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Been going back to some basics this week, using stamps and stencils. I wanted to try out the distress oxides, as I had heard that you can layer them cleanly. I ended up making five tags, so I will go through them one by one.

This first one has two Tim holtz stencils in the background, and visible image stamps. The jelly fish is white embossed, with blue promarker in the body and the bubbles. 

This was with a striped stencil, and another visible image set as well as a moth from a magazine freebie set. I deliberately coloured a lot of the tag in black. The lightbulb was coated in crackle glaze. 


I used the diamond shifter stencil here and a crackle stamp, as well as stamps from a magazine. The stars are simply coloured yellow and the words are edged in metallic distress crayon. 


I used a number stencil then sprayed with distress metallic spray and stamped stars with brown ink. The phrase and deer are embossed with copper metallic powder. 


This one is my favourite. I used a circle shifter stencil, a script stamp in brown and then a dandelion stamp in brown. 

I've also started page 3 of the stitch. 

Until next time
Ems

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