I got a second wind this evening, plus a brain storm. Yes, it hurt! I actually took another 2 hour nap this afternoon and after dinner couldn’t help but head down to the rubber room. While at CHA, I was so taken with the Tim Holtz Idea-ology Booth — actually, I was mesmerized. There were flowers, grunge board flowers.

Ever since I saw them, I knew I had to try my hand at them. I went to Archivers last weekend and they actually had the Grunge Basics. I failed to pick some up in California to bring home. In the dollar bin, they also had a sheet of chipboard flower shapes that I knew I could use as a template. Here’s what I came up with tonight.

The journal is covered with BasicGrey Two Scoops designer paper that I sponged the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The flowers were cut from Basic Grunge Board. I used some chipboard flowers to trace around and then cut out. The flowers were sponged with Worn Lipstick and then highlighted pad to grunge with Fired Brick. To add some simmer to the flowers, I misted them with Dried Marigold-Gold Shimmer Mist. The leaves were just cut out of the Basic Grunge, sponged with Shabby Shutters, highlighted with Peeled Paint and then misted with Scattered Straw-Gold Shimmer Mist. The bottom grunge piece is from the Elements collection, was sponged with Worn Lipstick, highlighted with Vintage Photo and then misted with the Dried Marigold-Gold Shimmer Mist. The sentiment panel is also BasicGrey Two Scoops. I distressed the bottom layer and then sponged the edges with Vintage Photo. For the top layer, the sentiment was stamped and then the edges were sponged. When I got ready to assemble the layers of the flowers, I placed them how I wanted, and pierced down threw the button into and threw the layers of the Grunge. The ribbon was threaded through a needle and pulled through to tie the layers together with the button.

Stamps: Life Without Art Sentiment from Rubbernecker Stamp Company

Paper: BasicGrey Two Scoops

Ink: Tim Holtz Worn Lipstick, Fired Brick, Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters and Vintage Photo Distress Inks

Accessories: Tim Holtz Scattered Straw and Dried Marigold Distress Reinkers, Basics and Elements Idea-ology Grunge Board, Distress Tool; Ranger Mini Mister, Gold Perfect Pearls, and Glossy Accents; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; BasicGrey Two Scoops Button, Pink Ribbon, Piercing Tool