Saturday, December 13, 2014

Just Us Girls #271 - Trend Challenge

Happy Saturday!  We have a new Trend Challenge over at Just Us Girls.  This week, Maria has chosen a mixed media challenge.  Love these!
 
I love tags!  I don't know what it is about them, but I just love creating them!  I started this one with a manila tag.  I stamped the snowman and sentiment in Archival ink and overstamped the snowman in blue ink (hard to see...it's the halftone stamp).  Then I sponged red distress in on the other half of the tag.  Before it dried, I covered it with clear embossing powder and heat set it.  I then took more distress inks to age the tag.  I found these holiday buttons in my stash, but they were too bright so I added some distress inks to it to distress it a bit too.  Twine was added to the button and it was attached to the tag.  I chose a ribbon and burlap ribbon for the finishing touch.
 
You can see more inspiration from the design team on these blogs.
 
 
Thanks for stopping by!
 
Recipe
Stamps:  Halftone Christmas and Handwritten Holiday (Tim Holtz)
Paper:  Manila tag
Ink:  Archival jet black, soft pool, festive berries, old paper, walnut stain
Accessories:  Clear embossing powder, twine, ribbon, burlap ribbon, button


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7 comments:

Gerrina said...

Love the tag; so cheerfull and full of movement! Enjoy the weekend, Gerrina

Vicki Dutcher said...

Love that partial stenciling -- great tag!

Sharyn Polesel said...

Oh, I love your tag! The snowman stamp is so cute and I love the way you stenciled part of the tag. Lovely colors!

Ina G said...

Simply stunning tag. Love all the different elements here.

Lee Ann Barrett said...

This is just darling, Lisa! I love the vintage look- great snowman, btw- and how you did half the tag in red and half the snowman. Awesome tag! Thrilled to be designing with the team this month!

sandie said...

such a fun tag-love the cute snow man x

Sue VanDeVusse said...

Love this vintage beauty! Great look using the distress inks to age your tag and the button.

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