UK stampers forum decorated tag swap

I few days ago I made some stripy panels using scraps of cardstock and whilst I was making them had no idea how I would end up using them – but then on Saturday I had an idea for my UK stampers forum tag of a half and half tag – so that is what I made!

I used one of the stripy panels to cover just over half of the tag and then stamped a piece of white with the daisy stamps and embossed them and covered the other half of the tag with that!

I added a very thin strip of gold to the seam which helped finish it off nicely.

I then stamped and embossed the individual flowers and leaves and fussy cut them out.

I added colour using my watercolour paints and once dry I added them to the tag. The largest flower I added using the foam adhesive to raise it up for dimension.

I chose a Dina Wakely press plate sentiment I had foiled in green on yellow. I stacked it up with some more of the die cut shape in black for underneath – I thought the black worked with the bold stamping.

I then finished the tag with three large enamel dots, the black sparkly gem and some yellow seam binding. Oh and also doodled the lines around the edge of the tag to frame it.

Really happy with how this came out and pleased I’ve already got one of the stripy panels used – I have quite a few more to use up so no doubt some more stripy projects will happen soon!

Happy crafting!

Catherine