Americana...

Morning everyone...hope you all had a fabulous weekend and ready for the start of a new week!

As you all know by now, when it comes to Tim Holtz products, they do make me go a little bit weak at the knees and when I saw this Americana Blueprint stamp set on it's release, there was no exception to that rule...I just knew I had to have it!! So, as soon as it became available in the UK, it was in my basket quicker than you could say "would you like it?"...lol and as soon as it arrived at Chez Williams', I had to make something with it and this is what I created...

I created this way back in December, which seems so long ago but I've been saving it to show you all and today, is the day I thought I'd share! So, as always I hope you like it...

To begin with, I covered a large tag with Tissue Wrap, blended it with Distress Inks and then used the Snow Cap Adirondack Paint Dabber around the edges.

I used the Sizzix Rosette and Mini Rosette die to create the pinwheels, which I coloured individually using Distress Inks. The stamp is one of four in the set from the Americana Blueprint Stamps by Stampers Anonymous and I handpainted it using Distress Marker Pens.

I used various bits and pieces to complete my tag, including an old buttong, a stamped ticket, seam binding and the star, which I cut out from another of the stamps in the set and then mounted onto card, before adding it to my tag. Finally, I added USA onto the rosettes which I die cut using the WordPlay die and then added Glossy Accents over the top and a coating of Distress Dry Rock Candy glitter.

So, that's it from me for today...I really hope I've given you some inspiration with my tag and I can't wait to read all your comments!!

See you all again very soon and thank you so much for your continued support, it really does mean the world to me...

Bye for now...love Emma xxx