grungy monday I'm back again

I've had a couple of weeks off  from grungy monday.
I have been doing 'wedding stuff', but today I needed a break and had to do something different.

Have a look at this weeks challenge from Linda Ledbetter's blog http://studiol3.blogspot.com/

It's all about  the lovely Tim Holtz Technique see it  HERE
This is a lovely simple technique, one I will definately use again.
I decided to make 2 tags, 1 to sent to uk stampers and 1 to keep.
The first tag has a masculine feel .
I used dried marigold for the first embossing and then vintage photo.
The stamp is from papermania vintage cars.
 I used mustard seed a, rusty hinge and vintage photo.
 I added some die cut gears and stamped world traveller at the bottom. hey prsto .... job done!

The second tag has a more romantic feel.
 For the base I used lavender with a glimmer embossing powder (must admit the clear is best as Tim says).
I also used dusty concorde on the edges.
The heart is inked with spun sugar, lipstick and mahogany, the stamp is again from papermania.
I layered the paper flower with the  3 colours I used on the heart.
The envelope is a die cut (left over from wedding 'stuff' ).
The love sentiment is from the same set as the heart.
Oh it was good to get back to normal crafting  . .  but dont tell my other half, he thinks I have been doing the ironing (he should know me better than that lol)
I'm off to peek at all the arty stuff you have been doing
janet