Tuesday, July 28, 2015

A Crabby Tag?!!

Hello again this week everyone! Today, I just wanted to show you an easy way to use up all that tissue and washi tape I know you have stashed! Admit it...you have too much...just like me! ;0) So here is a beach themed tag using lots of washi tape that I made just for the fun of it.
You see the two washi tape holders here? I have two more of them filled to the brim! YIKES!!! I don't know why, but I LOVE tissue and washi tapes. I need them all!!! Surprisingly though, I find I don't use them as often as I should, so that is what made me decide I needed to do something to use them up. I took a #10 Manila tag from Ranger...my favorite size... and covered the whole thing up with horizontal strips of the tapes.
I trimmed them around the tag, and punched the hole at the top. It looks real cool like this, but now this new substrate is ready to be covered up.
I used Tim's Rays Layering Stencil and Wendy's Buttercup Archival Ink to make the sun. I really wanted it to be vibrant, so I also added a coat of Glossy Accents to the sun.
I used a sheet of scrap paper to cover up the areas I didn't want inked in Tree Branch Archival and then gave the bottom a inking with it to mimic the sandy beach.
I used more scrap paper to cover up the top and bottom, and then inked the middle, the water, with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink...appropriate I think!
Then I used Mermaid Lagoon and Picket Fence Distress Paints and a paintbrush to make waves in the water...so fun!
I used a Detailed Water Brush and Festive Berries to color in the embossed crab. I also stamped him on the sand area, and then fussy cut the red one to layer it on the stamped crab. He is so cute, and I named him Larry.
I thought the sunrise needed more color, so I used Rusty Hinge and Festive Berries to add in color around the rays. The Glossy Accents resists the color. I also die cut the greenery, added the words, and then used flicked on some Black Soot Distress Paint on the sand with a paintbrush.  Then I used a white pen to add a little more to the waves.
I used more Mermaid Lagoon to color the Crinkle Ribbon.
Enjoy the summer everyone!!!

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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Friday, July 24, 2015

12 Tags of 2015 - July

It's nearing the end of the month...already...time flies! So here is my take on Tim's July tag for 12 Tags of 2015. I am loving all the entries too...so many different takes for endless inspiration.
Since I let the fourth go by, I decided to go with other images. I thought about the new City Scapes, but that had already been done. I thought about flowers...again done. Then I thought about Crazy Birds, but I couldn't make them fit right, so I went with butterflies.
I love the roses on the Wallflower Paper, and decided to use the Vellum version as my tag background. It was hard to cover it up.
I used two stamp sets for the butterflies.
I love how easy Distress Markers make watercoloring!
I colored the Rosettes and metal pieces with Alcohol Ink. I love the transformation of the roses with the leaves. I also adhered the larger Rosette to the Hoop Pin with Glossy Accents. It seems very sturdy.
Although I loved the way the ribbon came out with the Distress Markers, I didn't think it was dark enough for the tag, so I misted over it with Peeled Paint Distress Spray, and the striped pattern still can be seen...love that!
 

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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!