Wednesday 27 August 2014

VLVS mixed with a little Stencil girl...

Yay!! Its Blog Hop time.. today It's my turn to share with you for the awesome Stencil Girl and Viva LasVegaStamps! blog hop..
 
 
And what fun is a hop without some PRIZES?!??!?! 2 prizes to be won TOTAL -- so join us ALL WEEK LONG and hop to see the fabulous projects. Let each of us who have done a little creating know what you think  -- then you're entered to win, every comment is another chance to win. Easy peasy right? 
 
 
Here is a link to all of the blogs you might like to have a peek at today :)
 
Karen Knight ( Yay you are here! )


The awesome Stencil Girl stencils I received were some  of the awesome Seth Apter Stencils! Got to say I love these, and they were so easy to use.. I used the Unfinished Stencil with a little bit of distress ink and mono printed the background of my tag! Sigh.. I love how this turned out!!

 
I then of course got to work with a little bit of pink rubber!! I stamped my images onto some manila card and fussy cut and inked the edges with walnut ink distress sign.. ( yet another sigh!!)
I then put these to one side and machine stitched around the edges of my tag!

 
I also stamped the  Be True saying stamp onto my tag with archival ink in jet black. Next came the fun part.. arranging all my stamped images and other chosen embellishments. Including some of the gorgeous new Button Mash from UmWow Studio! these just make me happy!
 
 
After a bit of  arranging and rearranging, adding in and taking out of bit and bobs.. this was how my tag turned out!

 
And of course we really can not go past a few close ups of some of these gorgeous elements! I absolutely love the detail and texture The Unfinished Stencil gives the background layered over my background paper from the Nature walk collection by 7Dots Studio and teamed with a little waybill/invoice background stamp from VLVS!

 
Lots of yummy Idea-ology of course!!


 
The Details:
 
 Tag Base: 7 Dots Studio - Nature walk
 
Stamps: Viva LasVegaStamps! :  Waybill/invoice background
 
Stencils: Stencil Girl: Unfinished Stencil
 
Embellishments: UmWow Studio : Button Mash
Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Ornate Plate, Wire Pin, Baubles, Fractured Doll, Filmstrip Ribbon
 
Ink: Distress Ink: Walnut Stain, Iced Spruce, Frayed Burlap, Pumice Stone. Archival ink - Jet Black.
 
Machine stitching and black thread.
 
So there you have it, I hope I've inspired you to do a little creating for yourself! Thank you so much for stopping by
Happy Creating xx

51 comments:

  1. I really love this less is more tag! So rich and classy looking!

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  2. Wonderful background. Love the embelishments.
    Great sentiment Anneke.
    www.annekescardart.blogspot.com

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  3. Wow! So many interesting ideas! Thank you!
    Nataliya - sistercreaft(at)mail(dot)ru

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  4. Oh my gosh, that is SO fabulous!!! I absolutely love how you used the stencils to create your wonderful background and the beautiful stamps! It looks truly marvelous and it's very inspiring as well ! Thanks so much!!

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  5. Wow! cool stencil tag turned out wonderful!

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  6. Great tag! I love the way you have layered and added so many great images and details but it isn't over powered or jumbled. Almost CAS! (Almost!) lol Those stamps are amazing and I like them cut out and added.
    Thank you so much for sharing your tutorial! :)

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  7. What an amazingly gorgeous tag, love everything about it!!

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  8. Like the way your tag turned out.
    stamping sue
    http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/

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  9. adorable! love all the layers and colors :)

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  10. Terrific tag! Love how you made it look so vintage! deardeniseh (at) yahoo (dot com)

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  11. Love this! So many great layers and details and the tag came out gorgeous! This should be framed :D

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  12. A tag masterpiece!! Thanks so much for playing with us this week at StencilGirl Kim!

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  13. Such a beautiful vintage tag! Love it!

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  14. Love, how your tag turned out- a great vintage look!

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  15. really like the vintage feel thanks for sharing

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  16. lovely thanks for sharing

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  17. That's gorgeous! So much to like in the stamps, stencils, and embellishments. Thanks for all the info.

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  18. LOVE all things Tim Holtz and LOVE your tag! Very nice!

    vmarquis(at)gmail(dot)com

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  19. nayamcd(at)gmail(dot)com
    This tag is going to be pinned later today! It's so lovely and vintagey.

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  20. Beautiful tag I love the embellishments. the fractured doll and the crown are wonderful.
    thanks for sharing.

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  21. Nice muted colors. Great job!

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  22. I like the use of the frozen charlotte...bea

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  23. Great pieces love the background and the embellishments. Thanks for sharing

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  24. Hi, I love tags. I really love seeing different decorations. This is so cute!

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  25. What a good and interesting combination of elements to make this tag! Very inventive!

    alhrobkin (at) aol (dot) com

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  26. Beautiful! I came for the hop and will be following your RSS feed in my reader because I love your style. I love Seth's stencils, too. So many cool little elements that you can use. toastmasterliz (at) live (dotcom).

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  27. Oh that is *such* a cool tag - love the background you started with and all the elements just work so well together.
    cathsheard (at) xtra (dot) co (dot) nz

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  28. The stitching around the tag really makes it awesome! Thanks!

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  29. I haven't gotten around to dragging my sewing machine to where I craft ( perhaps it would be easier to take the piece of paper to the machine... I'll have to try, thanks for sharing your ideas!

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  30. Cool tag, but that little doll creeps me out.

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  31. Really like this tag. I'm a quilter and love to sew. Love the buttons

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  33. This tag is beautiful, your background is fabulous!
    Thanks for sharing!

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  34. Love this tag! Your embellishments are awesome and I love the background on the tag!

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  35. Yes!! This is very cool! thank you for the step-by-step, and the inspiration!

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  36. Love the layering of paper and elements on your tag! Great job :)

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  37. this is marvelous, what a stunning tag. great pictorial.

    heifer21 (at) hotmail (dot)com

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  38. wonderful piece - love how you build up textures. I love those Seth Apter stencils!
    sallee.haerr(at)gmail(dot)com

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  39. What a fun and lovely tag. Thanks for sharing :)

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  40. a beautiful tag - I would not be able to give that one away : )

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  41. Now this is my style of stenciling!! So classic and layering shows a more vintage feel!!

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