Happy Saturday crafty folks! It's time for the sixth challenge in the new Compendium of Curiosities III Challenge!!! The Curiosity Crew and I are still talking about all the entries from the challenges that totally blow us away! It's always so hard to pick our favorites each time, and we just thank you for joining in on all the fun! I really wish each of you could win! AND...thank you thank you thank you for all of the comments. You are make me feel so good!
Challenge number six is all about Altering Burlap Panels! Burlap has been the rage for about the last year now, and I see it everywhere and on everything! I LOVE it! I hope you have a panel and can play along on this challenge so you can win some amazing fabulous prizes donated by the ever generous Tim and Mario, and this sixth 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 burlap inspiration, but for a chance to win some extra goodies!
I've already done several altered burlap canvases using the front parts, so I wanted to do something different with the burlap canvas for this challenge. I decided to use two, hinged them together to create an album, and give it a Christmas theme. It's Christmas in July!!! The pages inside are tags, the 12 Days of Christmas tags. And, I hope it's alright to say, but I ABSOLUTELY adore this project, and can't wait to fill it with photos during the holidays. It's loaded with all my favs... Ranger products, Tim goodness, Sizzix dies, Stamper's Anonymous Images, and lots of Wendy goodies too!
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| The back is probably one of my favorite parts. I'm glad I didn't cover it up. |
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Sorry there are no step outs for this project, but I will be teaching it soon. Thanks for looking, and I hope you join in on the Compendium of Curiosities III FUN!!!
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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!
Wow. I love Christmas in July and your canvas album is perfect. Beutiful
ReplyDeleteVery, very clever Anita and such a cool idea! Wonderful, all sides of it!!
ReplyDeletethis is amazing - the attention to detail is fabulous Anita - and the design is terrific - I bet you can't wait to fill it with holiday snaps! Thanks so much for the inspiration! Hugs rachel x
ReplyDeleteThis is incredible! A fantastic idea to create a tag book, super looking tags just perfect for your holiday snaps and then there's the cover... OMG! a feast for the eyes! All that stencilled texture (LOVE the wall too) and genius ornamentation. You at your very best here Anita. Thanks for the inspiration as ever. Jenny x
ReplyDeleteStunning. Love all the little details
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! Love all the texture you got on the back wall!
ReplyDeleteFabulous, just incredible. So clever and creative. Love everything about it! What an amazing class that will be. Wish I lived nearby!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Linda
I can never get enough Christmas. Fabulous panels and the brickwork - love it.
ReplyDeleteI want to drive to Texas & swipe this!
ReplyDeleteamazing details...
totally love it!
Dang, girl!! This is incredible. I thought the cover was stunning, and it is, but hinging two panels together is genius. Me gotta do this. Thanks for being brilliant!
ReplyDeleteFantastic idea to create a mini album using the Burlap panels for a cover. Beautiful Christmas theme, and wonderful embellishments. I can see why you didn't want to cover up all that yummy texture on the back. Everyone will love this class!
ReplyDeleteWow, wow, wow, this is just awesome Anita, I love that you made a photo album out of your canvases. So inventive!!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness Anita, this looks Wonderful. I just adore it. Hugs Rita xxxx
ReplyDeleteWOW!!! Fabulous project - I've been working with the bricks and some texture paste on a different project this week and really appreciate how great yours look! I really love the panels used as a book - totally going to have to give that a try!
ReplyDeleteHoly Cow did you step it up on this project! You did indeed manage to add so many elements and they work wonderfully together. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteWell first off... Wendy and I going to have fight for this one... it is wonderfully exciting and so very creative... love the layout of the 'book' and the whole project... very wonderful anita... love it all... wow... just GREAT... Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
ReplyDeleteWhat a terrific idea to make two canvases into a hinged book Anita! and what a glorious Christmas project - LOVE the stenciled brick and your wonderful front door with all its decoration!
ReplyDeleteClever! Putting two panels together to make an album! Love the texture of the bricks and how you created a wonderful inviting door. Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteAnita, this is AMAZING! The attention to detail is so incredible and the idea of hinging two panels together is genius! Love it! What a wonderful way to store Christmas memories! The class will be phenomal!
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant idea! We are having friends round on Sunday 28th to celebrate Christmas in July! At least it is winter here and we can have the boiled puddings and roasts without dying of heat! Great hinged project. Thanks for the inspiration as always!
ReplyDeleteOh my Gosh Anita !! Totally Blown away by your burlap Christmas book. Talk about being creative. Two thumbs up!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHugs Lynn
Perfect album for Christmas memories!
