Birthday Cupcake Tags

Hello All! Sorry for not visiting lately...been horribly sick and finally on the mend. Today, I have two birthday tags that I've made for friends using lots of Ranger, Tim Holtz, Stamper's Anonymous, and Sizzix goodness. Thanks for the support and comments, and I hope I can do the same! Cheers!

I used washi tape to make borders around the tags, and then stamped two of Tim's background images using Glacier White Pigment Ink. You can't see much color on a black tag, so stamping in white first is the key...a trick I learned from the awesome Wendy Vecchi!

Then I started inking in all the bright colors using Ranger Dye Inks...SO COOL, right?!!

I covered the tags with Tim's Distress Micro Glaze to keep my ink sealed and vibrant, and then wiped any extra off. LOVE this stuff!

I stamped and die cut the cupcakes, inked in the bottoms, and then stamped in the same ink. It's amazing that you can ink and stamp in the same color but the intensities of each make them not blend together.

I covered the tops of the cupcakes with Opaque Texture Paste, and then sprinkled on some Clear Rock Candy Distress Glitter for glitz. Once it was dry, I lightly inked over the raised paste with Antique Linen Distress to make it looks like meringue...why not?!!

I had these Found Relatives girls cut out from a class, so I gussied them up with hats and ribbon...LOVE their boas...and affixed them on the cupcake tops with a Memo Pin. I stitched around the tags, added more ribbon, and adhered lots of matting, then finished up with words, charms for initials, Mirrored Stars and Hearts, bows, and finally some Stickles.

  

 

 

 

Until next time...have an awesome day!

Supplies:

#8 Black Tags - Inkssentials	Ranger Pigment Ink Pad in Glacier White	Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Patchwork	Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2016 HALFTONE AND RINGS CMS260	MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS
Ranger Dye Ink Pad in Cheese Puff	Ranger Dye Ink Pad in Lemon Twist	Ranger Dye Ink Pad in Electric Lime	ranger dye caribbean coast ink pad	Ranger Dye Ink Pad in Grape Soda
Ranger Dye Ink Pad in Raspberry Sorbet	Ranger Distress Micro Glaze	Tim Holtz Core′dinations DISTRESS Colorcore 4.25 X 5.5 Cardstock	Tim Holtz Holiday Flashcards	Idea-ology - Found Relatives
Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock	Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Lattice and Flourish	Multi Medium Matte	Sizzix Tim Holtz Framelits in Birthday Blueprints Set	Ranger TEXTURE PASTE
Dina Wakley Ranger Palette Kinife	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Clear Rock Candy	Antique Linen - Distress Ink	Tim Holtz Idea-ology MEMO PINS Split Ring Metal Embellishment	Ranger Adhesive Foam in Black
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Crinkle Ribbon	Jump Rings - Idea-ology	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Enameled Tags	Tim Holtz Occasions Small Talk Stickers	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mirrored hearts
Idea ology Mirrored stars	Ranger Stickles in Orange Slice	Ranger Stickles in Sea Glass

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

An Autumn Art Journal Spread Over at Ranger Ink

Hello All! Today, I have a tutorial over on the Ranger Ink blog showing how to make this Playing In The Autumn Leaves Art Journal spread using lots of Ranger's Paint Dabbers and Dye Inks, as well as lots of Dina Wakley goodies. It's been a while since I've shown anything in my Art Journal, so it's about time. I hope you pop on over, and here are a few more...okay a lot more... photos in case you do. Thanks for looking!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for popping over and for looking here everyone! I wish you the best Autumn season ever!

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!