This tag is the result of another series of happy accidents. The silhouette stamp is one I made with my Imagepac that went a bit wrong, due to a timing issue (i.e. the timer works better if you remember to press the "start" button when you want it to begin timing) and as a result was too dense. However, we never throw anything away, so I kept it to use on this technique. Then, when I thought I'd got the hang of the technique and was ready to stamp onto my tag, blow me down if there wasn't a missed bit right where the left eye should be!
After taking some deep breaths, I decided to make a feature of the gap by gluing a Kanban Dew Drop over it- and that looked like a monocle...and I had an "Aha!" moment.
I am a big fan of Dorothy L Sayers's fictional detective, Lord Peter Wimsey, who wore a monocle, so I added a jump ring and a bit of chain, blended in some Distress Tea Dye ink around the edges, stamped around the edge with a Creative Expressions newsprint stamp (second generation ink, Vintage Photo), and stamped "mystery" in the place where the reflections stamp wasn't in quite the right place (I told you this was a series of happy accidents!). I die-cut the "Lord Peter" from black card using a Quickutz alphabet I've had around for years, and stuck it down using peel-off tape to get the alignment right. And there we are, as if it were planned. You won't tell, will you?
3 comments:
Fantastic ideas here Keren and a superb final result. I would never have known anything had 'gone wrong' here - love the idea of the monocle. Hugs, Buttons x
Love your tag, i've got image pac as well and have had timer issues as you say usually cos i've forgotten to set it ! Your image has worked really well here x
Very cool! I especially love the monocle, how clever!
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