We Three Tags...eP post

For my eclectic Paperie post this week, I decided to have a play with two things I've been ignoring lately: #8 manila tags and Dylusions spray inks. I don't know if you do this but it seems that I keep reaching for the same media or surfaces and it does me a world of good to shake things up every once in a while.

I grabbed my handy dandy craft mat and some ink sprays: Bubblegum Pink, Squeezed Orange, and Lemon Zest, along with a mini mister of water. After I randomly sprayed the mat with these inks and water, I dragged, plopped, and wiggled the tags through the inky mess. I was experimenting to see how moving or not moving the tags would affect the ink patterns. Then I dried each and did it again to build up another layer or two. Once they were dry, I spritzed more water through TH Measured layered stencil on the dreams tag and through the TH Burlap layered stencil on the house tag. Both were allowed to sit for a few minutes and then the water, and some of the ink, was removed by rolling paper towel over them. For good measure, and a bit more texture, water was flicked over all three to create lovely spots.

White embossing paste was scraped through TCW's Mini Tile Texture stencil on each tag and then allowed to air dry. The lovely grassy stamp with the flowers from Wendy Vecchi's Art Comforts stamp was stamped on the bottom edge of all three tags using Jet Black Archival ink. The three sentiments come from the same stamp set...love it!

The bird and woman with the net come from Unity's Love Life stamp set by Melody Ross.

The house was created from scraps sitting on my desk. The little door is kraft and the hearts are from an MS punch. All edges were inked with Vintage Photo or Black Soot Distress inks.

The harlequin and scallop borders were cut from black cardstock using MFT dies and the clouds were cut from old book paper, also with an MFT die. White gesso was smeared onto them to partially obscure the text and they were edged along the bottom with Vintage Photo before being adhered and doodled on and around. White gesso was pounced through a piece of punchinella on the house tag in order to embed the house and border into the background. White gel pen was used to doodle on all three tags. The final touches were to edge each tag with Black Big Brush pen before mounting on black cardstock, leaving a narrow mat for contrast and then adding toppers of ribbon, cord, or seam binding as toppers. Little black speckles were added with Jet Black Archival and a TH stamp.

Thanks for joining me today. I hope the brightness of the tags has not damaged your eyes in any way...perhaps you should take the rest of the day...and maybe tomorrow off...JK...lol. I do like the pops of Dylusions sprays next to black and white...they shout "notice me". I appreciate your visit and read and re-read your lovely comments. You brighten my day...hope these tags did the same for you :)

I am entering these tags in the following challenges:
Through the Craft Room Door ~ Anything Goes
Love to Scrap ~ #22 Tags
613 Avenue Create ~ #56 Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody ~ #37 Anything Goes
Great Impressions ~ January challenge Use something new (Art Comforts stamp set)

Life is good; so is art.
Bonnie

If you click on the thumbnails below, you will be magically transported to the eclectic Paperie store:

Dylusions Ink Spray - Bubblegum Pink	Dylusions Ink Spray - Squeezed Orange	Dylusions Ink Spray - Lemon Zest	Inksessentials - Mini Mister 3-Pack	Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Measured
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Burlap	Wendy Vecchi - Studio 490 - Embossing Paste - White	Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	Distress Ink Pad - Black Soot	Faber Castell - Big Brush Pen - Black
Wendy Vecchi - Studio 490 - Art Comforts Stamp Set	Unity Stamp Co. - Love Life (Melody Ross)	Liquitex Acrylic Gesso	Uni-Ball White Gel Pen	Archival Ink - Jet Black Ink Pad