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Girly projects…
I’ve been playing around with my Teresa Collins “Posh” paper collection that I’ve had sitting around for several months. I’m not sure why I didn’t want to cut into it, but just the other day I decided to create a tag using it.
Here’s what I came up with…
I used the Tim Holtz Tag and Bookplates Sizzix die to cut out the tag shape. I upcycled a cereal box and added the patterned paper to the front and back of the tag.
Isn’t that butterfly puffy? It was just a black shape on the paper and I added Glossy Accents to it. While it was unset, I sprinkled Martha Stewart extra fine glitter onto it and I love the effect. It was something new that I thought of and it adds a nice dimension to the tag.
The flowers, lace and red bow came from Wild Orchid Crafts. The black bling is by Prima and the pink pleated ribbon is from a RAK that I received. I added some Martha Stewart glitter glue to the tips of the flower petals to bling it up a bit. The feather and doily came from Michaels and the ‘Thank you’ charm came from Joanns.
I had a lot of fun creating this tag; I made it for a friend and I hope she likes it.
I’ve also been working on a Valentine’s Day mini album and thought I’d share a sneak peek with you of the cover…
Lots of yummy WOC flowers on there. The center image is a Crafty Secrets Heartwarming Vintage Cuts sheet. (I love those things!)
Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you’re having a great weekend. xx
Subscribe to the comments for this postLe Romantique Tag…
Happy Saturday! I did a bit of creating today so I thought I would share with you the tag that I made for a friend…
This is the #8-sized shipping tag die that is by Tim Holtz. It mades a really nice size for altering and doing whatever you’d like to it.
These gorgeous flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts as well as the butterfly and the faux rhinestone ribbon slider.
The papers are from the Le Romantique range by Graphic 45. One of my favorite paper collections of all time! Each of the pages are so pretty.
I die cut the butterfly using the Stampin’ Up! Butterfly Sizzix die using fabric from SaCrafter’s store on Zibbet (I don’t have the link, but just as you would with etsy, you can type in her store name with Zibbet.
Hope you like it, and if you would like to see me creating this tag, you can check out the 10+ minute YouTube video below, or go directly to my YouTube channel HERE.
If you have any questions or comments please feel free, otherwise thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend. xx
Valentine’s Day Tag
I created this tag for a lovely lady and now that I know she’s received it, I can go ahead and share it with you.
It is using the adorable To the One I Love stamp from I Brake for Stamps. I used a #8 sized shipping tag and K&Co papers along with vintage seam binding ribbon, lace, and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.
For some reason, when I cropped the photo for the close-up, it went a bit blurry on me, but hopefully, you get the idea.
I used my Letraset Promarkers to color in the image of these 2 cuties. If you like this sweet little stamp, and decide you’d like to purchase one from I Brake for Stamps, please feel free to use my discount (SAVE10ROBYN) to save 10% off of your entire order! Enjoy!
I made a little pocket at the back of the tag to hold my contact info with a personalized note. I used a Wilton’s doily that I purchased off of the Joanna Sheen website and dry brushed some white acrylic paint onto it. The heart clip is by 7-Gypsies.
This is the back of the tag with the pocket tags removed.
Hope you like seeing it. Its a lovely sunny day here so I’m off to take a nice long walk with my hubby and maybe a dog or two. :c) Thanks for stopping by today.
12 Tags of Christmas: Day 6
I’m playing along with Tim Holtz’s 12 tags of Christmas 2010. This is day #6. Once again, out of necessity, I made a fair amount of substitutions in creating my tag, but I really like the colors Tim chose for this one . I tend to lean towards the muted colors better.
We’re at the half-way point today. I’m so happy that I’ve been able to keep up with the posts. Thank you so much for all of your sweet comments. I’m glad to hear that you are not getting tired of seeing these tags. I’ll keep on posting them then.
Here’s my interpretation of Tim’s tag:
For my tree, I’ve used a new release Marianne Creatables die. I cut it from a manila folder and then Glimmer Misted it using Sea Glass, Olive Vine, and Honeydew. The way the colors blended it made it look more authentic, I think. I added some snow-tex to the branches. I did the reindeer according to Tim’s post, but I used regular acrylic paint to give him the blue color. For the bottom, instead of the tissue tape, I’ve once again used vellum that I stamped onto using a musical note stamp and cut into strips. The stamped snow is just acrylic paint that I’ve added Polar White Flower Soft to.
