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!!!

Supplies:

Ranger Inkssentials #10 Jumbo Manila Tags	Idea-ology Tissue Tape in Symphony	Tim Holtz Tissue Tape in Elements	Idea-ology Tissue Tape in Marketplace	Idea-ology Tissue Tape in Nostalgic
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil RAYS	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink in Buttercup	Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool	Ranger Glossy Accents	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink in Tree Branch
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Mermaid Lagoon	Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Mermaid Lagoon	Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Picket Fence	Dina Wakley Media Brushes Four Pack	Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Festive Berries
Rusty Hinge Distress Ink	Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Black Soot	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set in Mini Blueprints 9	Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink	Ranger Embossing Powder in Clear
Ranger Water Brush - Detailer Tip	Tim Holtz Core′dinations Kraft Core in Shattered	Sizzix Tim Holtz Garden Greens Bigz Die	Idea-ology Small Talk Stickers	Ranger Adhesive Foam in White
Idea-ology Crinkle Ribbon	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer	Sakura Gelly Roll White Pen

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

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!

 

Supplies:

Ranger Inkssentials #10 Jumbo Manila Tags	Ranger Adhesive Strips	Idea-ology Paper Stash in Wallflower Vellum	Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock	Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Watercolor Stamp Set	Tim Holtz Sizzix Framelets in Limitations	Distress Markers Set	Ranger Water Brush Wide Flat Tip	Ranger Distress Micro Glaze
Ranger Water Brush - Detailer Tip	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Antique Linen	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink In Walnut Stain	Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool	Idea-ology Vial Labels
Idea-ology Remnant Rubs in Special Delivery	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Heirloom Roses	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adornments - Nature	Idea-ology Mini Numerals	Idea-ology Loop Pins
Ranger Alcohol Ink In Latte	Gold Mixative Alcohol Ink	Ranger Alcohol Ink in Meadow	Ranger Alcohol Ink in Lemonade	Adirondack Alcohol Ink In Mountain Rose
Ranger Glossy Accents	Ranger Multi Matte Medium	Ranger Adhesive Foam in White	Idea-ology Crinkle Ribbon	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Peeled Paint	Tim Holtz Distress Marker Spritzer

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!