Thinking About Spring.....

Anyone else obsessed with spring this year?  I pretty much am every year during January & February.  Riding out the winter, being patient (or at least trying).  But this year I'm looking forward to spring with such joy!  And it's almost here!

I created this spring tag anticipating adding it to a soon-to-be-created junk journal.  For the foreseeable future most of my posts are going to be additions to my junk journal, 

the Creative Impressions way!

I started with a tea stained tag.  I spritzed it with Distress Oxide Sprays in pink, lilac, and amber.  I adhered a bit of lilac web ribbon.  I took my scissors and snipped the edge of the web ribbon from a couple of different angles to get a torn look.

Creative Impressions plain twill ribbon in natural is one of my favorites.  I keep it in every width available.

I spritzed the twill ribbon with Distress Oxide Spray in Fossilized Amber to prepare to make faux flowers.  Snip a length of twill ribbon long enough for a rectangular bit.

Fold the twill ribbon into a triangle, mismatching the corners.  Fold again into a smaller triangle.  You will need a touch of tacky glue to make the triangle hold.  Mismatching the corners creates a random effect with lots of earthy texture. 

I go to thrift stores and buy denim to cut up and use for art projects.  Here I've used a pair of white jeans.  Denim is heavier and provides a good base for my flowers.  Add a dot of thick sticky glue onto each of the four corners of the denim base and glue down the triangles to create a faux flower.  I use Alleen's Tacky Glue.  Its so thick that pieces adhere almost right away and I don't burn myself with a hot glue gun.

Now comes the fun part.  I made a little faux garden with my twill flowers, mini brads, jumbo ric rak, and a pretty copper dragonfly.  

I'll be adding to my junk journal with more Creative Impressions embellishments.  I can't wait to share it with you!  Thanks for stopping by the Creative Impressions blog.