Sunday 3 April 2011

Grungy Monday #1

I was excited when I read a retweet (from Mario Rossi) about Grungy Monday Challenge on Linda Ledbetter's Studio L3 blog. Each week you can explore the techniques & products of the genius that is Tim Holtz. This being the first it is Grungy Monday #1 and we were to take inspiration from 12 Tags of Christmas 2008, Tag 10 and make it your own.
I have not been collecting Tim Holtz/Ranger products for very long so it was definately a challenge considering I didn't have half of the products used but wanted to have a try anyway.
To start with I didn't even have a tag or a flourish mask for the background but improvised & cut my own tag using a cricut (hence the two holes at the top) & also cut a similar style of flourish.  The background was made using Distress Ink Pads (don't have bottle of distress reinker) in Vintage Photo & Brushed Corduroy with the masked part then coloured with Fired Brick; brushed with Perfect Pearls in Heirloom Gold then flicked with water droplets as Tim did in his tutorial.  The reindeer stamp I had was too small so I abandoned the Christmas theme & used a bird one instead, coloured with Promarkers; Fired Brick & Vintage Photo inkpads mixed with Perfect Pearls.  The strip was Idea-ology Tissue Tape in Nostalgic.  The flower I had already made using gilding flakes.  Button & metal embellishment from Crafty Bitz 'Memories' ATC kit.  Sentiment from K & Co Embellishment kit coloured the same as the background.

So, I even surprised myself how much I was able to improvise using the products I did have.
Thanks for visiting my blog and any comments are much appreciated.

4 comments:

  1. Wow! Love your work! This tag is stunning! So much detail you've put into it. Great job!

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  2. Just love that image :)
    Von

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  3. Hi Gillian! I love this tag! The masking is so subtle...but effective! The color is beautiful!! I love the stamped images you used and how you colorized them and the flower is awesome! Just beautiful! <3 Candy

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  4. Gillian, I'm so happy you saw Mario's tweet and decided to join the challenge! WELCOME!You did a wonderful job re-inventing Tim's tag with your own style and the products you had on hand, and created a truly gorgeous work of art. I can't wait to see more from you!

    Thanks so much for helping launch Grungy Monday!

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