Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Going Grungy to a 'T'


I'm branching out, attempting new styles and this tag is a collage of those attempts! Let's see: I used the alcohol inks and supplies I've had collecting dust for over a year on the acrylic letter 't', a acrylic fragment to create the 'treasures tile', distressed embossed the tree, and used cracked paint under the clock image.

Not only did living on the grunge side give me inky fingers, but it also gave me a chance to use items that normally don't appear on my cards. See the paperbark birch strip running underneath the Prima?

In case it's not too obvious, my letter for this tag is 'T' as in time, tree, today, and treasures.

If you feel like trying some grunge or shabby chic techniques, Deb's (dcorder) Letters & Numbers Grunge/Shabby Chic Tag swap on Splitcoaststampers is the perfect motivation. Check out the swap HERE and join a fun group of swappers!

6 comments:

  1. OMG! It's PERFECT! Girl you're missing your calling - you're a grunge babe! :D :D :D

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  2. Gosh, Jessica every style you do is marvelous....geeeeeeeesh...this is STUNNING...Hugs..Jacque

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  3. Perfect. I love using alcohol inks, but your are right they are messy.

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  4. Great job! I love to see talented artists try something new and different and you nailed it Jessica!

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  5. You did grunge so well! Love this tag and glad you could dust off some of those supplies and put them to use!

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  6. Oh dude!! This is just sooo cool!! I'm so glad you're experimenting with new styles and challenging yourself!! :) You never know what you'll discover that way!! My problem is that I like a bit of everything!! I LOVE to grunge up my stuff...this looks perfect Jess!! TFS! HUGS

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