I'm back

Hi I'm back after a year of house renovations that have taken my spare time. However my craft room has expanded in supplies over this time, so I have to get to work and create.
I have just finished a class called 'Distrezz-it-all' with Donna Salazar at  www.mycreativeclassroom.com it was great, I have had the Distress-it-all machine for about a year or more and have not really used it so I thought this would get me started.  Yes it did I cant wait to do more with this machine I just love it.  In this class we used the bind-it-all as well, which I purchased around the same time with the same lack of use.
 So here are some pictures of the cover of my journal, just yummy love the feel of it.

Frilly & Funkie Challenge

I made this tag for MoeScrap's  'Mothers Day Tag Swap' and have also entered it into the Frilly & Funkie Challenge.

'Mothers Day' Tag Swap

Hi Everyone, I've been really busy lately, end of year for work accounts to get up to date.  Have just finished making some Tags for a swap with Kim aka MoeScrap on the Paperphenomenon site. www.paperphenomenon.com The swap theme is 'Mothers Day' First time I've done anything like this & it was great fun.  There are 8 of us taking part so I had to send 7 all the same over to the USA. 
I am also using my one for a Frilly & Funkie Challenge.
So here are some photos of the creation of my tag.

First I used Antique Linen Distress Stain all over the tag, then used Vintage Photo for added colour stamped with Gathered Twigs.

Embossing with my Vagabond.

Inking over embossing with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.  Also added Black Soot around the edge.

Inked white trim with Distress Stains

I printed a verse onto some book cloth with my inkjet printer, then stitched it onto two pieces of muslin that I had coloured with Distress Stain. Added four brads to the corners, then attached it with some ScorTape to my tag.

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Here I used Archival Ink for the stamp and then used the water colour technique using Distress Ink pad and some Distress Stain as well.

Then to age it I used Distress Ink in Antique Linen & went over the entire image. I then cut them out and went around the edges with a black ink pen.

Made a little tag for the back with my details on.

Just finished Day 5, I am getting a little behind. So here they are.  I loved the 'Stained Kraft Resist Technique even though I did not have the Kraft Resist cardstock I used  cardstock Tattered Time and I was very pleased with the results.  Will have to get some of the Kraft Resist though this technique has soo many possibilities.
The next one was 'Stampng with Stains Technique' once again fabulous, loved the Picket Fence Distress Stain used in this. Cant wait do more with this.
The last one was 'Marbled Stains Technique' this was good too, I could have used more product for this to get a better marble effect as it soaked in quickly. But still like the result.
Till next time...

M