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Sunday, 26 May 2013

these are a few of my favourite things..

well over at simon says stamp and show ...they are asking for a favourite ink...and for me that has to be undoubtedly, no question distress....that along with many other Tim Holtz products make an almost every make appearance and I love them! I love archival too and especially coffee...which has made an appearance but ...now distress inks...which colour....Tricky!!? YES! but I think vintage photo has it ...just ...although frayed burlap and broken china are firm loves too...

So here is my make...including vintage photo...and lots of other loves too..okay I have quite a few..hearts, rusty wire, corrugated card, texture paste...idea-ology...lots of it!, seam binding...okay ...enough:

 
So I started with a base of large tag, then corrugated cardstock and then torn cardstock...(as for my Saturday step X Step here ). I added some studio 490 texture paste...white flavour through a stencil ...but i mixed with a little vintage photo...which i inked across my stencil first ...then applied paste through...and it mixed creating graduated coluor texture paste.


The corrugated tag was swiped with gesso, and spritzed with a homemade spray from vintage photo re-inker, i then brushed wsome picket fence distress over and edged with walnut stain. The base of the tag was inked with vintage phot, spritzed and flicked and edged with more vintage photo. i then stamped some of the smaller images from Artistic Outpost Generation Redux set in picket fence...love the milky finish this gives.


The flowers were cut using hearfelt creations vintage floret die and stamped with script from Vintage ephemera set and edged in ...you guessed vintage photo. I added prima embellishments to centres. The main image was stamped in coffee archival and inked with vintage photo , keeping main portion plain.


 I added a rusty heart from the Funkie Junkie Boutique, some rusty wire and a sentiment from think and wonder artistic outpost set.

Finally some yummy seam binding, dyed with vintage photo distress ink and stain.


Then lots of yummy idea-ology...and I still snuck a few mini gears in .....love love these!



I am entering this for the following competitions:
my favourite ink for simon says stamp and show @ http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.co.uk/

have a fun and inky one!
trace  x

30 comments :

  1. 'Graduated colour texture paste thru a stencil' - HOW COOL IS THAT!! Truly brilliant range of techniques Trace - your tag is ab fab and a superb advertisement for 'vintage photo'! Have a lovely week to come, Nicola x

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  2. Hi Trace, firstly hope,your little man's health is improving and his days at school are getting better. Love your creation, the warm brown tones are gorgeous.,love,your tone on tone and the wonderful texture from the embossing paste and stunning image too. Love the touch of white in the background. Thanks so much for joining in the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge. Tracy x

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  3. Gorgeous tag Trace. Love it. Hugs Rita xxxxx

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  4. Hi Trace, I think you managed to get everything you love onto one gorgeous tag - this really does have the wow factor! Hugs, Anne x

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  5. A*W*E*S*O*M*E!
    I love this tag Trace!

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  6. We all seem to know other peoples favourite colour but never our own, funny thing that!

    Sally

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  7. I can understand that this are favorite things for you. Beautiful work.
    lovely greet and hug
    Marja

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  8. Great layering, love the torn part...and of course the great details Trace

    kind regards Alie :-)

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  9. this is just wonderful Trace - love all the details - fabulous xx

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  10. Vintage feast for the eyes, Trace! Fabulous use of AO stamps and I so love what you do to corrugated cardboard! Hugs!

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  11. Wonderful tag Trace, I love how you often have bit of corrugated card sticking out. Like you I had a jolly hard time choosing a favourite ink,..

    Love all of the elements you have combined here, a wonderful make with that cool AO stamp as the vocal image!

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  12. Completely gorgeous tag, Trace! I'm a big fan of so many of your favourite things so this really ticks all my boxes too!! I gave up trying to pick a favourite Distress colour and went for the Coffee Archival as - not a favourite but a "very much used" - too hard this challenge!!
    Alison xx

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  13. Trace, I really love this tag. I'm inspired to make something similar thank you buddie. Hope you're well? Michelle x

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  14. Wow, so many thongs going on on one tag! Great vintage-industrial look with these colours! I agree: it isn´t that easy to pick just one thing...Hugs, Gerrina

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  15. So many wonderful elements! Very pretty!

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  16. Gorgeous! I love my vintage photo and it stays out on my desk. (Quite an honor. :) Beautiful design and love the Artistic Outpost image you used on your project! Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp and Show!

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  17. Hey Trace - I hope you are having a nice weekend. Your tag looks super and even though I read how you did this - I think I learn better by watching - at least at first. It looks as if the brown paper sits on top of old corrugated tin and what would this be without your famous wire!!
    Sandy

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  18. Oh Trace...What a beauty!!!! I love the images, the corrugated paper, the embossing, the embellies, but the Vintage Photo transforms this vintage beauty into a WOW!!! Just super gorgeous! Thank you for getting inky with us this week here at Simon Says Stamp & Show!

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  19. Trace...what a gorgeous tag and love all of your brown tones that you used on this little masterpiece. Love the corrugated background. The torn paper you've place on top of it looks amazing. All of the stamping, spritzing and distressed is wonderful. I also like the little metallic pieces you've used as embellishments. So pretty! Thanks for sharing your art with us at Simon Says Stamp and Show. <3 Candy

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  20. A beautiful tag and a great choice of Distressed ink. It all looks so co-ordinated. All of your usual things are included as well which is amazing

    Love Chrissie xx

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  21. Very beautiful. I love all the metal embellishments.

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  22. Lying in bed last night I suddenly realised I hadn't added how lovely it was to have you play along at The Artistic Stamper and at Artistic Outpost with this beauty!
    Alison xx

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  23. A fab tag Trace - good composition and a lovely selection of images and embellishments. Chris xxx

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  24. If you haven't single-handedly increased everyone's love of Vintage Photo then I'll eat my hat! What a fabulous layered tag Trace. Another gem. Hugs, Jenny x

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  25. Thanks for sharing with us at the Inspiration Emporium May Quote Challenge!

    Gorgeous and love the simple quote-a perfect fit!

    ♥ Sue Kment

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  26. Such a wonderful tag, lov the vintage feeling.

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  27. I love the vintage feel to your tag, it's simply gorgeous! The saying is so beautiful.. I will remember it!

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  28. Morning Trace, Wow, beautiful tag, love, love, love, the colours used and the stamping is sensational. I absolutely love it.
    Lots of love from Patricia xx

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  29. A real beauty Trace, such gorgeous vintage tones, fabulous adornments and great textures. Love it as always.
    hugs {brenda} x0x

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  30. Vintage perfection, Trace! Love your soft colors and all the beautiful details with the embossing and stacked flowers.

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