Attitude Tag - Spring is Sprung

I know these aren't Spring colours but it's just how it evolved as I was making it.

Cover a tag with old book paper.

Scrape some black and white gesso randomly over the surface using the flat side of a palette knife creating some lovely flat textures.

Stitch on some vintage book/music paper or some of your favourite patterned papers. Leave the threads hanging (it's all the rage).

Take a stencil with a small pattern and with a black pen trace the shapes and colour them in. I used one of the Artistic Flair tab stencils and a black sharpie pen.

Cut some of Tim's Wildflowers from white/cream card and blend the edges with ground espresso distress ink and black archival ink. 

Adhere them to the background and finish with a word from the big chat stickers and blended ground espresso round the edges.

I managed to keep some of the book words showing that are perfect for this time of the year.

I think we have all got a bit of this ......

Thanks for coming over to see what I am sharing today if you click on the products in the text they will transport you over to the shop so you can see them and the amazing prices Susan has.

hugs Brenda

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Ocean Adventure

Hello Everyone, Jennie here with you today and welcome to the first of my projects for this month. I am back making another page in my Big Ticket book and had great fun experimenting with the wonderful new Mermaid Lagoon and Twisted Citron Distress Inks.

I started my background by first stamping that wonderful Dream stamp (one of my all time favourites) with Versamark and embossing with white embossing powder. I used the Wrinkle Free Distress technique to get the ink on the cardstock (the Tim Holtz video for this technique can be found HERE). I used Mermaid Lagoon, Twisted Citron and Blue Sapphire - such a gorgeous mix! I added a little Vintage Photo around the edges and used a small text stamp and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink to add a bit of interest.  Finally I added some splatters of Picket Fence Distress Spray Stain.

I wanted to use one of Tim's Flashcards and overstamped with some of the small stamps from the Correspondence Set.  I found some other corresponding elements and gave the die cut cog a covering of Mermaid Lagoon and Blue Sapphire. (You can see how good I am at die cutting !)

Then I assembled all the elements using some foam pads to create a bit of depth.

And the cog fitted perfectly under the flashcard! nobody will even know it was a fluffed cut!

And so another page for my book! I do find that the size of this ticket die at 51/4" x 31/2" is just perfect for experimenting. Not too small but large enough not to feel daunted by it.  I will certainly be back with some more experiments!

Thank you for joining me today. Have fun.

Jennie x

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Big Ticket	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Classics #14	Versamark Watermark stamp pad	Ranger Superfine White Embossing Powder
Tim Holtz Distress ink pad - Mermaid lagoon	Distress Ink Pad Twisted Citron	Tim Holtz Distress ink - Chipped sapphire	Distress ink pad - Vintage photo
Ranger Distress Spray Stain Picket Fence	Tim Holtz stamps - Going somewhere	Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Mini Holiday Flashcards	Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Photobooth
Tim Holtz Ideology Small Talk Sticker Book	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Correspondence Stamp Set	Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Big chat sticker book	Tim Holtz - Gadget Gears die

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Embrace imperfection!

Good morning all!

This morning I’m posting a mixed media card project.  It’s simple but effective…

Here are my steps:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Thanks for saying hello today - have fun!

Chris xxx

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