A Vintage Journey - Tag Friday!

As is the recent tradition over at A Vintage Journey -  when there are 5 Fridays in the month -  some of the Creative Guides create and post tags.  I signed up to create a tag for today - October's 5th Friday!   We can create any kind of tag we like - using any techniques/supplies - always keeping Tim Holtz as our inspiration!  I decided to go with a simple autumn theme.  Even though I love mixed media -  I've discovered I still like 'clean and simple' in my designs!

 Here are some photos of how I colored my tag.  First I rubbed Distress Inks - Ground Espresso, Fossilized Amber and Rusty Hinge on my craft mat, spritzed water on it then rubbed my tag over it, drying it, then rubbing it over the mix again - until I got the colors and look that I wanted.

I stamped one of the text stamps from Ledger Script over the left of my tag with Ground Espresso.  I didn't even use an acrylic block - just inked the stamp and pressed it against the tag with my fingers.

Next I stamped the flower stem from the Flower Garden Set using Ground Espresso Ink - then I colored it in with my Brushed Corduroy Distress Marker.

Have you seen the wonderful flower tutorials my fellow Creative Guide, Jennie has on her blog -  I have admired them from afar -  printing out the tutorials, reading them, and filing them in my craft room for 'some day"!!  Well,  I finally got the nerve to try it out a month or so ago -  and WOWZA -  I can actually make them!!  I made 4 while I was at it - trying out different colors.  Here is the link to all of her flower tutorials and here is the link to the one I used - using Tim's Tattered Florals die.

So I used one of the flowers I made on my tag today.  I forgot to write down  the colors I used when I created them - but I started with Rustic Cream card stock and inked it in a light orange Distress Ink.   Then for my tag I spritzed it with Espresso Distress Spray Stain for a more fallish look.  I brushed a layer of Clear Rock Candy Crackle Paint all over the petals and spooned on some Black Micro Beads - then set it aside to dry.  The rose looks rather like a piece of fudge here with the Crackle paint still wet!!??!!

 Here you can see the light color better, that is under the Ground Espresso stain!  I adhered the rose over the stamped stem with Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive.

I colored two trimmings to loop through the top of my tag.   First a piece of Trimmings/Lace

and then a piece of Crinkle Ribbon.  I colored both by rubbing Distress Inks Fossilized Amber and Rusty Hinge on my craft mat, spritzing with water and rubbing the trimmings through it - and drying with my heat tool.

 I am so pleased with how my tag came out -  the rose is so large and dimensional - that I really didn't want to put anything else on it accept for stamping the  Handwritten Sentiment and adhering two Small Talk/Occasions Stickers.

You will find several other delightful tags posted with mine over at the A Vintage Journey Blog - I hope you'll stop by there!

Stamps:  Ledger Script, Flower Garden, Handwritten Sentiments - Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous
Paper:  #8 Manilla Tag, Dark Chocolate - PTI
Ink:  Ranger Distress Ground Espresso, Fossilized Amber, Rusty Hinge.
Accessories:  Ranger Distress Spray Stain Ground Espresso, Idea-ology - Trimmings/Lace, Crinkle Ribbon, Small Talk, Tattered Floral Die - Alteratioins, Art Ingredients - Black Micro Beads,  Flower tutorial by Jennie