I missed Linda's posted challenge last week at Studio L3 for A Compendium of Curisities, so was eager to get back and do the one for this week.

The challenge this week for the Compendium of Curiosities at Studio L3, is masks.  You can obtain a striking contrast using them in your art or a more subtle effect like the one I created below.  They are one of my favorite items to use with paints, sprays or ink pads.

I plan to see Jacque, owner of Scrolls Work Rubber Stamps, on Monday and finished up two more cards for her holiday gallery.  Every year I promise to make my Christmas cards early but never seem to get started. Not just that, I also planned to can peaches this year and almost forgot abut them until my sister mentioned  she had been busy canning fruit. Yesterday, I went to the produce stand and purchased two boxes of fresh peaches.  Only a few were ripe enough to can this morning so I only did four quarts.  Lots more to do this coming week.  It must be the weather to be so forgetful...it can't possibly have any thing to do with my age.

Are you preparing for fall and the holidays?

The Compendium of Curiosities challenge for this week was "grunge paper flowers" over at Studio L3.  I went patriotic for this week's design. 

I have been extremely neglegent to complete my obligation to Jacque at Scrolls Work Rubber Stamps and decided to make two very special Halloween cards as my repentence.  More holiday cards are in the works because fall has arrived and the holidays have a way of sneaking up on me.    (Check out her website and you will find the rubber stamps I used plus a lot more for Halloween and Christmas.)  Hope Quinton likes these Jacque.

Our little circle of friends continue to bring shoebox projects for each member to make or learn a technique.  Below are the projects:

Barb's Project

Judy's distressed technique (also see my previous post where I used some of my tags for the CCC challenge)

Merine's Project Inka's ATC project My project (Some of the gals highlighted the pedals in yellow which was stunning.)