One Little Tag Craft Challenge #60

Here is my tag for leap year 2016. 

Three colors of inktense blocks were rubbed over a manila tag then activated with a water brush. White acrylic paint was sponged through a Tim Holtz Stencil. The sentiment (River City Rubber) and flower (Stampington) were stamped with archival ink jet black.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #59

Inktense blocks were rubbed on a manila tag and then activated with water. White acrylic paint was stenciled through a Tim Holtz stencil. Bird (Inkadinkado), Quote (Invoke) and daisy border (Stampington) were stamped on rage with archival ink jet black.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #58

Napkin was adhered to a manila tag. Advertising slogan was stamped with Archival Ink Jet Black.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #57

Tape was torn and adhered to a manila tag and then acrylic paint was paint over it and wiped off. Script image (Stampington) and phrase (unknown) was stamped with archival ink jet black over tape background. Female image (Invoke) was stamped on tissue paper with Archival Ink Jet Black and adhered onto the tag. Flowers and lips were accentuated with pink nail polish.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #56

Pink invoice was stenciled with white acrylic paint and then adhered to a manila tag. Script, flowers (all from Stampington) and bee (unknown) were stamped in Archival Ink Jet Black.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #55

Left over acrylic paint was watered down then a manila tag. Peacock napkin was adhered to tag and word was stamped with Archival Ink Jet Black. Metallic Rub on in blue was rubbed along the edge.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #54

  

Using Technique Junkies Stamps and archival ink in Jet Black images were stamped on scrapbook paper. The paper was applied to a manila tag. The sentiment is chartpak rub ons.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #53

Scrapbook paper was applied to a manila tag. Female image (Unknown Company) was stamped on tissue paper using archival ink in jet black. Circles were drawn with the assistance of a Dylusions stencil and Permapaque Markers. Epoxy stickers was applied to each circle. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #52

Scrapbook paper was adhered to a manila tag. Technique Junkies imaged was stamped on scrapbook paper with archival ink jet black. Image was colored with Inktense pencils. Word is a Tim Holtz stencil and was stenciled using black acrylic paint. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #51

Two designs of scrapbook paper were torn and applied to a manila tag. Altenew Painted Flower image was stamped with Archival Ink in jet black and colored with Zig Clear Color Real Brush Markers.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #50

Background paper was created by stamping acrylic paint (Claudine Helmuth Studio Paints) using a toilet paper role on graph paper.  The background paper was applied to a manila tag. Images of flowers and leaves (My Favorite Things) were stamped with mementos ink in the colors of angel pink, pear tart and bamboo leaves as well as the outline image was stamped in Archival Ink jet black. Applied the epoxy sticker(unknown company).

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #49

A manila tag was punched with a Crop a dile creating a series of punches in two sizes. Then it was stamped with a stamp from hero arts circle shadow stamp and memento ink in angel pink, pear tart, and lady bug. Each circle was outlined with an inktense pencil. The word "poppies" was stamped with alphabet stamps (unknown brand) with archival ink in jet black.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #48

A manila tag was punched using a crop a dile and then a variety of colored eyelets were set in place with Crop a dile. Using a soda bottle cap circles are traced using inktense pencils in a variety colors. The word "effervescence" was applied using Martha Stewart Crafts rub ons.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #47

Vintage white invoice was applied to a manila tag. Female image (Zettiology) was stamped using Archival Ink in jet black on a pink vintage invoice and glued to the tag. Sentiment was chartpak rub ons.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge # 46

Using a diamond shaped foam stamp was used to apply Elmer's Glue to a manila tag. After glued dried, a twistable crayola crayon was used to outline each diamond. Watercolor crayon was colored over tag and the activated with water.  Motel (Gadzilla) and Fan Dancer (Technique Junkies) were stamped with Archival Ink Jet Black on tissue paper and then adhered to the tag. Vinyl letter stickers were applied.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #45

Sheet music was applied to a manila tag. Inktense blocks where applied in an ombré effect. Tim Holtz Heart Stencils was outlined with a white Permapaque marker. Images from Artistic Outpost were stamped with archival ink in jet black.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #44

Using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers a stencil image from Tim Holtz was outlined and then blurred with water. Images (Stampington) were stamped on tag with Archival Ink Jet Black. Epoxy sticker was applied. Edges of tag were emphasized with a watercolor crayon.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #43

