The Destination Is London for Grungy Monday

We now have a new challenge for a Monday, GRUNGY MONDAY, a challenge set by Linda following the great success of The Compendium Of Curiosities challenge.  I am only just in time with this challenge as I have had so much to complete this week but at least I made it LOL.

It's also my husband's birthday in April so I thought I would combine the challenge with creating something for his special occasion. The next step was what to do when I realised around Christmas I purchased this card blank of London in the Sale.  My husband spends a great deal of time in London with work so I thought this would be ideal.   The challenge is to be inspired by Tim's 12 TAGS OF CHRISTMAS, 2008, TAG 10.  I wanted to make something completely different from a tag but use some of the techniques Tim highlights in his tag which is exactly what I have done.

The card folds together to stand upright to show the London landmarks.  The text here is from playing cards of London destinations that I also found in the sale last Christmas. The masking and LONDON are using a couple of the techniques from Tim's tag.

I had forgotten I had this stamp of Umbrella Man, he is a smaller version than the original and I have used him to represent my husband in London and I love the umbrealla charms I found, perfect to co-ordinate with the stamped image.  The map of Regents Park is from a small tea towel which I cut up and machine stitched into place.  Umbrella Man is also created using the technique from Tim's tag and again I have used Tim's Timeworks mask in the background.

A little more stamping using Tim's range of stamps.

From this angle you can see the detail in the card itself.  I am also entering this into The Stampman challenge which this time around is ANYTHING TIM and this creation fits that perfectly with Tim's stamped images and techniques. Enjoy your weekend, Tracy x x