Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Happy Birthday, Dad!


Hello again friends!  Today's post is for Frilly and Funkie - it's the Funkie week to play in our Tic Tac Toe challenge.  For this piece, I chose the left to right diagonal Metal, Metallic Stains and a Button.  I based it on a jumbo tag that I had done the Crumpled Kraft Suede technique on.  LOVE this technique which is new to me.  It makes a wonderful background for a project.  I used two different Artistic Outpost sets for this tag.  The background was stamped mostly with the Industrial Backgrounds set and the top layer stamps are mostly from Diesel Punk.  I did use an old, old Hero Arts Happy Birthday stamp, mostly because that was the only one I had small enough to fit on the tickets.

If you double click on the photograph, you can see the metallic stains.  I used Tarnished Brass, which I blotted small spots on my craft sheet and then rubbed the tag over it.  It just stained the high points and made a nice pattern, which of course I covered up.  My metal is the metal grid which was originally silver, but I rubbed embossing ink on it and then heat embossed Black Soot Distress EP on it.  I used two TH ticket dies and the buttons are vintage ones from my stash.

This is a really fun challenge and I hope you will play along with us over at Frilly and Funkie.  Be sure to stop by to see what the Funkie girls have to share!

10 comments:

Anita Houston The Artful Maven said...

Love your birthday tag!!! The images are perfectly masculine and the vintage feel and color are exceptional! Gorgeous make Linda!

Paper Profusion said...

Wonderful tag Linda. The background is stunning. Love the tickets - they look so genuinely vintage. Nicola x

Kate Yetter said...

Linda, This is totally fabulous! I love all those tickets and and that car! So masculine & vintage!!
Thank you for your kind comment on the FJ challenge tag. I am excited to be playing along as I had fun last year.So Happy that you are still having the challenge as I know you must be crazy busy. Happy moving!
Kate

Terry said...

Perfect birthday tag for a Dad! So loving the vintage and manly feel and what an awesome background! Enjoy!

Conniecrafter said...

Awesome masculine tag!!!

Marjie Kemper said...

What a gorgeous tag, Linda. Love how you stamped on the large ticket die... such a fabulous base for the car. The metals look awesome too. Funny how we chose the same line and made such different things. Good luck with all the house business!

Anonymous said...

Fabulous tag Linda, love masculine theme ! Sue C x

Rebecca Deeprose said...

BIG congrats Linda! I hope you are both wonderfully happy in your new home!! The metallic stains look fabulous on your wonderfully masculine tag!! Terrific vintage feel and rich color! Hugs, Rebecca

Words and Pictures said...

Oh, cool - that's the line I've just played - with completely different results! LOVE this tag, and all its brilliant masculine images. Never really known what one might do with the ticket strips, but now I can see what a great element they make used in such a great way.

Can't believe you're still getting all this done, given the house situation - you're a marvel!
Alison x

Silvia(Barnie) said...

That's a wonderful tag with many fantastic details. Your dad will love it.

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