Tag-a-mania!

A few last tags before I start on some new assemblages I have in mind. I used

 Tim Holtz  Distress Paints and Inks and Layering Stencils, and 

Mary Beth Shaw's Web and Gear stencil.  Stamps are from Invoke Arts 

and Our Lady of Rubber.  Time clock and rose stamp not accredited.

The technique was using painted stencils as a monoprint.

 Then layering with inks and misting, and  stamping focal points.

The amount of water you mist on the painted stencil

 gives a sharper or more loose background.

Interesting effect, as it gives a rather impressionist feel,

 as if the focal  stampings are showing 

through the back ground, instead of the other way around.

So, putting the tag techniques away for awhile - 

and now to rusty gears and old watch parts!