Red and hearts have to feature somewhere on February's Craft Barn Calendar Challenge entry.
I used the wrinkle free distress ink technique for the background of this tag. Rather than just using red (Festive Berry Distress Ink) which may have looked like a nasty nose bleed on the card, I mellowed it by adding Crushed Olive. I stamped a couple of extra hearts and stuck one directly onto the stamped image and the other under Glossy Accents on a bottle cap. The bottle cap was painted around the edge with PaperArtsy Fresco's "London Bus" and then a coat of their Metallic Gloss was added at which point it turned a bit pink rather than the red I hoped for. A little lace was added and a piece of seam binding coloured with Distress Ink and that's February tag in the bag. I feel as if the year is already rushing by!
Tag Recipe
Card
Anna Maria Designs Super Smooth, Super White, Printer Card 300gsm
Ink/Paint
Distress Inks - Worn Lipstick, Crushed Olive, Walnut Stain
Versafine - Onyx Black, Satin Red
PaperArtsy Fresco Paint - London Bus, Metallic Glaze
Stamp
Crafty Individuals CI-224
Other
Lace
Bottle top
Seam binding
7 comments:
This is lovely, Maggie! Thank you for joining in the challenge.
Jane x
This is most fabulous. I really like what you have achieved ((hugs)) :o)
A lovely calender tag
It's a lovely tag, Tim would be proud! You reminded me about bottle caps, they make great embellishments must pull them out!
Great vintage tag, love the bottle top embelli :)
Lovely tag, love the touch of green in the background! I've not used bottle caps for ages, I wonder where mine are! xx
A wonderful tag, love the added bottle cap.
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