Spellbinders Keyhole Tag

Due to me doing more formal style cards this week, I felt the urge to do something with a grunge feel, so made this keyhole tag.

It started with a plain sheet of coloured paper which I stuck to a tag (it was actually a previous project that had gone wrong, but it felt a waste to throw it away). I used Stampin' Up "Gorgeous Grunge" stamp set in a gold and brown colour to add a background of splats and dots. I then inked the edges in black.  I ran the tag through a Cuttlebug embossing folder to provide the texture (which can be seen better in the section photo).

Using Spellbinders dies I cut the keyhole and keys, giving them a touch of gold & brown ink too.

Bicycle Ride For Two, Grunge Style Tag

My Tim Holtz stamps were still at my work desk when I sat down at it today, so I decided to have another go at grunge with this tag - note they there is still no brown. 

I used a Panpastel shaded background, stamped & masked assorted images. I then added shades of ink to the edges to highlight the central image.  I also coloured the bicycle image with coloured pencils to give it a washed look.