Friday, January 28, 2011

Halloween revisited

If you don't like the cold/snow, why not think about another holiday?  Okay, so I'm outside the norm today.  So what else is new???  The Compendium of Curiosities challenge is winding down.  We're at week 29 with Weathered Wood Grunge.  I chose Sunset Orange, Terra Cotta and Walnut Stain for my color palette.  The technique was done one one of Tim's Styled Labels with the ends cut off and his Halloween Words embossing folder.

Behind the label is grosgrain ribbon strips in walnut and orange.  Tim's Cobwebs EF was clear embossed on the tag before rubbing Weathered Wood and Pumice Stone distress inks over it to make them show up.  Using PS after WW tones down the blue in the WW so it looks grayer.

Tim's birds (Lost & Found) were stamped across the top of the tag in Black Archival Ink as was Wendy's spider (Botanical Art).  I cut out Tim's Scaredy Cat using black shrink plastic...lots of narrow bits so this was quite tricky and still couldn't get it to come out exactly right.  Sizzix Primitive Stars were cut from a tag that had a previous tech done to it (more leftovers put to use!).  The 31 sticker was adhered to black presentation board and distressed with the sanding grip and ink.  Black Enamel Accent dots were added to the bottom of the tag.

7 comments:

  1. Cute Halloween (?) tag ; ) Your weathered wood turned out great using the words.

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  2. Such a lot of work gone into the making of this fab tag, but so worth it. Everything about it is great. Annette x

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  3. Of all the things you make, I love your tags the best, I think.

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  4. Love it Susan, that shrink cat is so cool! And great tip about the inks, wouldn't have thought about that. Great Halloween tag!

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  5. Love your tag. I always wish t!m would come up with a more gray toned ink, and now I know how to do it myself!! Thanks for the clue. Linda S. in NE

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  6. Susan, I like your style! Yes, I'm ready to think about something other than snow, and your darling Halloween tag did the trick! Great use of the weathered wood technique, and a really clever design all the way around. I love the little spider, and the shrink plastic kitty is fabulous!

    GREAT use of those gray tones! I'm going to borrow that color combo, if you don't mind!

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