Grungy Monday 15

It may be Tuesday but for me, it's GRUNGY MONDAY!  I love this challenge because it's all about THE TIM and his amazing techniques!  Yes, I freely admit it...I'm a HUGE t!m fan!  It you've not checked out his Summer CHA previews yet, better hop on over to his BLOG and have a gander.  Really cool stuff!

The technique for this week is from Tim's very first 12 TAGS OF CHRISTMAS ~ DAY 7 ~ 2007.

I won't give away the technique but you can click on the link above and be transported to Tim's blog to check that out for yourself.  This is one of my favorite techniques.  The results are AMAZING!  I love to call it Rusted Enamel.

This tag started out as a manila tag.  I die cut "IMAGINE" using Tim's Movers and Shapes "IMAGINE" die cut.  Then I put black cardstock behind it.  The background colors for this tag were Tumbled Glass and Wild Honey Distress Inks.  I blended them together and then did the technique for this week.  The "pitting" was colorized with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink.  I wiped away the excess Frayed Burlap and then using Jet Black Archival Ink, I stamped a design from Tim's Bitty Grunge stamp set.  Most of it is covered up with the quote...but you can still see some of the black design from underneath.  

The quote was something I found on the internet and thought was perfect for an "IMAGINE" tag. "TRUST THAT LITTLE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD THAT SAYS, 'WOULDN'T THAT BE INTERESTING IF...' AND THEN DO IT."  Totally true and perfect example of using your imagination!
I colorized the saying using primarily Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and then spritzed it with Sunflower Sparkle Perfect Pearls Mist.  Then I mounted it on a piece of black cardstock and pop dotted it in place.

  The black flower is four layers of one of Tim's Tattered Florals die cuts on black cardstock.  I then sprayed the black cardstock with Ink Refresher and worked it into the cardstock.  If you have not tried this....you really need to!!!  The ink refresher actually changed the texture of the cardstock to make it feel like suede or leather within seconds.  It's AMAZING stuff!

Then I crumpled up the flower and semi smoothed it out again so it would take on even more of an appearance of faux leather.  I then brushed on some Perfect Pearls powders:  Sunflower Sparkle, Berry Twist and Turquoise.  They give a great iridescent glow to the faux leather flower.  Then I put the flowers together, joined them with some black wax thread and a gold-ish button and put them in place on the tag.  There is also a little flower petal peeking out from under the bottom of the saying.  

The ribbon is Hug Snug seam tape.  One piece is black and the other I colorized using Wild Honey Distress Stain and my own concoction of Broken China and Blue Patina Perfect Pearls and water mixed together in a Mini Mister.

Enjoy your day and remember to take time to Play ... It's SOUL FOOD!!!