I have so much trouble making collages, I never seem to get the balance right. Hopefully I will have time to try as I am traveling a the moment. Awesome piece. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  44. Just Spectacular, Anita!! I want to touch this and feel all of the textures you've used :) And I understand about being caught up in the creativity and not snapping pics--It happens like that sometimes :) This is a Fantastic inspiration for us 'CC3er's', Anita! Thanks for sharing your talent with us and getting us motivated!! XOXO-Shari

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  45. WOW...I love this Fathers day plaque... Brilliant texture & elements...FABULOUS... Hugs May x x

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  46. Great panel. I love all the textural components. Your Dad will love it.

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  47. This is a great project, very masculine piece that any man would love.
    Happy crafting, Angela x

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  48. Oh I love this masculine canvas!!! What a great idea...love the colors and all the texture!!! Love it!!!

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  49. Love this project and I'm sure he will too!

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  50. Great, an awesome masculine canvas!!

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  51. I love all the texture .. this technique is one of my faves. The paste is always a go to for me on projects. Thanks for sharing !

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  52. so many things to look at here xx

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  53. Oh, how gorgeous is this!?!?! I love every single element. Fantastic!!!

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  54. Ohhh...this is one of those things that I'd love to see in person. I bet I could look at this twenty times and see something I missed before. Love it!

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  55. An amazing, wonderful & gorgeous work of art.

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  56. Love the texture and the way the photo is framed up. Cool project!

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  57. Wow, Anita! your art piece is absolutely gorgeous! your husband is going to love it! You are the Queen of Layering Stencils and Texture Paste!

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  58. Wow, that is a lot of texture -- love it! I notice you said you used a wood plaque, but you got some nice linen/canvas texture behind the numbers. Did you mount some canvas pieces or use some other trick?

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    1. Hi! Thanks for the question. It's not canvas, it's Distress Watercolor Paper. Thanks again.

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  59. I wish I could run my fingers over your gorgeous creation Anita! What a great composition - love the photo, the ephemera, all the obvious texture - I'm sure hubby will like this a lot!!

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  60. Stunning. What a beautiful tribute.

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  61. Just magnificent! You've created an heirloom piece of art. I think I need to get Tim's book if this is the techniques that are in it. I'm so glad you listed what products you used, even though I have yet to purchase them. Now I'm inspired to try them. What talent you have. Thank you for sharing it with us.

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  62. Oh man! Your husband is one lucky guy. This is a great piece of art. I love all of the colors. Every detail is perfect.

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  63. So many beautiful details to discover in your masculine piece, I love it!

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  64. I love all the lovely layers, it's awesome!

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  65. Simply Amazing! I love the color combination, all the layers and texture.

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  66. Well I certainly wanted to reach into the screen and touch this. What an amazing project - loved you arrangement. I bet the recipient of this is going to be thrilled.

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  67. Grunge and vintage. Awesome. I love that you it for your kids father.

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  68. Just beautiful! Love the colors and the texture. I am just starting to play with texture paste for this challenge and you have created a wonderful piece to inspire.

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  69. Anita i'm in love with your fab work! It's wonderful! I love all , every single detail! BArbarayaya

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  70. I love this Anita. It's gloriously grungy and completely to my taste. I've been gawking at it for the longest time. LOL Your Hubby is going to be so pleased. Thanks for sharing. :)

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  71. I love how you used multiple stencils in this piece... They work so well with your "grunge and vintage" vibe!

    And thanks so much for listing what you used each time! Makes shopping less of a hunt and more of a joy!

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  72. I love how you combine different stencils!

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  73. Wow! This is a fab panel. I love all the textures and elements. Your husband will love it!

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  74. I love how you used the mutiple stencils on your piece. Your husband will proudly display your gift! TFS

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  75. Bill June 11th
    Grunge and vintage. Awesome. I love that you it for your kids father. So this is my comment but was logged on as my husband. Oops.

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  76. Amazing texture and composition!

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  77. Wow this is just awesome, we need a gallery of the curiosity crews crafty creations so we can see them up close. I love the colours and the composition is so clever, I just kept looking round and round. Fab job :)

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  78. All the different elements makes it very interesting to look at.

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  79. I love your wood panel plaque, absolutely perfect for Fathers day.

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  80. Wow! Your project is gorgeous. You're so talented!

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  81. I love all the texture and vintagey woderfulness too! =)

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  82. So "distress-y". And what a great Father's Day gift.

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  83. Love all the fun interesting detail in your project.

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  84. This is an awesome piece!! love the textures, the depth. I am going out to buy colored paste!!! Great challenge :)

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  85. I love this bold and decisive project! One of my favorites so far! I like this style a lot! Love the texture!

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  86. Stunnin creation Anita and what a keepsake for your old man too.. bless! All those different textures and elements bring this together gorgeously x

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  87. Perfectly balanced composition and a lovely vintage vibe. What a beautiful gift for your lucky hubby!

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  88. Anita, this is a wonderful gift for your hubby and like you, I celebrate my guy as well! Love all the details in this fabulous masculine creation!

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  89. I'll bet your dh was blown away by the details and textures in this gift you made for him! FANTASTIC creation!

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  90. Wow how lucky is that Dad! Wonderful colours and textures.

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  91. Really love this, what a great gift. for your man. You are right i love the textures you get with this technique

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  92. Really love this, what a great gift for your man. You are right this technique is so tactile

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  93. Wonderful project! Love all the textures and visual interest.

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  94. I'm going to have to CASE this Anita because it's fabulous! I love how you layer!!! The colors are amazing too. :)

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  95. I just love your panel - so many wonderful colors and so manly!! The manly thing is not easy.
    Your work always inspires me. Thanks.

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  96. This is amazing ..... so much texture and detail ....... I love it!!! Linda xx

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  97. awesome piece of art!!! absolutely brilliant!! =)

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  98. So much wonderful texture in your piece! I wish I could feel all of it instead of just being satisfied with viewing the picture :-)

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  99. I love your masculine wall hanging. There is so much to look at and it's all fabulous.

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  100. fantastic piece - so many yummy textures to look at xx

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  101. This is such a wonderful gift for your hubby! It is so beautiful! Thanks again for your kind words and inspiration! Have a great day!

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  102. This is awesome! Beautiful work! :)

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  103. Love the details and the vintage quality!

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  104. WOW there are so many steps and so much detail here! Great project I'm sure your hubby loved it!

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  105. This is a fabulous creation, the colors are awesome and there are so many details. I love it.

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  106. Awesome inspiration as always!!…How fabulous is your collaged wood panel Anita!! So many wonderful details!!…Hubby must have been thrilled! Looking forward to seeing what you do with the next challenge now…Jan x

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  107. Anita this is another fabulous post you have done for the challenge I just love your wooden plaque and I bet it went down well for Father's Day.

    Denise xx

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  108. Such rich colors and they match your blog page perfectly! I love them both.

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  109. Love all of the texture on this piece Anita!

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  110. This is gorgeous! I love all the texture. Thanks for sharing!

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  111. I really love this panel Anita! so much rich texture and colour, It's just gorgeous ! x

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  112. I am so grooving on how you used the stencils and the medium so specifically detailed! I just made a big background mess. You have opened my eyes to a whole new world of possibilities!!!

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  113. The way you used individual elements from the stencils is a great idea. TFS

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  114. I love all the layering and many elements you used to make this lovely piece.

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  115. Wonderful collage, love the color combination and all of the texture you added in just the right places.

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  116. This is fantastic and showcases the beautiful effects you can achieve with stencils. Your husband is very lucky to be receiving this canvas - I hope he truly loves it.

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