Tag Attempt

I have been busy with this tag for about a week, not continuously of course, but thinking about it, which is definitely not like me.  I normally get an idea and I make it.  But this was different because it came about after browsing on Pinterest and looking at some fabulous tags.  I just decided to give it a bash.

Of course, let it be known, that I have absolutely NO IDEA what I am doing here as this is not my style.  But it was fun thinking about it.  I am sure that I could have embellished it to death, but I totally ran out of ideas, so it's remaining this way.  I still think it's pretty in its minimalistic kind of way!

I used a Tim Holtz tag, those big ones, and covered it with text paper from an old book I had purchased second hand especially for doing these types of projects (which of course I do not do).  Then I inked the edges with some Tea Dye Distress ink.  I stamped a flourish here and there from Papertrey Ink.  I also added three strips of glitter at the bottom for some sparkle.  You know, stick down some Score tape and cover it with glitter.

The oval scalloped frame is made using my Nestabilitie die (two dies in the cuttlebug at once) and then covering it with a white puffy paint that had glitter in it and allowing it to dry.  I then applied some Tea Dye distress ink (hardly noticeable) to take the bright white edge off.

I stamped, inked and trimmed the butterflies from the Hero Arts "Antique Engravings" set and adhered them to some punched circles.  I then proceeded to get cramps in my hands whilst I squeezed and squeezed that Crackle Accent bottle to death trying to cover those circles.  Once dried I applied a bit of Vintage Photo distress ink to the edges and the cracks. 

The dangly bit was made by me from my stash of beads and tools which used to be a little hobby many years ago. I tied a little heart sentiment tag from PTI's "Tiny Tags" and some crinkle ribbon at the top.

Wow!  That's a lot of stuff if you ask me.  Not something I'll make often but I had a person in mind when I made it and it was worth it, just to bring a smile hopefully, to her face.

Christmas Tag

Hi everyone!  What a bloghop with OWH yesterday!!!  I am still trying to recover, there were 108 blogs to hop to, and I still have a few more to visit!  The creations were absolutely wonderful!

Today was a physically challenging morning!  I ran a 25km road race, my first in 10 years!  Boy, 25km is far!  However, the weather was perfectly cool and the race well organised, and, I was very happy with my time!

This afternoon I felt like making a Christmas tag which will go all the way to South Africa to my niece.  I still need to make 2 more, for both my nephews, and they will each have a pocket at the back to put some money in there for them.  As they are older, they prefer to get money so that they can save towards something that they really want.  So these boy tags, which I will post as soon as they are made, will be to hang on the Christmas tree!

Ok, here is the one for my beautiful niece...(The To and From will be at the back of the tag)

Paper: Office tag (Office Depot), Cardstock (PTI), watercolour paper, Neenah Solar White cardstock, random patterned paper (paper piecing)

Stamps: Hero Arts

Ink: Embossing ink, Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Peeled Paint and Fired Brick Distress Inks

Other: Christmas Tree Die (PTI), glitter, twine (The Twinery), Ribbon from my stash, sewing, clear embossing powder

I first stamped the tag with the Hero Arts Flourish Pine background stamp using embossing ink.  I then applied clear embossing powder and heated it.  This was then inked with the Peeled Paint and Fired Brick Distress inks (emboss resist technique).

Next I cut out the Christmas Tree using a PTI die and sewed in zig-zag fashion across the tree.  I applied some glue and added glitter.  I also inked the tree edges with Peeled Paint.  This was then adhered to the tag.

The little girl was stamped and coloured in with copics.  Her shorts and her shirt were stamped seperately on different patterned paper, cut out and paper pieced back onto her body.   I used dimensional dots for the shirt.  She was then adhered to the tree/tag.

The sentiment from Hero Arts was stamped on a sturdy piece of watercolour paper, inked with Fired Brick Distress ink and adhered using dimensional dots.

Lastly I threaded the ribbon through the tag and tied it off with some twine.

Not something to mass produce!  So thank goodness that I tend to never make more than 2 of the same thing, even that is very rare, I just cannot bring myself to do it.  I like everyone to get something very unique.

So that's me for tonight as I am just a tad tired after this morning and I want to spend some QT with my hubby who has been away for almost two weeks!

Hope to share with you again tomorrow!  Wishing you a wonderful evening and thank you for popping by.