Tim Holtz Tag - Always Take the Scenic Route

I made this tag as my second entry for the new "Shimmering Summer Fun" Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge. Summer means lots of sun and pretty flowers so I wanted to channel that for this project. 

I started by die cutting flowers from the Tim Holtz Wildflower Stems 1 set and coloring them with distress oxide inks.

I wanted a really bright and sunny background so I made one with Fossilized Amber and Wild Honey distress inks - what a gorgeous combo! To add interest to the background, I used a Tim Holtz Architecture stamp but didn't press down fully so that the image would come out a bit uneven.

I also created a time worn "gate" behind the flower stems by spraying Walnut Stain and Frayed Burlap distress oxides onto paper, then using a die from a Tim Holtz Pattern Repeat set.

Even though I loved the bright background, I felt it overpowered my flowers so I added a smaller die cut tag from vellum to tone down the background and allow the flowers to stand out better.

Finally, I added a quote from Tim Holtz Small Talk and a bit of shimmer to my flower petals using a Nuvo Shimmer Pen. The pen ended up reactivating the distress oxide colors which I should have anticipated, but I don't mind the effect as it gives a more varied look to the petals.

Materials used for this project:
Tim Holtz Tag Collection dies
Tim Holtz Pattern Repeat dies 
Tim Holtz Wildflower Stems 1 dies
Tim Holtz Architecture stamp
Distress Ink pads - Fossilized Amber and Wild Honey
Distress Oxide sprays - Walnut Stain and Frayed Burlap
Tim Holtz Small Talk stickers
Papertrey Ink Stampers Select Vellum

Nuvo Shimmer pen

I am entering this into the following challenges:
Funkie Junkie Boutique challenge - Shimming Summer Fun