I just had to get a close-up of the tag background. I love it SO much. :c) It was kind of a ‘happy accident’ that created it. I didn’t have his flourish stamp or his texture fade so I decided to just die cut the tree (as mentioned above) and then stamp onto my tag directly. I used the Stampin’ Up! Baroque die with Sepia Adirondak ink that I stamped in 4th generation* around the tag. I then sprayed Sea Glass Glimmer Mist (GM) onto it and the GM leached onto the ink from the stamp. Its really beautiful in real life. I need to make a note of this technique so I don’t forget about it. I like the effect a lot.
*4th generation stamping is simply inking up your stamp, then stamping onto scrap paper 3 times. Then using the remaining ink that is left on your stamp you stamp onto your project. You don’t stop to reink between stampings so it creates a lighter shade of ink for a subtle finish.
If you like the look of the homemade vellum tape but would like more details on how I made it, please feel free to leave a comment and I can do a tutorial on how I created it.
Here is Tim’s Day 6 Tag:
Thank you for popping in to see what I’ve been up to today. I truly and always appreciate it. I hope you are having a great day. xx
12 Tags of Christmas: 5
I’m playing along with Tim Holtz’s 12 tags of Christmas 2010. This is day #5.
It’s a great Sunday and to top it off, the sun is shining; that always seems to bring a bit more cheer around my neck-of-the-woods. I’m back today with a quick tag from Tim’s Day 5 of his 12 Tags of Christmas for 2010.
I was so glad when I checked Tim’s post early this morning that this one was another “quickie” tag, as I never have a lot of time for crafting on Sundays. So if I have any creating time at all between church it has to be on-the-move. (Thanks Tim!) Once again, I’ve made a fair amount of substitutions in product that he used to create my tag. The santa, in keeping with Tim’s theme, is from an I Brake for Stamps set called Vintage Christmas. (You can save 10% ordering this using my discount code SAVE10ROBYN). I did a bit of coloring to give him a little “pop” and added white fine glitter to his cuff and hat along with a bit of bling for the holly berries on his hat. The other holly berries around the top of the tag are from a CTMH set. I stamped them in black and then added green and red glitter using heat n stick powder. The sentiment at the bottom is from a Papermania stamp set.
The poinsettia flower came from Wild Orchid Crafts, this is the small size of the two they stock. I really like them.
Here is Tim’s day 5 tag: :c)
So, I’m wondering if you all are getting tired of seeing just tags when you pop on to visit me? I’m having fun playing along, but I’m ready for something pretty. Hopefully I’ll have a bit of time this evening to see what I can come up with. Thanks so much for stopping by today. I always appreciate it. xx
12 Tags of Christmas: Day 4
I’m playing along with Tim Holtz’s 12 tags of Christmas 2010. This is day #4.
Hello Ladies,
I hope you are enjoying December as much as I am so far. I LIVE for busy, busy and absolutely love the 24 days leading up to Christmas day. Cheerfulness and smiles are in abundance as the Christmas spirit takes hold of most of the western world. The Christmas music blaring and me singing like nobody’s business trying to harmonize with good ‘ole Bing Crosby. Besides crafting, I LOVE to sing!!! Ahhhh, there is so much to do and yet I feel like I need to squeeze each and every moment out of each day because I don’t want to miss a thing. I want to be everywhere that has something “Christmassy” going on. :c) Fa la la la laaaa, la la la laaaaaa!
So this brings me to the few moments that I was able to spend in my craft room today to work on Tim’s 12 Tags of Christmas. I’m so happy to be working right along with Tim on his posting days. I just knew I was going to fall behind but so far, so good. Now, I’m not a big fan of Santa, but in keeping with Tim’s tag layout, I thought this My Mind’s Eye Signature Christmas paper stack from last year fit the bill.
I added the patterned paper to my #8 shipping tag and then cut out the santa from one of the other papers. I adhered it to the tag using dimensionals. I didn’t have the bling he used, so I simply added some ribbon, and then adhered (one-by-one) the flat-backed pearls. I added a part of a Prima Say it in Crystals and Pearls along the right side.
I made the charms with supplies from my stash. I didn’t have his gorgeous facets, so I just used a fragment and backed it with a Crafty Secrets Victorian Christmas photo. I added a Stampin’ Up! rub-on (Dec 25th) before adhering the photo to the fragment.
Here is Tim’s Day 4 tag:
I had a question about yesterday’s tag asking what I used for the snow. I didn’t have Tim’s stamp so I used an old Stampin’ Up! set called “Sprinkles”; which has a splatter stamp in it. However, I was noticing that the acrylic paint was getting a greenish tint from the inking job, so the next layer of paint I added I just used the end of a paint brush and dabbed on the paint. I finished it off by adding some Polar White Flower soft to the wet paint. Hope that makes sense. :c)
Thank you so much for all of the nice comments that I’ve received. I really do appreciate you taking the time to leave me a kind word and enjoy reading them. You make me *smile*. xx
