Monday 7 May 2012

Simon Says Stamps fave stamp

Happy bank holliday everyone, I have been trolling through the craft blogs and have found Simon Says Stamps  Monday challenge.To create something using your favourite stamp.I have decided to have ago at making a gift tag with my favourite stamp at the moment,the Paper Artsy hot picks 'Zeppelfish'.This stamp for some reason puts me in mind of the old Monty Python  animations and just had to buy the set when I saw it.
I started by masking of the strip I wanted red with tape and then stained using the Tim Holtz distress ink pads,once done I then masked the inked parts up and applied the red ink.Ive embossed the bottom of the card with a Tim folder.Added a water splash effect and stamped the edge with a Tim Holtz stamp from the Halloween set in brown Stayzon ink and finished the stamping with the Zepple fish in Archival black.I then went round the edges with more distress ink in the darker browns to try and age it up a little.
Added a bit of ribbon in the corner, a couple of brads and an old key tied on with a stained suede tie.

10 comments:

  1. That's cool, great background and image.

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  2. Your tag is amazing....
    Thank you for visiting my blog it is always nice to have comment from new people with new perspective.....
    Congrat....

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  3. Great combination of colours, love your choice of stamp, the brads and the top right corner (!)

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  4. Mark, your tag is wonderful! Love the embossing you did at the bottom! Your steampunk hot air balloon looks amazing against your background! Very nicely done! Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp and Show. <3 Candy

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  5. PURE AWESOMENESS Mark!! Absolutely love how your tag came out....and um yeah....pretty cool stamp!

    Thanks BUNCHES for playing along with this weeks challenge at Simon Says Stamp and Show!!

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  6. Thanks everyone, first time taking part in a challenge thing. really enjoyed making it

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  7. I have just been looking at your WOYWW page and I saw this - you are totally right, it does have a real Monty Python feel about it. Indigo Blu do some great stamps along these lines too, if you really like that kind of thing. Regards, Anne

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  9. Terry. Thanks for the comment. My laptop is down with a virus so I'm using my small tablet and it removed your comment instead of following to your pages. So sorry. Grrrrrr. I hate technology.

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