I hope your week is off to a great start .
It's time for a quick reminder of this months STAMPlorations Things with Wings Blog Hop and Linky Parties.
The STAMPlorations girls have all got together for a month long celebration of Spring and Things with Wings.
Today its the turn of the TAGplorations team. To play along here you need to create a project that is a tag or, has a tag/s on it. Don't forget the Things With Wings part either.
I've gone for butterflies today ....... on a simple tag
I cut the tag from smooth watercolour card, using the largest size of the TAGplorations Manila Tags Nesting dies
I then applied various colours of Distress Inks (blues and pink shades) to the back of the ARTplorations Shower of Flutters stencil, spritzed over the ink with water and then laid the stencil, ink side down, onto the tag
I gave the stencil a quick press down using a paper towel ....... this also mops up any excess ink and water ....... and then gently lifted the stencil off the tag, leaving the butterflies in this pretty watercolour effect behind
Once it was dry, I stamped the words over the top using Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink I left my tag to dry naturally but, you could use a heat tool to speed things up if you don't like waiting
I also heat embossed the sentiment with a clear powder ..... this makes the ink colour a little more intense. This fab sentiment is called All Your Heart from the STAMPlorations Say it Big series
A few ink splatters here and there, and a couple of shimmery sequins and a few dots of glitter glue adds some sparkle to the tag ......
And to finish off, I inked around the edges with a little Wilted Violet Distress Oxide and added a bow from ribbon dyed using the same inks I'd used to colour the butterflies.
Hop over to the STAMPlorations Blog for more Things With Wings inspiration and all the details on how to play along and join in with the Linky party ..... there's prizes up for grabs!
Thanks for popping by ..... enjoy the rest of your day.
I'm off back to the craft room, finding room to put my new goodies that came home with me from the Happy Stampers show at Port Sunlight last weekend.
What a fab day we had ...... we laughed and chatted all day. It was so nice to catch up with everyone, some I only see once a year at this event! I even managed to find time to shop ......
Now I need to find time to play with it all.
Cheerio until next time ......
1 comment:
I LOVE your mixed media tag, Linda. Your colors are so pretty with all your layers. Loved your Say it Big sentiment too and sponging around the edge of your tag. TFS, my friend.
That is a lot of new toys from your one day of crafting:-) Have fun. Hugs.
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