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Tuesday 3 April 2012

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

22 comments :

  1. Beautiful rage, love the little details and the fab distressing. Thanks for joining us at DYSU this week!

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  2. Great interpitaion to Tim's techniques on your tag :)
    Thank you for joining us on our first challenge at Artful Times
    Von x☻x

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  3. Stunning tag, I love your distressed stamping. Thanks for taking part in our challenge this month at LIIU, good luck. Hugz Suzanne

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  4. Love your tag...lots of lovely details.xxx

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  5. Hi Trace...

    WOWWW this is fabulous! Love all the details you've added...

    Hugs
    Christine x

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  6. oh wow Hun,this is fantastic,the detail is just brilliant,love this to bits,hugs Cherylxxx

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  7. Oooh love your tag and glad you've taken inspiration from Tim's Chemistry classes. Everyone I've spoken to has really enjoyed them and got something out of them.

    Thanks for playing along with Artful Times in our very first week.

    Sam xxxx

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  8. Fabulous creation Trace, Love it the colours, choice of stamps and detail Gorgeous, Hugs May x x x

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  9. Gorgeous details Trace, I adore this, Beautiful, Gaynor xx

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  10. Thanks for joining us at Artful Times with this beautiful tag. Such a lot of work has gone into it but it is so worth it.
    (Hope you don't mind my mentioning it but we do have in our rules a max of 5 challenges including ours but the other two didn't notice so I am closing y eyes too. - Just for future reference wink wink)
    Hugs, Neet x

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  11. Wow what a gorgeous tag , love all the detail
    Emma xx

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  12. This is an amazing tag, you are so good at distressing I really need some lessons.
    Hugs
    Suzie xx

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  13. Wonderful how you've used one of the CC techniques. The background looks fab.

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  14. Gorgeous tag.Awesome distressing work. Thank you for sharing and joining in at LIIU, Velma

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  15. wow, this is so gorgeous! Love the crackle effect!
    Thank you for joining us at Bunny Zoe's this month.
    Hugs,
    Silvie xx

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  16. Love that grungy tag!
    Jan- DYSU DT

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  17. This is stunning. I love the texture you've created, and the contrast on the sewing reels is beautiful. Thanks for joining in with our Distressing challenge and LIIU, and good luck in the draw.

    Maria x

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  18. Fantastic tag and you learnt so well from Tim...!

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  19. It is beyond Fab - oh its divine and to die for. Can you guess I totally love it?????? Faint.....

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  20. Fabulous tag. Love all the different techniques you've applied.

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  21. Fabulous tag and gorgeous colours. Thank you for sharing it with us at Gingerloft this week. Good luck. Hugs

    NIKKI DT

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  22. What a lovely piece of art. That little bottle is so cute and the girly thing is really happening, I tell you! Thanks for entering this in Lets Ink It Up's Distress Challenge!

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Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and leave me a comment..it means a lot..hope you like what you see. Trace x