Our first challenge for this month is a Tag showcasing Studio Light. I must admit this is not a company I have heard of before so it was exciting to be using some new stamps. My eye was immediately drawn to this gorgeous Thistle stamp set with the gorgeous thistle and the extra images of the bird and the ladybird. A set that is right up my mixed media street! I had a great time playing with this set and as well as the project for the challenge I also did a few more which I've added below.
For my tag for this Monday challenge I did the following:
I used some watercolour paper from my stash for the tag which measures approximately 6" x 3 ".
I started off by smooshing some inks for my background - drying in between until I was happy with the results. I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers and Distress Oxide Twisted Citron. I then stamped the thistle stamp in Versafine Clair Nocturne and used some black embossing powder to make it pop.
I coloured some ribbon from my stash with the Wilted Violet and added some wording from an old dictionary I use for my mixed media with the word Thistle on it. I also stamped the little ladybird next to the thistle.
Some Distress Oxide in Black Soot and some twine from my stash which was inked with the Wilted Violet finished off this tag.
Products Used:
I also had a play with this set on a canvas which measures 7" x 5". I love working on canvases of this size and it makes a change from cards. I brayered Old Paper Distress Oxide and Pumice Stone Distress Oxide onto the canvas. I used a Tim Holtz Dot Fade stencil with some Tim Holtz Crackle Paste to add a bit more texture. I used a Tim Holtz word stencil with some Distress Oxide Salvaged Patina to some of the corners. The numbers are from the same stencil which were inked in Pumice Stone.
I then stamped the thistle stamp with Versafine Clair Pinecone. I stamped the bird separately and cut it out layering it onto some cheesecloth material which has also been stamped with the extra dots stamp that is in the set. I added some twine as a branch for the bird to rest on. The quote is from an old Tim Holtz Ideaology book Small Talk and thought it suited this as I was trying to work with just this one set and not throw a load of products at my canvas like I usually do.
Here is what I used on my extra canvas project:
I had one more play with a tag using a simple watercolour technique. I inked the stamp with Tim Holtz Distress Oxide in Peeled Paint and Dusty Concord - gave it a spritz of water and stamped it onto watercolour paper. Once it was dry and I added some Distress Oxide Antique Linen to the background and Distress Oxide Iced Spruce to the edges. A simple CAS tag which allows this lovely stamp to shine.
Inks -
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