Off and on the page!

Hello! It's my turn to share a project with you and I thought I'd share a page in my journal that leapt off the page and back on it! It's quite a long journey so make a cup of tea and get ready!

I wanted to emulate the beautiful clean projects that others do and so thought I'd start by creating an interesting background. I used Embossing Paste through a Tim  Holtz stencil. I used Embossing paste because it's white but Grunge Paste will work too!

I then a stamped the ruler stamp from Artful Tools onto some white card and added a picture and some ephemera and glued them all together. At this point I was pretty impressed by how clean and tidy it looked and really how well I managed not to add any Vintage Photo Distress Ink! But then...

... I thought I'd see if I could translate it onto a tag as I do love a tag! But the colours weren't as clean as on the journal page as the tag is manilla so I added Chalk and then Cherry Pie paint to the tag and created a lovely pink! I wiped off excess paint with a baby wipe which gives it an aged look. It looks really bright in the picture - I think my photo editing might have been a little zealous!

I sanded the edges a little and did buckle and add Vintage Photo Distress Ink to the edges! I took the assemblage I'd made for the journal page and added to the tag. I loved the pink behind the sepia colours of the ephemera.

But then I had a idea - what if I combined the two?!

The tag was too long for my page so I chopped the bottom off and now I feel really happy - funny how it took making two separate projects to make one! I hope I still managed to keep the page relatively clean and simple - Let me know which version you prefer!

Gabrielle x

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