Watercolor gel crayons were scribbled on a flourish stamp (Stampington) , sprayed with water and stamped on a manila tag in both blue and green.  Architectural image (Art Neko) and receipt image (manufacturer unknown) were stamped with Archival Ink Jet Black. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #42

 

On a vintage book page, Tim Holtz stencil was out lined with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers in several shade of pink.  Water was used to achieve a water color effect.  Image (manufacturer is unknown) was stamped in Archival Ink Jet Black.  Book page was adhered to tag.  Decorative packing tape was applied to tag. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #41

Using a some cardboard waste was a game as a stencil, circles were drawn on with a Stabilo 88 point pen and then colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers on to a manila tag.  Mushroom image was stamped in each circle using Archival Ink Jet Black.  Mushroom image is a hero arts stamp.  Happiness image (Hero Arts) was stamped on to pink scrapbook paper.  Paper was torn around image and then adhered to tag.  Washi tape was applied to tag. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #40

A book page was applied to a manila tag. Fleur dis lys image (manufacturer unknown) was stamped with Zig Clear Color Real Brush Pens then colored in with Permapaque Markers. Greeting was stamped with archival in in jet black. Stamps are from unknown companies.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #39

One of the weekly challenges for the One Little Tag Craft challenge was to tangle or zentangle in stencil. 

Using a Tulip Dahlia stencil, the image was outlined using a black Staedtler Mars Tri-Plus Fineline  marker on to a manila tag.  Images were drawn inside outline using the same pen. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #38

This year for Super Bowl since my New Orleans Saints were not playing  I decided who I would cheer for by the weather on the morning of February 7th as I walked my dog. If there was blue skies I would root for the Broncos and if cloudy I would root for Carolina. It was blue skies so I cheered Peyton Manning (A New Orleans Connection) and the Denver Broncos. They won because of my support.  LOL. 

A vintage map of the state of Colorado was applied to a manila tag. The image of the horse (the company is unknown) was stamped on Kraft color tissue paper with archival ink in jet black. It was glued on with Elmers glue all (my favorite PVA glue).  The image was highlighted with white inktense pencil. The sentiment was chartpak rub ons. 

 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #37

 

A Dina Wakley stencil was sprayed with glimmer mist, was printed on to a manila tag.  Once dry, images were stamped with Archival Ink Jet Black.  A mask was used on the face, so that images would appear behind the face.  All images are from Cherry Pie Stamps.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #36

A manila tag was pressed against a stencil that had been sprayed with Dylusions spray as a way to clean up.  Colors of Dylusions strap was After Midnight and Cut Grass. The stencil was a Plaid three piece stencil of a Fleur de lys. Drops of Fireworks Spray from Imagine Crafts was flicked around the image.  Summer Sky was the name of the color.  Washi Tape from Recollections was applied to the tag.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #35

Latex caulk was spread on to decorative paper through a stencil and allowed to cure for several days. Black acrylic paint was painted over the images and then wiped off with a baby wipe creating a resist technique similar to Joseph's coat technique. The images were torn out of sheet. 

Decorative paper and deco tape was adhered to a manila tag. Resist images were adhered to tag as well as sticker. 

Some time my art experiments work and some times the fail epically. This one is an in between.   I like the crisp design which does not always happen with resist techniques but the caulk remains tacky/sticky. I won't be using latex caulk in this manner again. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #34

Dylusions sprays were applied to a manila tag, colors were Crushed Grape and After Midnight.  Though a stencil girl stencil. Once dried,  Tattered angels Glimmer Mist in gold was applied. Gold foil Dresden accents from Martha Stewart Crafts were applied.  

In real life, the tag has a lot more shimmer.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #33

 

This tag was created to honor the groundhog that predicted spring would be here soon.  

Violet acrylic paint was applied to a manila tag through a stencil (company unknown).  Once dried Dylusions Spray in Cut Grass was sprayed creating a resist.  With a white china marker the flowers were outlined.  Sentiment was created using rub on letters and a vintage book page. 

 Cut crass  2-2-2016

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #32

Several colors of acrylic paint was painted on a tag. The paint was left over from other projects and instead of being discarded was painted on to random tags to be used later. The flower swirls and birds both by Inkadinkado are stamped on Archival Ink Jet Black as well as the sentiment (Momenta). Window was created with scrapbook paper. The cut out pieces were curled with a pencil to create a stronger focal image.