Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Listen to your heart

The 18th CCC technique is Dabber Resist, found on pg. 37 of Tim's book.  I chose a pink and green color palette but it photo'd much redder on the rickrack and paper clip.  Sigh.  Really, it looks much better in person than on the screen.

All the stamps are from Wendy Vecchi's collection.  You can find the number border at the top in Be Happy, Make Art, the ticking is from Art Fit For A Queen, the row of flowers is from  Art Rules, while you'll find the heart and sentiment in  Love to Make Art.

The heart was stamped on grungepaper with coffee then light pink distress inks were smeared all over.  The swirl is chipboard painted with the Shell Pink paint dabber, text in archival coffee, Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint, then more archival ink to bring out the cracks.

The pink rhinestones, rickrack and paper clip come from unknown sources.

I've done this technique lots of time with the White Paint Dabber but am glad I opted to try a color for a unique look.  Hey, it's only ink and paper!

9 comments:

  1. Great tag! I love the shape of the heart you used.

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  2. I think it looks really good behind Wendy's heart like that :)

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  3. Wonderful tag, and I love the color palette you chose! Like the Wendy stamps you chose, too!

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  4. Great tag and I love the heart and a wonderfull colour choice too. Tracy Evans x

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  5. Fabulous tag. Love the colors and the heart and sentiment is wonderful!

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  6. I think it turned out really well, love the colors

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  7. Terrific tag, love it. Annette x

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  8. Great tag. Love the colors and embellishments you used.

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  9. Ooh, this is SO pretty, Susan! I'm with you-- the soft colors work GREAT for this technique, and I love the layout of the tag. The Wendy stamps are just fabulous, aren't they? And that crackled grunge heart is gorgeous!

    Bravo-- you rocked CCC 18!!!

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