Next stop... Terminal 3

Hi everyone and welcome! It's Jenny (Pushing The Right Buttons) here (on mine and fellow CG Anne's birthday no less!) with the next stop on our July Destination Inspiration. I'm travelling light (for me!) with the essentials (and a few other little bits for good measure);

• Product - Any ‘Classics’ stamps
• Technique - Shabby Chic - CC Vol 1, Page 49
• Colour – Antique linen
• Substrate – Tag

And here's where those ingredients have taken me…

I love Tim Holtz 'Shabby Chic' technique and was even lucky enough to be able to share my take on it in December 2014's issue of Craft Stamper magazine for a Distress to Impress tutorial.

Reaching for that tag substrate I used this technique using Antique Linen and Barn Door Distress Paint in combination with the Distress Damask stamp set. Sometimes I find the top layer needs a couple of coats to get a really good coverage, especially when you use a very pale colour on top of something so vibrant.

The focal point was created on buff watercolour paper. I stamped the dragonfly image from the Classics #1 stamp set and painted the focal images with Hickory Smoke and Fired Brick Distress Stains. These were then covered with Distress Micro Glaze (applied with a fine brush - LOVE this stuff!) and heated before I dipped the whole lot into more Hickory Smoke Distress Stain. The dragonfly was finished with acetate packaging stamped wings and a pen nib, and I added a separate sentiment strip from the Life Quotes stamp set. It was back to the words from the Classics #1 stamp set to top and bottom the whole composition, before I added an Idea-Ology button, altered Heirloom Rose and Mirrored Star (dulled slightly with Alcohol Ink Pearl Mixative).

So that's the creative journey this Destination Inspiration has taken me on.

For now 'All aboard'! Terminal 4 awaits...