Marbled Stains Tag

Happy Monday!  I hope your week is getting off to a great start.  I decided to play in the Compendium of Curiosities 2 challenge #3, which is marbled Marbled Stains.  This week's Compendium challenge is sponsored by electric Paperie with a generous gift of a $25 gift certificate!  This technique is explained in Tim Holtz's Compendium of Curiosities #2 book on page 46.  This is my first attempt at this technique.  My two colors of stains were Aged Mahogany and Bundled Sage.  I tried it a couple of times and each time I increased the amount of Bundled Sage stain, but the Aged Mahogany seemed to obliterate most of the Bundled Sage each time.  You can just see a bit of it towards the top of this tag.  So it is a little darker and more intense than I intended.  I also added a couple of squirts of Perfect Pearls Perfect Pearl to liven it up a bit.  In retrospect, I think I should used much less Aged Mahogany and a lot more Picket Fence.  Oh well, practice, practice, practice - it's all good and it's all fun :)

Here's the process I followed to create this tag:

1) cut tag using the Tag and Bookplates die and Ranger Manilla card stock

2) perform Marbled Stains technique using Aged Mahogany, Bundled Sage and Picket Fence Distress Stains

3) spritz with 2 shots of Perfect Pearls - Perfect Pearl (you don't need much of this stuff, believe me!)

4) stamped Fabulous Flourish stamp with Gathered Twigs DI

5) cut ticket using Ticket Die and stamped with sentiment from Stuff to say in Aged Mahogany DI, overstamped with stamp from Mini Classics in Bundled Sage DI, sponged edges with Vintage Photo DI

6) created die cut flourish by adhering manilla CS onto chipboard, when dry cut with Elegant Flourishes, grunge up a bit and emboss 3 coats using Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel.  In last embossing drop a few gold micro beads into hot UTEE, adhere to tag with Claudine Helmuth's Multi Medium Matte

7) cut natural color canvas fabric with Tattered Pinecones die and colored with Aged Mahogany Distress Stain, dry with heat tool and roll into a rose.  Stained white tulle with Bundled Sage Distress Stain and gathered/tied with pice of green burlap string.  

8.  finished with bow of jute ribbon

Most of the products I used can be found my little on-line store The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  Just click the thumblinks to shop.  

Thank you so much for stopping by today and for any comment you care to leave.  I am so happy that people like looking at my work and hope that you have been inspired in some small way!








Other Challenges Entered
Corrosive Challenge Blog - Tim Holtz, The Man, The Myth, The Legend
The Order of the Opus Gluei - Use Flourishes on Your Project

Products Used:

Ranger Inkssentials Manila Card	Alterations Tag and Bookplates Die	Alterations Ticket Die	Picket Fence Distress Stain
Aged Mahogany Distress Stain	Ranger Bundled Sage Distress Stain	Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE)	Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Multi Medium Matte	Perfect Pearls Perfect Pearl	Burlap String 10 Colors	Natural Woven Jute Ribbon
Alterations Tattered Pine Cone Die	Tim Holtz Fabulous Flourishes	Stampers Anonymous Stuff to Say	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink

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