Circus Clown

I am off on holiday this weekend but being off work today managed to find some time this morning to create a tag for the following challenges:
Out of a hat creations challenge 56 'Circus'.
Inspiration Emporium April challenge 'Marvelous Masks and Spectacular Stencils'
Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge 'Background'

I started by die cutting a Tim Holtz tag and then inking with various colours of Tim Holtz distress inks before spritzing with water.  I covered the tag with a Dylusions mask and removed some of the colour using a baby wipe before removing the mask and drying the tag with my heat gun.  I went round the edges of the faded places with the Tim Holtz picket fence distress marker, then replacing my mask I added a black line inside each of the mask holes.  Next I stamped a strip of stars on my background and added a faux stitch round the edge of the tag with my black pen.  I glued the tag to a white tag and a black tag each cut slightly larger than the first.  Once the background was complete I stamped the clown and cut him out using the Spellbinders lacey circles die.  I added a faux stitch in black pen and then coloured the image with Letraset promarkers.  I added glossy accents to the balls, stars, bow tie, nose and cheeks and attached it to the tag with double sided foam.  I stamped the words 'Circus Clown' on white card stock, cut out and covered with Tim Holtz distress crackle paint and again attached using double sided foam.  Finally I added 3 gems and stapled a piece of material ribbon through the tag using the Tim Holtz tiny attacher.

Thanks for looking!
Tracey x