Rusted Enamel and PEACE

Hello and welcome back! I'm kicking back into gear to finish up Tim's 12 tags.  I had to take a brief stop over the weekend to attend to other things in my life, but now I'm excited to be back to work using Tim's tags as inspirations.  Tim's Tag #9 featured a technique he calls double distressed rusted enameling.  His rusted enamel technique has to be one of my all-time favorites of his techniques. His new double distressed rusted enameling looks sensational on his tag, but it doesn't really pop on mine.  I think it's all about how the rubber meets the road, so to speak.  His stamp had more rubber than the ones I used and consequently the double enameling is much more visible.  I just really love the texture of this technique and the way the distress ink soaks down in between all the minute fissures.  

I started with a vanilla tag and stamped the evergreen tree and the dove with the new seasonal distress ink color Iced Spruce and then clear embossed the images.  Then I sponged the entire tag with Old Paper distress ink and clear embossed.  The Tim Holtz distress inks are also embossing inks so I didn't have to use a special embossing ink after sponging with Old Paper.  Now the fun part - I sponged the entire tag liberally with Vintage Photo DP to give it the rusted effect.  I made a little banner sort of thingy with vintage style crepe paper to mount my star/rosette/holly element on.  I thought it looked a little plain so I added some of the filigree metal I sell in my Etsy Boutique.  The "holly berries" started life as white half pearls that I colored red with Copic marker #29 Lipstick Red.  The PEACE sentiment was cut with the Vintage Market die from Kraft Core card stock.  I coated them with Glossy Accents per Tim's tag and also offset darker letters for a first layer to give them more depth,  The larger holly is from the Festive Greenery die and the smaller one is from a Martha Stewart punch.  

That's about all I can tell you about Tag #9.  Hope you liked to.  Stop back by later this week to catch tags 10-12.  Let me know if you have any questions.

Linked to:  Inspiration Emporium/Inspiration Journal 12 Tags Challenge - Tag #9

Alterations Tag and Bookplates Die	Ranger Clear Embossing Powder	Ranger Glossy Accents	Alterations Mini Rosette Die	Alterations Festive Greenery Die
Tim Holtz Seasonal Distress Pads	Alterations Vintage Market Die	Vintage Style Crepe Paper	Old Paper Distress Ink	Burlap String 10 Colors
Filigree Metal

InLinkz.com