Tim's March tag

Hi everyone and thanks for coming by!
Today I am sharing my version of Tim's March tag:

I followed Tim's techniques pretty much exactly. I just used different colours and embellishments, even though the main stamped image is the same. All the techniques can of course be found on Tim's own blog here
The paint colours I used were Vintage Linen, Wild Honey, a bit of Peeled Paint and Vintage Photo.
I don't have the new word layering stencil, so I used an old one and instead of using gold detailed embossing powder I used copper.

I chose some copper coloured embellishments to go with it, A token with the word Cherish and a Roman numeral, adhered over a bit of Ideaology measuring tape.

I left the embellishments quite minimal, because the butterfly image is quite prominent and I don't wanted my tag to get too busy....

I wanted to deepen the colours of my butterfly a bit further and used a Faber Castell Big Brush pen for that. I also went around the edges with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink.

I also created a few little splats by sticking a brush into some Peeled Paint Distress Stain Spray and then flicking it across my tag.

Regulars might remember that I made a booklet to keep my tags in this year and each month I create a new page background for that month.

I try to convey the mood of the month or match the colours of the tag. The March page is a double page, - here is the other side:

I enjoy making the backgrounds to these pages almost as much as I enjoy making the tag itself.

For those new to my blog, the link to the original booklet description is here if you are interested to see how I made it.

Well, thanks for visiting today. It's going to be pretty quiet around here for the rest of this month as I am off to the States for the next 10 days, but I hope to at least visit you all occasionally.

I am adding this to Tim's March Tag challenge
Thanks for coming by like always