For the Love of Butterflies

Hello everyone, lovely to see you here!
Yesterday I had some unexpected time to play and so I decided to alter a tag, play with some techniques and just have some fun, - here is the result:

I started with the central panel, which was a piece of Manila card stock leftover from another project. I covered it with a thin layer of Paperartsy Grungepaste, spread unevenly with a pallet knife. While still wet I spritzt a Tim Holtz script stamp with water and stamped into it. When it had dried, I then coloured it with Tumbled Glass, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Distress inks. I gave it a couple of spritzes with some home made Perfect Gold mists, Gold and Green Patina, I also added a little bit of a patina Gelato.
Here is a close up:

I stamped the Tim Holtz Papillon  butterflies twice on smooth card stock with Potting Soil archival. I cut the three largest ones out, coloured them with the same colours, plus some Peacock Feather Distress ink. I glued one on top of the other for a 3D effect and then adhered them to the panel.

The actual tag was a size 10. I added some strips of old book paper and blended over it with Antique Linen Distress paint. I then coloured in a similar way but I also added some Chipped Sapphire and blue chalk ink around the edges to deepen the colour.

The butterfly panel was adhered over a bit of torn corrugated card on one side.

As you can see, I embellished with a rusted pen nib and a stamped Tim Holtz ticket. The pen nib was rusted with a cool medium called Rust Copper from Modelmates. I got a little sample to try out, hopefully Calico Crafts will be stocking this very soon. I also added some Rust Antiquities embossing powder.
On the other side I added a Tattered Doily, cut from the same old book paper.

I finished the tag in my usual way with some died seam binding, a little Prima flower to hold it together and a type key charm.

I realize it's not the most original of tags, but I can't help it, I just love those Tim Holtz butterflies. I guess they must be one of my most used stamps.

Well, there you have it. Hope you like my grungy tag. It has all my favourite colours and I had fun making it.
I am going to add this to Brenda's (Floral Fantasies) 5 year blogoversary candy challenge as I am using my all time favourite products with this tag, Distress Inks and Tim Holtz's Papillon stamp.

Thank you for visiting like always and I hope you find the time for some creative art play yourselves!! I always find there is no better way to unwind!