Wednesday, March 14, 2012

12 Tags of 2012 - March

A new month equals a new Tim tag...YAY!!! It was so fun last month visiting blogs again, and this time so many I knew and blogger's I have befriended, because of last year's 12 Tags of Christmas. Again, many thanks to Tim and Inlinkz for that!!!
I grew up in the country...well forest mostly...so when I first saw Tim's tag it reminded me of times I spent running through the woods as a child and the old, wooden barns and rickety old houses along the way were of course my hide outs. I think growing up like this is what has given me a love for antiquities and all things vintage. I love old, patina laden things that have a story behind them. So naturally, I wanted my tag to look vintage like the side of a barn out in the country, but also colorful, like the findings on a glorious Spring day.
I changed a few things up as you can see. I didn't have the grey embossing powder so I used Black Soot. I added a larger butterfly (all three misted with Perfect Pearls), some bling, and paper roses. I heat embossed my sentiment on a metal embossed piece (I tried to make it look like that wavy old kind of tin). And, I cut strips of paper that already had a wood design, adhered them on Grunge Paper, stamped the wood image (definitely a fav) with Mahogany Distress Ink, then distressed them with crackle paint. I love how it all came out, especially the wood as it looks and feels real. 
I used black cardstock that I misted with Perfect Pearls first, then adhered the Wonder Tape to it, then stuck the scraps in. I was amazed that when you put the embossing powder on it, that it could really be embossed, and it worked. I love this technique. It was so easy and less clean up.
I love this paper. I stamped the wood image with Aged Mahogany, then cut them apart.  They really look like real planks of wood.
I adhered the strips to Grunge paper then added some White Picket Fence Crackle Paint to some of the edges. Then I used Glue-N-Seal to adhere the strips to a jumbo tag.
I used Worn Lipstick Distress Ink to stamp random images on the Steampunk ad stamp to the petals of the large roses. I used Aged Mahogany on the tips of the light pink rose buds. On the Prima Say It In Pearls bling stick on, I applied Pink Sherbet Alcohol Ink to the center of each bud. I wanted the bling to look like climbing roses.
I heat embossed the sentiment on a metal foil sheet, then used the Stripes mini texture fade to emboss the metal. I distress the edges of the sign and applied Rusty Hinge Distress Ink to make it look like rust.
I am submitting this tag to Hels Sheridan's The Sunday Stamper challenge for "mists", and Lisa Somerville's Blogger's Challenge for "3D", and Sarah's My Mojo Monthly challenge of "vintage".

Supplies:
From My Stash: butterfly charm, light pink and hot pink cardstock, rafia ribbon


I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!



26 comments:

  1. Oooh, it's so beautiful. I love the pearls & flowers too, they appeal to the romantic in me. :) I'm still wondering what to use for the background of my tag, I don't have anything that resembles wood. Thinking cap is well & truly on for this challenge. :)

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  2. What a fun tag! I love the background and the use of the paint on it! The mosaic work is great too. I really like the spinner as the body of the butterfly!

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  3. This is stunning and beautiful anita..I always love your art.

    hugs,
    susan s.

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  4. Love your barn background and the metal sentiment. Such a fresh take on the tag.

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  5. What a lovely and cheerful tag, Anita. I love your background and embellishemnts!

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  6. Beautiful tag, Anita! Love the wood panels and especially how you did the sentiment. Have a great day!

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  7. that looks just like wood Anita!! your butterfly is ace!!! lainey x

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  8. Anita, you were successful in the "feel" you intended to evoke with this tag. I love each element, but it's the overall impression that makes this one even more special. Starts my day off with a great feeling!

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  9. Wow, I love your butterflies. Also the little metal one on the ribbon too.

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  10. Wow Anita, this is gorgeous!! Love your take on Tim's March tag -- very beautiful!

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  11. WoWzA, this is fabulous, Anita! I love all the wonderful details ... and that rusty tin sign is so cool!! Great take on the challenge ... this has to be one of the best March-tags I've seen!!

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  12. What a COOL tag!!! I just LOVE it!!!!!!! The detail is amazing!!!!

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  13. Absolutely gorgeous! Stunning tag. TFS

    KimMJ
    bast830@comcast.net

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  14. I was so sure the background was real wood...Wow! Also the sentiment on tin is awesome

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  15. Very stunning tag! Love your take on it! It's gorgeous!

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  16. Gorgeous, Anita! Love the mosaic technique on the butterflies and all of that pretty pink. You always add such wonderful details to your projects. Hugs! :)

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  17. Lovely tag, really makes me feel the spring.

    Norma
    creatingandsharingit.blogspot.com

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  18. Fabby background and a gorgeous tag ;)
    xoxo Sioux

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  19. your mosiac butterflies are gorgeous along with the pearl flourishes. This tag really WOWs me with all those lovely details. Thanks for joining us at blogger's challenge.

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  20. LOVE LOVE LOVE the planks of paper.... how fab are they! Thanks for joining in with the Sunday Stamper x

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  21. Stunning take on the Mosaic Technique! Love the Faux Wood Panels! Thanks for playing along with the Bloggers Challenge!

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  22. Lovely!! Thanks for sharing your technique! I really like the look of the faux wood background! I didn't have a wood stamp, but didn't even THINK to dig in my stash for some of my wood grained paper. I'll have to give that a try!!

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  23. Love the work you put into making this tag and writing this post - so much detail. You 'planks' of wood for the background are so cool! And the 'corrigated iron' sign with the sentiment stamped onto it is perfect for your country theme.

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  24. Your wood effect is just fabulous and I love that delicate pink colour! A really creative and pretty tag...have a great week and thanks so much for sharing with My Mojo Monthly!

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