Thursday, 18 October 2012

It's all in the background


Carol has chosen this weeks Stampotique theme of backgrounds using stamps.  This theme is right up my street as I love to use stamps to create the background as well as the main image.

Shock, horror, I haven't used any Stampotique stamps on this tag, even though I have quite a healthy collection of them now.  But with the news rules they have introduced, you can use any make of stamps, so I used various Tim Holtz images.

The background was created using the marbling technique with the distress stains.


17 comments:

  1. Yes, me like verrrry verrrry much!
    Lovely tag Sam!!
    Hugs,
    Marianne

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  2. Love this very much Sam! So clever to highlight the little boy - wonderful images.
    Juliaxx

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  3. Fab tag and background, Sam. Dots are always good for a bit of interest.

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  4. lovely sam, and wash your mouth out, no stampotique lol. Thank you for entering it into the challenge this week. x

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  5. shame on your no stampotique when you have bucket loads, but it is still a fabulous piece and right in your creative arena love it
    hugs Kate xx

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  6. Cute tag! I love your background. Really a great piece!

    Jenn

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  7. Fab tag Sam, love your marbling - do I see a bit of green in there lol. Thanks for sharing with us at Stampotique Designers challenge x

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  8. Fabulous tags Sam. Have a great weekend.
    Florence x

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  9. What a gorgeous tag! I love the colours! Thanks for joining us at the Stampotique DC

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  10. Another fabulous tag Sam.
    xxx Hazel.

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  11. A gorgeous inky collage Sam! xxx

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  12. Marbled stains are a b----er to get right and you've nailed them here. Would love to know which colours you have used as they are just dreamy together. Perfect stamping too. Have a great weekend, hugs Buttons x

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  13. Sam this is fab and I love the marbled effect and background to stamps

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  14. Gorgeous work with your stamps, love the tag!
    thanks for playing with us at Stampotique :)

    france

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  15. beautiful tag, love the colors of it! Thanks for joining us at Stampotique Designer's Challenge.

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