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 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.
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| 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. |
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| I love this paper. I stamped the wood image with Aged Mahogany, then cut them apart. They really look like real planks of wood. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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
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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!
