A Timey-Wimey Tag

 

This tag came together based on a challenge to use a stencil from the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog today. I started with the wonderful Clockwork stencil by Tim Holtz and used the watercoloring-through-a-stencil technique again. It'll be awhile before I get tired of this. I used Distress Inks in Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral and a hint of Spiced Marmalade on Watercolor paper and worked for a good bit to get paint in all the openings. The stencil has great detail and I didn't want to miss it. I loved my results, but at the same time I knew I needed to "knock down" the white space.

First, I pulled out my Wendy Vechi Stampers Anonymous Script Stamp and inked it up, then removed a little ink with a paper towel, and stamped the background in Frayed Burlap. In the top corner I put down some texture paste through the Tim Holtz Harlequin stencil. It still needed something, so I used my fingers to put on a little Frayed Burlap ink. I wanted some metallic sheen so I used some Amaco metallic rub on paste. It's a very dated tool and I forgot that it has to be buffed to show some shine. Oops. I decided to mostly cover that up. I used a pre-scalloped scrap of pattered paper, edged with the burlap ink, on the top right corner. Then I used an old Marvy gold paint pen over a Spellbinders Shapeabilities feather die cut to get my gold. I computer printed my sentiment on Stampin' Up Very Vanilla cardstock and edged it with the same gold paint pen. 

The butterfly is the Hero Arts Digital butterfly colored with 4 copic markers and then Nuvo Crystal Drops added on the pale pink spots. I glued a tiny piece of pale pink cheesecloth down to the tag and then glued on a clock I punched out of Prima Printery 6x6 paper pad. I glued my butterfly on top. The bottom is some old Stampin' Up! newsprint paper and a little pink patterned paper from my stash. I finished it off with cheesecloth through the top hole and Ranger Brass Liquid Pearls at the bottom. Most everything is edged with Frayed Burlap ink. 

Also entering this at the Cupcake Challenge #538 Anything Goes.