Love doesn`t need to be perfect with Wendy Vecchi Stamps . . .

 Hello everyone, it`s Tracy here today and I am sooo excited to be sharing a little project I popped together using an off cut of wood along with the most

DEEELISH set of stamps by Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 . . . 

. . . aren`t they the most swoon worthy stamps you have ever seen . . .I looove them!! 

I have sooo many ideas popping out my head from wedding invites, save the date . . . I could go on and on and on . . . 

But I better get on with my post for now,lol!

 Soooo, I started with a chunk of wood and gave it a quick once over with

 Tim Holtz Picket Fence Distress Paint 

before getting out my Pan Pastels to add a little touch of color.

Don`t be scared to get messy with Pan Pastels, if something doesn`t look right just keep on adding until your happy with the effect . . . I know I`m getting it when I get a tingle in my tummy,lol!

Time to ink up the stamp with an Archival ink pad and get stamping.

 Have I mentioned how much I love this stamp . . . 

Soooo, next I used a combination of 

Tim Holtz Distress Stains along with watercolor paints and Pan Pastels before adding a little doodling along the way.

 I do like to doodle doodle doo . . . 

 I stamped out two of the sentiments from the stamp set, snipped it up and fixed in place.

Okay here is a wee look into my madness . . .

So, as I was sitting in my shed swooning over the stamps and trying to choose a chunk of wood out the pile

in the corner, this sentiment 

LOVE doesn`t need to be perfect . . .

but what it does need to be is TRUE 

picked the chunk of wood itself . . . oh yes it did, how?

Well like love, creating doesn`t have to be perfect and if you look at the wood you will see it`s all rough and it has a big old crack running down the middle and then my tummy got that tingle and that was that!!!

 A quick sprinkle with clear embossing powder . . .

 . . . and a little metal buckle I found down in the deep dark depths of long forgotten stash and I was done.

All that`s left to say is . . .

Thank you all very much for taking the time to look

Have a great weekend whatever you are up too

Till next time

Tracy

xoxox

Materials from the eP Store, Just click on the links -

Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 - Lovely Art Stamp Set

Pan Pastels Mixed Media set 1

Tim Holtz Distress Paint - Picket Fence

 Tim Holtz Distress Stains - Fired Brick, Weatherd Wood, Broken China

Archival Ink - Jet Black Ink Pad