ReplyDeleteFAB FAB FAB-U-LOUS!! WOW, Anita--look at your Christmas album!! WOW!! Not only one altered burlap panel, but TWO!! WOW!! All of the little Christmas-y details you've included are Awesome!! WOW!! XOXO-Shari
ReplyDeleteChristmas in July...sooooo cool!
ReplyDeleteClever, delightful and wonderful. Love the brick wall effect, the beautiful door - well everything actually. I would be in love with this if I had created it too - I wish I had! A really stunning project Anita! Hugs, Anne xx
ReplyDeleteWow that's amazing , masses of work & attention to detail. I think it's great you love it. So would I
ReplyDeleteYou guys are a hard act to follow !
I have the door knocker in my craft stash so may have a go.
Wow! This is Fabulous!!!! I LOVE that it is a mini album!!! ACK>>>>I am going to have to do this myself! Oh girl...you rocked it! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!
ReplyDeleteAs always, the art using Tim's burlap panel techniques is fantabulous! What a great team and it is a pleasure visiting your blog. Thank you for the opportunity to win some great prizes.
ReplyDeleteWow Anita what an amazing piece.,ie project. I love the entire theme and great
ReplyDeleteidea hinging the two panels together. Very unique and well done. Love it!
This...is...AMAAAAAAZING. I'm in love with that brick texture, and I have to say, anything made into a book is tops in my drawer! Nice work; love the Christmas in July theme!
ReplyDeleteBreathtaking, really breathtaking. I'm missing words, such a fantastic project.
ReplyDeleteThat is jaw-dropping amazing, I love that you made these into a book.
ReplyDeleteSuch a clever idea. I thought about using the back, but didn't take it this far. I love Christmas in July.
ReplyDeleteAre you kidding me?!?!?!? This is so AMAZING! I love it. What an incredible ingenious way to use the back of those burlap panels as holes to store tags in an album. Really ... where do you get these ideas?!? Love it to pieces Anita. Would love to take the class. What a fun make for Christmas (especially since it's loaded with all of my favorite craft goodies). Did I say I loved this? I think I did. Oh well, I'll say it again ... LOVE it!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by my blog. I've missed being around. I'm having a blast catching up on your latest craftiness :) Hugs -- Mary Elizabeth
Anita, you ROCK!!! This is awesome! Christmas in July? You most definitely have it covered. Fabulous turning it into a book!!
ReplyDeleteGenius adaptation here Anita. LOVE this Christmas make of yours. The black door knocker is just like my own! Terrific creativity at play as always. Nicola x
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness. This is just awesome. I love that door knocker.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool! Love it!
ReplyDeleteAnita...your Christmas mini album is AWESOME! I love how you put two canvases together to create the cover! CLEVER! Your brick embossing on them is very cool. Love your design on the front cover, too....so Christmasy! Your interior....WOW! There is alot of work here...and it's fabulous! <3 Candy
ReplyDeleteBeautifully created and designed Anita. Love the Christmas theme and all the elements you have added xx
ReplyDeleteWell I thought the front was just gorgeous but the surprise I got when I scrolled down your post had my eyes popping with delight.
ReplyDeleteThis is AMAZING!!! I just love the bricks...and the door knocker!
ReplyDeleteThe brick background is probably my favorite part because of the added texture on top of texture, but there's so many details to admire here!
ReplyDeleteAmazing!!! Please make this a class (preferably in Texas) I want to make this. It's gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteOh my Christmas In July ! WOW some amazing texture techniques going on; LOVE the "brick" work. A canvas album ... such a fun idea ( who wouldn't love playing with All that Tim/Ranger goodness going on)... singin' "Here comes Santa Claus, here come Santa Clause right down Santa Claus lane..."
ReplyDeleteYour project is beyond amazing ! That is so cool the way the bricks turned out .. AWESOME !!!
ReplyDeleteAnita, this is amazing and talk about a double whammy! From the brick wall entry to the door knock with Santa so proudly strutting his stuff, this is total gorgeousness and so detailed! I love it, GF!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful Anita! Love it! The lion door knocker is amazing! My parents have that on their front door too. Really cool that you made two panels together! Stunning! Hugs, Sandra
ReplyDeleteWhat could be more fun than to celebrate Christmas in July - Love it!!!
ReplyDeleteAnita I love Christmas and this is a brilliant idea for a wonderful mini album! The details are stunning!!!! BArbarayaya
ReplyDeleteThis panel (book) is so me! I love making scenes with the Passage Door die! I just love everything about your panel!
ReplyDeleteГотовь сани летом! :-) Анита, что же вдохновило тебя заниматься рождественской тематикой посредине лета?
