Dragon Tag @ Visible Image

Terrific Tuesdays to you all! 

I am quickly sailing through to share with you a Dragon tag I made this morning.

Yesterday Mr Postman was ever so kind to me and delivered my goodies from my latest shopping spree from Visible Image!   (I know, I am naughty) And Mark threw in a surprise Dragon stamp for me to have a play with! 

This stamp had me stumped when I first looked at it ... 

Oriental is generally not a 'theme' I would craft with so ....

With the challenge set just at that *to use this stamp!*... 

I had to ink him up, get out of my comfort zone & do something with him!

I'll be honest, I had no clue where this was going to go when I sat down to play.  All I could fathom in my head was a 'Dragon swimming in a gold river' kinda like thing!  I started with covering my tag with many layers of metallic gold embossing powder, I continually built up the layers, focusing more on where I wanted my stamped dragon image to be to get a heavier layer for the impression of the stamp.  With the embossing powder still 'wet', I then inked the Dragon up with Sepia Archival Ink & then stamped, leaving the dragon impression in the embossing powder. 

 This was trial & error for me as I have never done this technique before! & was afraid my stamp would 'get stuck' without some lubrication.  For the record it won't!  I had several attempts at stamping the dragon, if you don't like the result, you just remelt the embossing powder & stamp again!  I tried stamping the dragon several other ways too, with no ink, black ink & the sepia, but I really liked the marbled effect the sepia ink left behind in the impression so I stuck with it.

I raided my horded stash and found a Chinese coin that I placed around the eyelet of the tag with some burgundy seam binding & added some black embossed flourishes embellished with red pearls.  Along the bottom I added some rich burgundy ruffled ribbon, the gold & red ribbon & bow & some sparkly red rhinestones. And to finish it all off, a tied three fancy silver buttons together and placed them in the middle of the bow.

  

I do love how this finished up!  

So much so, next shopping spree some oriental themed embellishments 

will be on the list so I can ink the dragon up for a card! 

While I am here! 

Don't forget there is a new monthly challenge started at

Visible Image

We wanna see you Sparkle challenge!

You can get your Visible Image stamps from {here}

Check out some of the amazing creations the DT have made on the blog {here}

Or come along and chat with us on Facebook {here}

And if I wasn't on the DT I would be playing along for the fabulous prize!

of a £10 gift voucher to spend at Visible Image

You do not have to use a Visible Image stamp to play along (though we do love when you share them with us & you will get an extra entry into the draw if you do!) And ... You can enter as many times as you like! (The more you enter, the better your chances!)

Lots has been happening at Visible Image this week!
Saturday we had the new release of THREE amazing new sets!

These are just gorgeous hey! 
You can pop right over to the store {here} for a closer look!

We would love you to play along with us so please share & link up your entries! 

Thanks for dropping in to me :) 

Catch you all laters!

Recipe -
Image / Sentiment - Unknown

Paper(s) -  Tag

Embellishment(s) -  Metalic Finish Gold Embossing Powder, Sepia Archival ink, Stash - Flourishes, pearls, bling, ribbons, Chinese coin. 

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:

Make It Monday - Always Anything Goes Mon JFF
Anything But A Card - Incorporate Black Sun
Joanna Sheen Challenge - Silhouettes Sun  E2/-
Pile It On - Make it Sparkle Sun
Alphabet Challenge Blog - T is for Tags Fri
Southern Girls - Animal Crackers Thurs E1/1 AUS
Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C161 -Anything But a Card Sat

The Stamp Man - Emboss It  Monthly E1/1

Cards Galore - Silhouette Monthly E1/1

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