I decided to join in with the UK stampers forum swap again this month as I made a background as an experiment and wasn’t entirely sure what to do with it … so a tag was made.
I am still going through my stash and trying to get rid of things I don’t use and this Paperartsy stamp set is one I like a lot but never really use now I don’t really do art journalling stuff … so I decided to have a play with the stamps and see if I could make something with them before I listed them for sale.
I took some black cardstock and stamped the stamps using white pigment ink and then went over them with the distress oxides in different colours. This gave a colourful but subtle colour to the whole piece.
Then I sorted through my Art Alchemy paints and did lots of splattering. Unfortunately these paints were quite dry so I had to water them down to reactivate a little and then have had to accept defeat on these and get rid! Such a shame but it’s my fault for not using them more often.
Once the paint was dry I trimmed down the panel into a tag shape and had to decide how to finish off … well of course my stamp set of the moment (Altenew Splendid Bouquet) begged to be used … this time with white embossing the stamp image and then blending using the mix of white pigment and distress oxides.
I die cut it out twice to stack it and give it some strength as I knew it would hang over the edge. I also spritzed it with water to activate the oxides a little.
I added the sentiment from Waffleflower again stacked up for dimension with the thread sandwiched between the sentiment and the image and then added some white card Candi for embellishment.
I added some glossy accents to the stamen on the flowers too.
I chose three bits of blue and green ribbon from the stash to add to the top of the tag and then decided it needed something to finish off … white posca doodled outline did the job perfectly!
I do still really like these stamps but they have gone for sale as unlikely to use them often. I do still have a strip of the background left so will have to do something with that soon and share it … but for now it’s still sat on the desk awaiting inspiration to strike!
Happy crafting!
Catherine
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