ReplyDeleteAnita your Christmas double panel is awesome. What a great idea! I made burlap huge envelopes for my nieces and nephews to fill every Christmas. So burlap really makes me think Christmas.
ReplyDeleteAnita, this is just awesome! I adore Christmas, and this is just beautiful! Love your brick texture!
ReplyDeleteWhat a super creation! I love how you joined the two panels, and every fabulous detail you added on the cover, especially that door handle plate and knocker... love it!
ReplyDeleteA little late commenting, but holy smokes, woman, you are a creative genius. I love everything about this from the clever use of hinging two panels together, to the many textures and details, and finally that it's an album inside. FREAK of nature you are!! I love you!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Christmas Canvas...Your attention to detail is outstanding....LOVE LOVE LOVE it!! :) Thank you for the beautiful inspiration! :)
ReplyDeleteHoly Cow!! Your album is Fantastic! what a great idea.to use them as covers!
ReplyDeleteLove it all but the bricks are a stunner! Nxx
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely. I can almost feel the cold weather and hear the Christmas music while reading your post! The colors and details are fabulous, what a great idea! Love, love, love it.
ReplyDeletevery cool idea with great details!Thanks Kerstin
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic idea! I love how you made the inside a "3-ring binder" for sleeves for your tags! I can see all kinds of album uses for such a construct!
ReplyDeleteAnd of course, the cover is perfect!
When I saw your project on the CC3C page I wanted to open the door and look inside this Christmas and you've done it for me. Its absolutely fabulous!
ReplyDeleteAnita, this is a fabulous Christmas Book, I do think it is lovely, you have put so much work into it. This will be my first Burlap panel I work on. A little scary :)
ReplyDeleteDenise xx
Your Christmas book is so inviting! You did a fabulous job with it.!
ReplyDeleteAmazing Christmas album:) Santa Claus is really fabulous. I love all elements. And the background is really stunning. Fantastic idea:)
ReplyDeleteOmg I can't believe how gorgeous this is. The colors, the details. This was truly a taste of Christmas in July.
ReplyDeleteChristmas magic - I just love your hinged burlap album covers - what an inspired idea... and the tags inside look really cool. Love that brick texture, and Santa looks ready for action!
ReplyDeleteAlison xx
Oh wow, see you have a Fude ball pen, brilliant arn't they
ReplyDeleteI love all the detail on your festive panel Anita.
ReplyDeleteIt is still a little too soon for xmas for me, but I do love your project, esp. the lion door knocker.
ReplyDeleteI love how you took 2 and made an album!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool album with such wonderful details!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely love your Christmas album...so many beautiful details and hidden surprises. What a great idea!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful Christmas in July project! Makes me want to get started.
ReplyDeleteI love how you always think out of the box Anita! This is sheer brilliance and I love all of the detail you put into it. Awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome Anita! Fun hop from Summer Vacation to Christmas! I wish it were so fast! I love your mini book you created so amazing! Thank you so much for your visits and ongoing inspiration!~kim
ReplyDeleteHoly cow! This is a genius design Anita! Love the front cover, I gotta get that door die.
ReplyDeletei couldn't tell from the picture it was a mini album- super creative. Love the brick wall detail!
ReplyDeleteThis is CRAZY amazing! I have to get more panels now just so I can create this. What a WOW!
ReplyDeleteOmg this is beyond amazing. Christmas in July for sure. I want/need to have this somewhere in my house. It has all my favorite things, too. You are an amazing talent.
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting me play along. LOVE the background brick. I want that stencil. Love your santa too!
ReplyDeleteLove this project. The brick texture in the background is my favorite. The hidden pages in the center are very clever.
ReplyDeleteAnita this is absolutely stunning. I love the idea of putting two together to form an album.
ReplyDeleteI had fun getting my hands dirt doing the panel.
Hi Anita what a Wonderfully creative way to use two panels hinged together ! love it ! this fantastic creation is making me wish it was Christmas time ! x
ReplyDeleteWow, Anita, I just love your Christmas creation. The brickwork is gorgeous, and love how you hinged two panels together, and added tags for an album. Best wishes, Geraldine.
ReplyDeleteGee Whiz! Great minds think alike! I thought I was being sooooo original by combining two panels together and as I'm linking my piece up and checking out you girls....low and behold I'm not so original!!! Love the piece but please don't remind me it is only 5 months away!
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing, every little detail is perfect. Would make a wonderful Christmas present for a special friend or family member.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely brilliant, adore this in every way.
ReplyDeleteJulie x