As we do not celebrate the 4th of July in Austria, I chose something that was related in colours: "London" and the awesome "Paris to London" stamps from Tim Holtz - one of my latest favourites. And as I am a great London-fan, this stamp sheet was a must have to me ;)
The idea of creating a background using droplets of Distress stains and the brayer is absolutely great! I LOVE the smears of intense colour you get this way!
After I had prepared the background of my tag, I stamped the British flag, covering the blue areas with masking tape when stamping the red ones and vice versa.
I cut out the flag and gave it a thick coat with Distress clear rock candy crackle paint. After the magic of crackling had happened I rubbed in some "black soot" Distress ink and whiped off the excess on the surface to make the crackles more visible.
As Tim used some metallic colours with his tag, I used Distress stains "brushed pewter" with the edges of my flag, creating "puddles" to achieve a bit of a soldered edge look.
stamps and the image of the guard onto the tag. To add some more texture I added some of the smaller images from the "Paris to London" stamp sheet.
Then I added some torn scraps of Tim Holtz tissue tape for more interest.
The idea-ology enameled tag was covered with an idea-ology remnant rub on, the piece of fabric at the bottom was stamped and heat embossed using white embossing powder.
A piece of white ribbon was stamped with the image of Big Ben and sewn to the tag together with the flag. Afterwards I added the wire pin and the label tag from the Tim Holtz idea-ology range.
The edges of the tag were distressed, blended with Distress ink "black soot" and I also applied Distress stain "brushed pewter" with some spots.
I had a lot of fun creating this tag and I hope you like it too. Thank you all for stopping by my place and having a look around and thank you for your comments you leave with me - I really appreciate them all!
Hugs,
die amelie x
Beautiful take on Tim's tag, Claudia. I especialy love the flag, it looks greta with those crackles.
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Wow...ich bin mal wieder beeindruckt. Sowas von grungy. Absolut fantastisch (:o)
ReplyDeleteDas ist echt toll! Die Briten werden Dich dafür lieben Claudia!
ReplyDeleteEine absolut grandiose Arbeit - fantastisch!!!!
ReplyDeleteEin total schönes Tag, mir gefällt wie du die Farbkombi aufgegriffen hast.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great take on Tim's tag Claudia, love the flag and the way you crackled it. Love the stitched London at the bottom too. Hugs, Anne x
ReplyDeleteWow richtig Klasse, diesen Cracklelack kannte ich noch gar nicht - muss ich dringend mal probieren denn es sieht wirklich toll aus!
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What a great details Claudia...a great English tag
ReplyDeletekind regards, Alie :-)
Das Tag ist großartig geworden, liebe Claudia.
ReplyDeleteEin superschönes Tag!! Die Fahne gefällt mir auch total!!
ReplyDeleteVery cool tag - I love that you've stamped Big Ben on the ribbon!!
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Oh wie klasse!!!! Ich als England-Fan finde das Tag soooo grandios!!!! Wirklich super gemacht!!!! Hammer, auch die ganzen Details!!!!
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Love your take on Tim's tag, not an easy one for non Americans but I really like what you came up with, great idea!!
ReplyDeleteWie schön ist das denn?? :-) Da bin ich völlig begeistert!
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Alles Liebe!
Fabulous take on Tim's tag Claudia. Love the flag and the fabric elements. Hugs, Jenny x
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your British interpretation of Tim's July tag. Blessings!
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