Sunday Stamping: Imagination is Boundless

Hooray!  It is time for Sunday Stamping. . . on Monday night.  At least the stamping was done on Sunday, even if the posting wasn’t.  Sunday’s daylight got away from me before I could photograph this tag and then I spent the day at the courthouse waiting to testify, one of the “perks” of my job as a 911 dispatcher.  So finally after the wee one is tucked away for the night I am finally tackling this post.

The tag this week is a pretty simple design, but very striking I think.  I had new inks (Tim’s wonderful new seasonal Distress Inks) and new stamps (Hero Arts Wildflower Garden) calling my name this week so I really wanted to focus on using those rather than technique.

The background of the tag is a combination of two favorite Glimmer Mist colors, Blue Skies and Yellow Daisy misted over The Crafter’s Workshop Chicken Wire stencil.  I originally planned on adding an image of a bee to the tag.  The chicken wire design reminds me of bee hives.  I didn’t end up using a bee after all but I still love the use of the chicken wire in the background.  I love that it adds a hint of design but is very thin and subtle.  After the mist was dry, I added Broken China, Peeled Paint, and Gathered Twigs Distress Inks to the edges.

I inked the large flower stamp with Ripe Persimmon, Gathered Twigs, and Peeled Paint Distress Inks.  While the ink was still wet I added clear embossing powder and heat it.

I added a wildflower design along the bottom of the tag stamped in Gathered Twigs.  I stamped my phrase on a piece of Sticky Back Canvas.  I inked the stamp with a layer of Gathered Twigs and a bit of Jet Black Archival Ink.  I like the variation of color it gives to have two inks on the text.  I inked the edges of the canvas with Gathered Twigs, adhered it to the tag, and then added two stitching lines.

I love the effect of the random bits of embossing powder that adhered around the edge of the tag.  I think they add a great distressed effect despite being totally accidental!

Aged Mahogany Distress Stain	Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous: Spring Sprung	Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous: Stuff to Say	Hero Arts: Wildflower Garden
The Crafter’s Workshop Chicken Wire 12×12	Claudine Hellmuth Studio: Sticky Back Canvas white	Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs	Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Ripe Persimmon
Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Peeled Paint	Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Broken China	Ranger Archival: Jet Black	Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist: Blue Skies
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist: Yellow Daisy	Ranger Ink: Clear Embossing Powder	Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Grid Blocks	Ranger Inkssentials: Ink Blending Tool
Ranger Inkssentials: Heat It Craft Tool	Ranger Inkssentials: Craft Sheet