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Monday 17 June 2013

just playin' the blues ... for creative expressions DT

well here I am better late than never with another make for Creative Expressions DT using the great and versatile floral silhouette set.  ( i will be back later in the week with another make ...as i missed one last week...)
So here is my make for today:


I love my neutrals but blue is also a firm favourite and I loved working in mono- colour...so decided to let some of my under used blue ink pads off the shelf to play!

I started by adding some studio 490 white texture paste through a leaf stencil...but Creative Expressions have new texture paste out in lots of yummy colours...and oops some fell in my basket..so more texture play to come me thinks!

Then I clear embossed some of the flower heads and flourish from the set to create a resist.(.because I added some water and heat set the ink,  some of the clear has melted ...but I quite like the effect.)


 I then added lots of yummy layers of distress ink in faded jeans and chipped sapphire. I then spritzed with water and heat set. 

 
The sentiment is from art sayings set and is jam packed full of fab sentiments/sayings. I also added a bit of bubble wrap stamping. The butterflies were stamped and cut out .

Finally I added some scrummy seam binding , dyed using faded jeans distress stain.


well hope you like my make and will be back later this week with another..

have a fun and inky day!
trace x 

25 comments :

  1. the leaves look great. Seems you are off to the sky in your tag. Have a great day

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  2. this is really beautiful, Trace!

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  3. Wow Trace, this Tag is so cool!
    XOXO SanDee

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  4. Cool blues for a cool tag! Very nice Trace.

    Sally

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  5. Hi Trace
    You do blue so well and this tag is wonderful, love how you have heat embossed and used texture paste it gives the tag so much texture, really lovely
    Ria

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  6. Fabulous tag Trace. My favourite colour too. Love it. Hugs Rita xx


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  7. The whole tag is scrummy Trace, love the blues, the butterflies and the gorgeous flowers. Hugs, Anne x

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  8. ...this is so so pretty Trace, the blue on blue is very striking, the textured leaves give great dimension too, stunning...Mel:)x

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  9. Stunning! Love all those beautiful blues together!!

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  10. Hi Trace, Gorgeous tag, loving the texture paste through the foliage mask, and the technique for the resist, looks amazing, the blues you have used look gorgeous.
    lots of love from Patricia xx

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  11. Another fabby make and also luv the colour combo xx GailT xx

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  12. ooo Trace - this is beautiful - must try some texture paste - fabulous work xx

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  13. A wonderful tag with great texture.

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  14. Think the blue colour is great and love the leaves! Again a fine design! Hugs, Gerrina

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  15. Beautiful layers of ink, embossing and texture, and the butterflies look lovely floating over it all - gorgeous tag! Lovely to see the blues coming out to play...
    Alison x

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  16. They are such pretty blues too Trace - hope all is well with you and your family!
    sandy

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  17. Gorgeous tag Trace, Love the texture & the Beautiful blues, Love those leaves & butterflies... Hugs May x x x

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  18. Fantastic colours and the textures pop out of the tag

    Love Chrissie x

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  19. Beautifully layered Trace and fabulous in those blue colours.
    hugs Brenda xxx

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  20. Lovely layers and texture Trace, I can feel the "Blues":-)

    kind regards, Alie :-)

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  21. A beautiful tag Trace. I love the blend of blues and the textured features - fab! Chris xxx

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  22. a lovely dreamy tag Trace, liking the leaf texture on it too x :-)

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  23. Beautiful tag Trace, love the colors and the texture too.

    Eliza xxoo

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  24. Wow! My favorite colors! So beautiful!!!!

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  25. This is gorgeous Trace, the texture on there is marvellous. Love the carnations, they look cool. Michelle x

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