Grungy All the Way!

Deb, a technique queen, hosted a Grunge/Shabby Chic Letters and Numbers Tag swap on SplitCoast Stampers which drew an amazingly talented group of swappers. This was my first try at the Grunge style and I had a blast experimenting with several Tim Holz style techniques. Maybe my tags are evidence of this?

I went with the alphabet theme, choosing a letter for each tag and then including as many items beginning with that letter as my supplies allowed. Here's 'T' for travel, tickets, true, and tree with more of that real Paperbark:




'M' is for music, memories, map, and Mom:

'L' is for letter, leaf, laugh, line, life, and live:

'F' is for ferns, fly, flower, fine, and forever:

'C' is for create, cat, Chicago (postmark on the stamp), charm, crown and clock:

How fun to experiment with alcohol inks, crackle paint, distressed stickles, and fragments! Now I can justify all those purchases, right??

Be sure to stop by Deb's blog 'Freckle-face Printworks' to see a pro's version of the Grunge style as well as many other works of art!

And if you feel in the mood to challenge yourself with a little Shabby Chic, check out Kard Krazy's Tag Tuesday challenge!!