Thursday, September 23, 2010

Showing off my grunge

As I said yesterday, I just LOVE the grunge products!  Fortunately the theme for this week's challenge on the Simon Says Stamp & Show blog is also grunge.  Woohoo!

Here I've chosen a small ivory moire silk bridal place card holder found in the clearance aisle at Michaels.  These make such nice little frames for your art...not just for place cards or photos.  The corner piece isn't Tim's but one I found in my lss.  The grungeboard flourishes were from one of Tim's packages and colored with various yellow and green distress inks.  The larger leaves are grungepaper cut with a Sizzix die - more yellow and green distress inks, then finger distressed.  The fern punch outs are courtesy of Martha Stewart and some patterned cardstock scraps.

Tim's Tattered Florals and Wendy's rose stamp make up the grunge flowers, using various red distress inks (front and back) then overstamped with several of Wendy's background stamps (front and back).  Tim's washers are underneath the small buttons and are threaded with gold wire (more specifically, I cut up a Christmas tree ornament hanger) then attached to the grungepaper flower.

Wendy's tattered houndstooth background was stamped on ivory cardstock for the oval opening in the center.  Her sentiment was stamped in red & brown archival inks for more depth and a bit of a shadow.  The red oval was a die cut from a large box I bought at A. C. Moore's a very, very long time ago and fits this opening perfectly!

Tim's memo pin with Wendy's Glossy Accents technique is tucked in behind the larger rose.  I did have to resort to a Hero Arts alpha stamp and black archival ink for the initial.

10 comments:

  1. LOVE this! Absolutely awesome! How great that the punch fits right in there? Love it when that happens....thanks for joining the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge!

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  2. Gorgeous piece, it's the second time today I have seen that Martha Stewart punch, it really is lovely. Wonderful flowers too. Tracy Evans x

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  3. This is so pretty. The colors are so vibrant and the flowers are perfect!

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  4. So pretty!! I love everything about this!!!

    Thanks so much for entering the Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge!!!

    -Sarah

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  5. This is just gorgeous, Susan! I love red!

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  6. This is soooo pretty! What a great idea, using the place card holder - smart!
    Thank you for joining me & the other Design Team members for this week’s Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge! We really appreciate you joining in with us!

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  7. Very pretty! Love those grunge flowers!

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  8. This is absolutely beautiful Susan!!! Love it!!

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  9. And it's even MORE beautiful IN PERSON! Thank you sooooo much sweet Susan *smiles* xoxo

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