Live Gently ...... and experiment!

Hello and welcome to you all! 

I seem to have lost my way a bit just lately with my mixed media products and desperately felt the need to experiment. So today's Tag Friday at A Vintage Journey was a good excuse to just create with .... well whatever!

I loved the background that I created using some techniques learnt recently but using different products.

Some new products which have arrived recently and which hadn't really had a good outing!

And a sentiment to live by given the last few hectic weeks!

So here is how I made the background (mainly so that I can remember how I did it). The photographs look a bit grubby as we are in the middle of a huge storm which has been raging for two days so far!

The large greyboard tag was first given a coat of gesso. 

I then layered strips of Tim Holtz Design Tape and added some stamping.

DecoArt Crackle Paint was applied with a palette knife.

At this stage I really thought I had been too heavy handed and lost the background!

Next my beloved Sleight Grey Infusions .... they have to be my favourite colour!

I added lots of water and mopped alot of the colour up.

And finally a clean white texture paste layer using a new stencil from Finnabair.

I used my new Tim Holtz Wildflower Stems die to cut the flower from blue cardstock. 

It looked a bit bland and didn't really match the background so I spritzed it with water and shook a little of the Infusions here and there. 

To give it more body I then embossed it with clear powder.

I really love this final look.

A tag with a real crafty feel good factor ..... just hope it lasts!

Thank you so much for joining me today and do hop on over to A Vintage Journey to see the fabulous tags my fellow Creative Guides have created. 

Have a great weekend and happy crafting!

Jennie x