Shabby Chic

This week's Compendium of Curiosities challenge hosted by Linda Ledbetter is Shabby Chic.  On grungeboard is stamped the Grunge Alphabet.  I smeared Butterscotch and Terra Cotta paint dabbers.  The tag was colored with Tumbled Glass DI, edged with Walnut Stain DI.   Tim's floral spray with stamped using Broken China DI.  Grungepaper leaves were colored with Lettuce & Clover PI and Brushed Corduroy & Peeled Paint DI before being crumpled.  The nattily attired grungepaper robin is wearing Fired Brick, Brushed Corduroy, and Black Soot DI as well some Terra Cotta paint dabber.  The fragment was edged with the Juniper paint dabber.  All die cuts and stamps are Tim's.  'i', 'r' and 'd' are bubble monograms by Li'l Davis Designs.

I clearly need to use my paint dabbers more often.  Many of them are nearly solid.  Some I can spritz with water and revive them; others are in dire need of a complete reconstitution.  Using pigment inks with the distress inks is fun and often results in some fabulous new colors.

If you aren't participating in the challenge, you should!  You can click on Tim's book cover to take you to Linda's blog for all the details.  Not only is this a great learning experience but the work that has been shared is really cool!  And the prizes have been quite awesome too so a big "Thank you!" to all the sponsors!