doilies, dots and...

crazing medium...

meet my newest addiction...

cheapo paper doilies...

this started as a #8 tag that I cut down 

to 5 ½ inches tall...

if you haven't tried cutting off ¾ of an inch, 

you'll be surprised at how it changes

 the proportions of the tag...

I used watering can & sunflower archival sprays to add the first layer to the background...

(archival reinkers mixed into rubbing alcohol in a mister)...

I added the paper doily with 

the matte collage medium...

then decided to add the crazing medium to several spots...

I tried making it a little thicker, to add a bit of texture...

I'll show close ups below...

to alter the stark white doily, 

I scribbled over it with 

the fossilized amber distress crayon, 

pressing the color into the doily recesses, where you would expect some darker color...

then with a moist paper towel, I lightly wiped over the top of doily to lighten the color...

my sentiment was stamped with

 jet black archival...

the leaves were stenciled with

 leaf green archival...

the white mat mini heart was inked with

 red geranium archival & 

then stamped with this stripes stamp,

 using jet black...

the mat mini hearts package

has a sheet of white hearts & a sheet of black hearts for a total of 42 hearts...

they come in lots of shapes & sizes to fit any project...

the white hearts allow ink to be used & I LOVE the black used plain or with embossing powder or embossing paste...

the bow was stamped on a scrap of

 clearly for art/newsprint paper, 

cut out, 

inked with red geranium &

 stamped with the polka dot background stamp, using jet black...

it's attached with

 the new small hex fastener...

to define the doily border & 

add some shading, I used 

the hickory smoke distress crayon & 

wiped away the excess from the background with a moist paper towel, leaving the color close to the doily edge...

look closely & you'll see random vintage text stamped, using watering can archival...

the lace border is stamped at the top 

with jet black...

it's on this set...

vertically along the left side 

of the storage sheet...

you'll see I used the old ledger stencil

on the left side, with watering can archival...

on the right I used new the lots of dots stencil

 with red geranium archival...

once that was dry, 

I added tiny white dots over the red geranium, using Dy's new white paint pen...

it works very well!

those white dots made a big impact on the red dots...

now we have...

double dots!

I used the tarnished brass paint dabber to edge the whole tag...

it's an easy, but effective finishing touch...

a little pen stitching 

along the center of the doily &

 that's it!

this shows that using the collage brush adds another texture to the background...

vary the direction of the brush strokes for more detail...

I like that you can create a linen-ish background...

the collage medium 

actually makes the doily look 

embedded into the tag...

it's almost an encaustic effect...

this one shows the thick drop of

crazing medium I added

and accented with 

the hickory smoke distress crayon...

COOL STUFF!

and there's the smaller crazing medium 

spot I added...

loving the crazing effect...

and that it does NOT chip off

 if the tag is flexed...

this photo shows the "double dots" 

and the random text...

you'll be seeing lots more double dots...

I like them!

the background is flat...

but it has lots of stamped/stenciled layers 

to make it interesting...

there's LOTS on the TO-DO list today...

BUT...

I'd rather...

 make art!

wendy

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