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Tuesday, 8 July 2014

A Forgotten Swap Post

As I am not very productive at the moment when it comes to creating, I thought I'd browse my archives and stumbled upon this tag I created for a swap I did about a year ago with a wonderfully talented crafting colleague of mine and which we never managed to post about (not really sure why, but fact is: it happened and now I have decided to wait no longer but finally share with you the tag I made for her in an "ordinary" post).




We decided to create a tag with a "time" theme and I chose a favourite saying of mine to use with my tag.




I did a lot of heat embossing, dry embossing and adding metal sheen to create an industrial and time worn look. And of course one of my all time favourites - corrugated card - had to play a main role! And let's not forget to mention the wonderful Ranger and Stampendous Fran-tage embossing powders and enamels! I really never tire of using these!

The wings open to reveal a pocket watch.




The wings were die cut from black card using the Sizzix TH "layered wings" die and later given some highlights with DecoArt Metallic Lustres. The small cogs that the wings are mounted to were die cut using the X-cut cogs and gears dies. One of my favs too.





The texture on the wings was dry embossed using one of the wonderful Spellbinders 3D embossing folders. I love the different layers of depth it creates!





The pocket watch frame was cut using a DoCrafts X-cut die from the lovely Large Dies - "Pocket Watch" set (which I had almost forgotten about...it's absolutely brilliant).




I hope you like it (and I very much hope the recipient liked it too)! It definitely reminded me how much I love to create rust and timeworn effects with a lot of patina grunge goodness! Should do more of it.... ;)




Hugs and happy crafting,

Claudia x


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11 comments:

  1. Inkypinkycraft8 July 2014 at 13:47

    gorgeous layers of colour and the texture is stunning!

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  2. riliska8 July 2014 at 16:04

    What a great job did you do.

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  3. Kerstin F.8 July 2014 at 17:41

    wow, ein ganz großartiges Teil, echte Spitzenklasse. Der Rost- und Timeworneffekt ist grandios und hoffentlich noch viel öfter zu sehen ;-), da werden die Augen immer größer vor lauter Begeisterung und Staunen!! Toll auch der kreative Trick mit den Flügeln, ein echtes kleines Kunstwerk!! LG Kerstin xx

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  4. Unknown8 July 2014 at 18:24

    Fantastic as usual.Love the texture on the wings and the swivel idea.Genius.:-)

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  5. froebelsternchen8 July 2014 at 19:15

    absolut genial liebe Claudia.. besonders die herrlichen Flügel, die die Zeit schützen ..einmaliges Kleinod!
    xxx
    von Susi

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  6. Marci8 July 2014 at 20:26

    I love this! Even though grunge is not my favorite:)) Just fabulous!

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  7. Mrs.B8 July 2014 at 22:22

    Hi Claudia, Fabulous tag, love all the textures and layers of colour. Love the hidden clock.
    Avril xx

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  8. barbarayaya629 July 2014 at 07:21

    Claudia grungy look is my favourite! Love this tag! FAntastic as always! Barbarayaya

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  9. margits bastelstube9 July 2014 at 08:11

    liebe Claudia, ein herrliches werk ist das wieder. der "neue" rosteffekt hat es mir angetan...
    alles liebe -
    margit

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  10. Felix the Crafty Cat13 July 2014 at 22:27

    Great tag Claudia, I love things that move, such fun.
    Happy crafting, Angela x

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  11. Matilde15 August 2014 at 16:39

    Magnificent!

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