Visible Image March Challenge - DT

Its my first challenge as part of the Visible Image DT.   I am really excited to be part of this fabulous DT and the stamps are absolutely gorgeous, a bit of something for everyone and all styles.
Anyways, we have a monthly challenge, which you can find over on the Visible Image blog.  The theme for March is Spring.

I made a tag ...

I cut my tag out using my TH die, and the distressed it using the spring and summer limited edition inks.  I simply swiped them onto my craft mat, spritzed with water and then dragged my tag through.  I dried the tag and repeated to get a real depth of colour.  I flicked water across it and dried it.  While the ink was on the mat I squidged some seam binding through it and left it to dry.  I stamped the retro dots background in pereserved persimmon distress ink and tumbled glass distress ink, and the crackled background in picked raspberry.  I stamped and masked the large butterfly and butterfly onto the tag using versafine ink, and then stamped them in picked raspberry and peacock feathers distress inks and cut them out.  I layered the cut out butterflies over two of the stamped butterflies and added pearls to their centres.   Finally I stamped the butterfly sentiment on to the tag and added a butterfly charm to the seam binding.


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Supplies:

Stamps used: Visible Image large butterfly, butterfly, butterfly sentiment
retro dots background, crackled background

Colouring medium: distress inks

Embellishments: flat backed pearls

Tools: Tim Holtz large tag die

Challenges:

Crafty Ribbons - anything goes with ribbon 

Everybody Art - tag
Stampavie and more - Tag it
Addicted to stamps - addicted to stamping
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Alphabet Challenge - anything with wings
My Mum's Craft Shop - spring has sprung
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