no Downton...

NO football...

so I did a blog post!

here's a quick reminder to look at your stamps to see how you can use just portions of them...

here's the vintage lace background stamp...

if you use a tiny section of it...
( a good way to use scraps)

there's a little flower...

to add to the center of this new flower...
remember...
every detail matters...

I think violet & sunflower archival inks 

look great together...

and here's the finished tag...

I LOVE the texture

 that the translucent embossing paste adds, to make the background more interesting...

I spread it thru the old ledger stencil...

let it dry...

then misted the tag with violet archival spray & sunflower archival spray...

by masking off a portion of the scallop stencil, it can be stenciled in any width...

this time it's skinny...

with the leaves stencil in place, it's easy to use an unmounted stamp to add stamping to the leaves, but not the background...

see the dots?

I used the lots of dots stencil with a mini blending tool moistened with rubbing alcohol to lighten the archival ink & add another layer to the background...

this tag did not have collage medium as a base...

the ink removal is less dramatic & much more subtle,

than when using it over collage medium...

I really like both ways...

here's my tag...

NEWSFLASH...

Linda, the Funkie Junkie is moving to a new location to have more space for more products...
CONGRATS!

she's having a moving sale, 
so there's less for them to move...

 she's offering an 
extra 15% off the clearance section...


here's the link to the clearance section...

 http://www.thefunkiejunkie.com/category_s/1515.htmclick=1843

I spotted LOTS of good stuff...

stamp sets...

my favorite large hosta...
I use the leaves LOTS...
they are versatile...

tim's crazy things Sizzix die set...
it's a steal...

violet embossing powder...

and the violet archival ink I used today!

the gorgeous flip frame!

the vintage quilt stencil...

there's really a nice selection...

check it out...

 http://www.thefunkiejunkie.com/category_s/1515.htmclick=1843

back to the studio for me...

I want to
make art!
wendy