Texture at Tag-along

 The theme for the Tag-along (and ATC) challenge this month is **Texture** which gives us lots of scope.  There is also the *anything goes* option as usual and another great prize for a lucky winner. 

I started by die cutting a large tag in cream card, which I then over stamped with some text; adding a bit of floral stamping at the bottom using Versamark and some Distress embossing powder which is years old but still gives a fairly rough texture when heated.  Next I used a stencil (again one I've had for many years) along with some gold glitter embossing paste.   A little stencilling was then added for extra interest.  The focal element is a die cut flower using scraps of card from my box of 'inky play' pieces and finally three strips of narrow border which also have embossed texture on them.  These were cut from the same inky card as the flower stem.  A scrap of gold textured ribbon and that's it - a tag for the challenge.

Tag - die set of various sizes from Tim Holtz for Sizzix
Background Text - Dictionary page stamp from Stampin' Up (long retired)
Floral Stamp - from a very old Stampers Anonymous set, Nature's Discovery
Gold Lettering - Classic Words stencil Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 (years old )
Flower - Wild Flower Stems #2 Tim Holtz for Sizzix
Border Strips - unbranded die set