Monday 14 July 2014

Vintage Tag

Today I have created a tag using leftovers from my desk using the fabulous THINK AND WONDER plate from Artistic Outpost.
I had a jumbo tag lying around on my desk and this was the perfect opportunity to use up some scraps and challenge myself. I applied Crackle Texture Paste to the background applied to a coat of metallic gold Embossing Paste. Once dry I applied a good coverage of Vintage Photo Distress Stain; I love how the stain seeps through the cracks to add to the vintage feel.
Wax has been applied to the edges of my tag and I used the ornate frame to showcase my focal image which I coloured with a touch of Vintage Photo Distress Ink and flicking with water to add blotches to the background. The frame has been coloured with Antique Linen Distress Ink and Vintage Photo applied to the edges along with touches of wax.
I died some seam binding with Distress Ink and created an enamelled embellishment by adding Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel to a mould again adding wax to the top to highlight the design and texture. The enamelled embellishment has been added to the died seam binding and some rustic twine.
I took a scrap of seam binding from my desk, died with Distress Inks and then stamped part of the focal image onto the seam binding using Black Archival Ink. I also added a smaller enamelled embellishment to the bottom corner.

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment. Tracy x x

11 comments:

massofhair said...

Beautiful Tracy, love the crackle, the colours are amazing:-) xxx

Dianne said...

You are TOO MUCH Miss Tracy what a creative gorgeous tag, the crackle and wax is wonderful, in delicious colors, loooooooove how you stamped on the seam binding on the bottom, you know you make my favorite bows what a wonderful piece of art, thanks for all this inspiration, I was catching up and it was A-MA-ZINGGGGGG, thanks, hope you have a wonderful week,

Jenny Marples said...

Gorgeous Tracy! You'd never believe this started life as scraps. Love the crackle with this vintage image. Jenny x

glitzzy said...

Wow so gorgeous x xx

Lisa Somerville said...

Beautiful vintage tag Tracy! Love the added crackle!

Redanne said...

It is amazing what YOU can do with scraps! The crackling is wonderful and the children look perfect in the beautiful frame. The stamping onto the ribbon - fabulous! Anne xx

Doreen said...

Just beautiful,love the the image and fab details.xxx

Astrid Maclean said...

Fabulous tag Tracy, love how the sweet faces of those kids appear again at the bottom of your tag and amazing to think it was just made out of left over pieces on your desk!

JansArtyJunk said...

Wow...you can even make a Gorgeous creation from scraps Tracy!...clever & beautiful tag! x

Anneke said...

I adore this tag. The effect is amazing. Thanks for inspiring me Anneke.

Words and Pictures said...

What a wonderful tag - and created from leftovers too. Stunning crackle and beeswax textures - and the echo of the faces on the seam binding is a brilliant touch. This is rocketing up there with my favourite AO creations of yours - amazing!
Alison xx