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Hello and welcome!  I'm back today with my monthly posting for Our Creative Corner.  Alison is our host this month and her theme is "With a Song in Your Heart".  Entries must be based on a song and include some of the lyrics.  

I decided to base my piece on the song Rodeo by Garth Brooks.  I had no reason to use the song except I heard it recently and it reminded me of this Tim Holtz samp set, which I really like and rarely use.  So I dusted it off and put it to work.  I started with a 5.5x7.5" piece of cardboard, gave it a coat of Wendy Vecchi's black embossing paste and when dry, I gave it a coat of Wendy Vecchi's crackle embossing paste.  

Once the crackle paste was completely dry, I colored it with a mix of rubbing alcohol and Potting Soil andCornflower Blue archival inks.  The black stars top and bottom were stamped directly onto the crackle using jet black archival ink.  I didn't like the way that came out so when I stamped the saloon and cowboy, I stamped onto Wendy Vecchi's Clearly for Art, again with jet black archival ink and when dry, I trimmed it out.  They were glued down with mat multi medium - just a small amount around the edges.  

The Tim Holtz Stars stencil was used with white embossing paste to add the starts and when dry, they were sponged over with Vintage Photo.

The banner with the song lyrics was printed on my printer on card stock, hand cut and sponged a bit with Vintage Photo DI.  Then a coat of UTEE was applied and flicked off so it didn't cover thoroughly.  Once the UTEE was melted on, I sponged over it again with Vintage Photo DI.  The star was cut from chipboard, stained with Vintage Photo distress stain and Vintage Photo distress glitter was applied using glossy accents.  

And that was that...please stop by Our Creative Corner to see the amazing artwork created by the rest of the team.

Thanks again for visiting my blog!

The products below were used to make this tag and are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique where Ranger/Tim Holtz/Wendy Vecchi and most other name brands are always 20% below MSRP.

Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Reinker - Potting Soil	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Reinker - Cornflower Blue	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste - Black	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste - Crackle	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Pad #3
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Art Parts Clearly for Art	Ranger Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE)	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink Pad	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Stars
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Vintage Photo	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Vintage Photo