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!!

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!