Compendium of Curiosities challenge 12

Welcome to the newest challenge (Challenge #12 is Distress Photo Tinting) celebrating Tim Holtz’s book, the Compendium of Curiosities, Volume 3.  The new theme is Distress Photo Tinting (found on page 41 – if you still need a copy, you can get one autographed by Tim right here.)

Our sponsor this week is The Funkie Junkie Boutique, and there are fabulous prizes available from Tim and Mario as well. You can find the Rules and FAQs at Linda’s site… please take a moment to read these so you are definitely in the running for the prizes which are brilliant !
 This is my entry , it's my Mum & her friends on VE Day 1945, written on the back is 'This was taken
By a sailor on VE Day !'  What a wonderful snapshot in time !

I bought an oval canvas and covered it with tissue paper

I used some pretty flower paper from Tim's wallpaper pk

& watercoloured them to blend with the colours on my photo.

Then I added some Union Jack type paper from portabello road

As you can see above the photo is mounted on the reverse of the flower paper & stamped

In black over my mums jacket & red 'vintage treasures!'

Below is a close up of the details 1945 is cut from Tims paper

VE Day is stamped with DoCrafts typeset alphabet & punched out with a round punch. I

Rubbed blue ink and treasure gold around the edge of frame.

The Crown shape was painted in black then I used green distress glitter & treasure gold over that

Then I added the bow