Encouragement

Hi there, I'm off on a 9 day vacation to Miami and Key West.  I had to work ahead on all of my DT commitments for that period.  I have a quick tag I made for this week's Artistic Outpost DT posting with Cowgirl Strength.  I love the power of this sentiment, especially coupled with the Word Band that says "Encourage your hopes not your fears". The tag started with a jumbo manila tag stamped in jet black archival with the cowhide stamp from this set which was then colored with Faded Jeans DS. The bandana print was stamped in white craft ink.  I wish I had used white embossing powder there because the white craft soaked up the Faded Jeans stain and turned light blue.

Next I dry embossed the Paisley pattern onto white CS using an old favorite Cuttlebug embossing folder and sponged it with Barn Door DI. The sentiment and the photo stamp were both stamped onto white CS with jet black archival. The photo stamp was colored with a Barn Door distress marker. The stars were cut from canvas and colored with Faded Jeans DS.  Then I stenciled a silver star on each using Wendy Vecchi's silver embossing paste. I also heat embossed a silver tone #1 with Weathered Wood distress embossing powder.  A little hand stitching using burlap string was added along both edges to enhance the country feel.  

The Funkie Junkie Boutique is temporarily closed right now for my vacation and to move it into its new home.  I'm going to list the thumbnail links to products in the store anyway so you can come back after May 16th and find them in the shop.  I do still have a couple of the Cowgirl stamp sets in stock.  

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you are having a great weekend!

These products used to make the above tag and are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

50 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	25 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	Artistic Outpost Cowgirl Strength Unmounted Rubber Stamps	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Pad #3	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Faded Jeans	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Barn Door	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Stacked Stars Bigz Die	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste - Silver	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Stars
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Word Bands	Burlap String - 12 Colors	Natural Jute Twine