Monday 14 March 2016

The Craft Barn Dictionary Challenge -- R

For this challenge I have chosen 'rust' for my word on my tag. I started with a cog embossing folder and coloured it with distress inks. I then rusted up some die cut tags with distress powder. The rusty buckle, chain and screw were adhered at the end with some accent beads to simulate a bit more of a rusty texture. The whole tag weighs a ton. Please excuse the terrible photo, as I had to take it under artificial lights, and have managed a shadow at the bottom.

http://thecraftbarnblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/alphadictionary-challenge-2016.html



14 comments:

chrissie said...

This is a terrific tag with great creative textures

Love Chrissie xx

Sybil Grieco said...

Wow! This is a great tag. Great word and you depict it very well. Love the use of real rusty items.

buterfliecrafter said...

this is one awesome tag, very rusty indeed.

Annie said...

Rust never looked so good! I love all the great rusty textures here, I can imagine the weight of this tag. You thought of a lot of fun rusty details creating this tag. Well done.

kaybee said...

I love all things rusty! Great tag.

Heather said...

I love the detail in the bottom photo. You have made those rusty bits and pieces look so attractive.

Craftyfield said...

Love your rust, very realistic. As it happens I have been working on my own rusty pieces and mine don't look anywhere as good! Great tag!

Annie said...

Wow R rusty - very inspiring and different. Love it. Annie xxx

Scrapmate said...

Ooh great word choice!

Crafty Claire said...

Fabulous textures in your project. I'd like to be able to touch it!

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

Wendy, I'm in a swap right now and my theme is rust. Your entry really piqued my interest and I enlarged the tag to get a much better look at how you actually made it look so rusty without actually "rusting" it. That chain especially is incredible, but the buildup of "rust" you got on that buckle was perfection!!!

You stated something about seeing my rocking horses. If you would like to see a small sampling of my rocking horses, you can visit a post I created on Friday:

http://alteredbooklover.blogspot.com/2016/03/friday-smiles-162-you-asked-and-now-ill.html

Julia said...

Fabulous rust effects. What a brilliant choice for "R". This is a great tag.

Jane said...

Love this, great choice of word, thank you for entering The Craft Barn's Challenge.
Jane x

maggie said...

Love all the texture and the rust effects on your fabulous tag.

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