anything goes for anything goes dt piece,feminine meets distress...

hey there,
well it is the time for a fresh challenge over at anything goes and this time the theme is anything goes, so full of all my Tim magical inspiration, here is my dt piece, a tag, no surprise there:

I started with a kraft tag and applied some picket fence crackle paint and left to dry.when dry  added various colours..the fun of playing with colours was something that i learnt over at creative chemistry 101 with the one and only crafty master Tim Holtz.then i stamped some stitches and sewing detail in walnut stain distress ink and then removed some of the colour and heat set. Then i stamped the focal image , off set from the faded image to give a shadow kind of echo feel...well it made sense in my head!

The flower trim was white and from crafty individuals and was coloured using distress inks, i love the soft, vintage feel, this gave.
The ribbon was coloured in the same way. The sewing reels were made using a take on the mosaic technique found on Tims blog here, from his march tag.. i used hand made paper for the strips and walnut stain distress embossing powder, the texture of the rough and the glossy smooth mosaic pieces is fab in the flesh.

I love the soft almost feminine feel to this but with a vintage and distressed flavour...maybe i can do girlie after all..?! The top of the tag was finished off with a little bottle filled with seed beads,and some Tim ideaology.

thanks for stopping by,
make sure you hop across to anything goes challenge here, for all the great dt pieces and to pop in an entry yourselves .
for all your fab crafty goodies you can find lots of Tims things over at lynnes craft den,here.
I am entering this for the following competitions:
make a tag @ http://artfultimes.blogspot.co.uk/
anything but a card @ http://www.alwayscrafting.blogspot.co.uk/
anything but a card @ http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
distressing @ http://letsinkitup.blogspot.co.uk/
shabby chic/ vintage @ http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/challenge-22-shabby-chicvintage.html
sew it @ http://doyoustackup.blogspot.co.uk/

thanks for stopping by,
have a fab, fun and inky day!
hugs trace x