One Little Tag Craft Challenge #274

On a shipping tag create a background using watercolor ghosting technique.  Color with watercolor crayon in green. Activate with water and let dry.  Lay stencil(Dylusions) and spray with water then soak up the water with a paper towel.  Let dry.  Stamp statement(Tim Holtz) with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Tear a piece of color book page to fit the bottom of the tag and cut a piece of color book page to fit the top of the tag.

Masking Tape Texture Technique

I enjoy finding techniques that create texture with supplies I already have.  The masking tape texture technique is one such technique.  I first learned this technique in sixth grade.  It is a technique that will work on paper, canvas, glass, 3-D items or anything else the tape will stick to.

Ingredients

Substrate - I used a shipping tape

Masking tape - I used both plain manila color as well as decorative Scotch Tape

Paint - In these examples I used acrylic paint but you can use anything that will adhere to the tape including shoe polish

Scissors

 1.  Apply tape to substrate.  You can tear them into pieces and apply them randomly like the picture above.  The tape can be applied in structured way such as below.

2.  Paint the taped surface.  Applying two differnt colors of paint can emphasis the texture more.  

 3.  This technique can be used as a background such as I did in the picure below or you can leave as is like the pictures above.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #273

Paint a shipping tag with orange acrylic paint and let dry.  Cover the tag with white glue then paint white acrylic over the top.  Let dry.  Adhere magazine image to tag.  Embellish with glitter tape, washi tape and rhinestones.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #272

On a shipping tag, create background using an ink blowing technique with Dr. Ph Martin's Hydrus Ink in two colors.  Let dry,  Stamp large sea shell stamp (Stamp Zia) in Jet Black Archival Ink.  On drawing paper, stamp sentifment and mermaid image (Graphic 45) in Jet Black Archival Ink.  Tear around the image and quote.  Color the mermaid image by using distress markers as watercolor paint.  Spritz with distress marker using Tim Holtz Spritzer.  Adhere images and quote to shipping tag.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #271

Adhere a piece of vintage text to a shipping tag.  Stamp word image(Lost Coast Designs) and roses(Recollections) with Archival Ink Jet Black. Color with Recollections watercolor crayons.  

Fine Line Glitter Technique

The secret to this technique is having a fine liner glue bottle like the ones they use in quilling.  

Ingredients

Fine Line Glue Bottle

Glue (Dimensional Magic was used here.)

Image (A Decorative Napkin was used here.)

Glitter

1.  Choose image and identify areas that might benefit from some sprakle.

2.  Using the fine liner bottle and glue, add glue to areas where glitter will be.

3.  Highlight one color at a time.   Add glue to all the places that will be green, pour green glitter over the image.  Pour off extra glitter.

4, Repeat for each color.

5. Let dry.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #270

Adhere color book page to shipping tag, trim to size and allow to dry.  Stamp image (Dylusions) with archival ink in Jet Black on drawing paper.  Cut out and adhere to tag.  Apply sticker (Recollections.)

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #269

Spread gesso onto a shipping tag through a stencil (Tim Holtz) and let dry.  Spray with dylusions sprays (Cut Grass) and let dry.  Stamp image (Lost Coast Designs) with Archival Ink Jet Black on tissue paper.  Cut out and adhere to tag.  Print out quote on P-Touch and adhere to tag.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #268

Apply a vintage book page to tag.  With Golden Glaze create texture by drawing in the glaze with a popsicle stick.  When dry, dry brush stately blue buttercream paint over the texture.  Let dry.  Stamp image (Dylusions) on white tissue paper using Archival Ink Jet Black and adhere to tag.  Stamp quote (Tim Holtz)  on vintage text page with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Adhere to tag.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #267

Adhere scrapbook paper to manila shipping tag.  Stamp bird images (Lost Coast Designs) with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Adhere masking tape around image to create texture.  With two colors of acrylic paint, dry brush over the tape and some of the images leaving the center lighter than rest of tag.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #266

Apply decorative tag to shipping tag.  Stamp image on white tissue paper (Lost Coast Designs) using Archival Ink Jet Black.  Adhere to tag.  Apply stickers (Tim Holtz).

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #265

Adere decorative tissue to a shipping tag, wrinkling tissue paper creates dimension.  Let dry.  Stamp image (Lost Coast Designs) on white tissue paper with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Adhere to tag.  Apply sticker to tag.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #264

Apply white acrylic paint through a stencil (Tim Holtz) onto a manila tag.  Let dry.  Spray with color spray (Recollections) and let dry.  With black acrylic paint and a stencil (Dina Wakley) stencil the woman's image.  Let dry.  Paint wood veneer bird blue and speckle with white paint, let dry.  Adhere bird, washi tape and stickers to tag.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #263

On a manila tag, sponge on Dylusions Spray and Recollections Spray.  Let dry.  Stamp image on tissue paper with Jet Black Archival Ink and adhere to tag.  Apply washi tape and apply rhinestones to the washi tape.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #262

Spray shipping tag with Dylusions spray in Lemon Zest and let dry.  Using Compass Stencil (Dina Wakley) spray Tangerine Dream Dylusions spray.  Let dry.  Stamp all images (Dylusions) with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Color bird with inktense pencils and activate with water.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #261

Stamp text image on to a shipping tag (Hampton Arts) several times in Archival Ink Jet Black.  Sponge blue spray ink on tag and let dry.  On graph paper, stencil arrows (Dina Wakley) with Recollections Spray Ink.  Let dry.  Adhere to tag.  Stamp image of feather (Hampton Arts) with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Adhere washi tape and sticker, emphasis by outlining the embellishments.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #260

Adhere purple glitter washi tape to the top of a shipping tag.  Create background paper using scrapbook paper, dylusions paints and key hole (Dylusions).  Trim background paper to fit shipping tag and tear off the top portion to create a jagged edge.  Adhere background paper to tag.  Stamp word on mail label with alphabet stamps (Wordsworth) and Archival Ink Jet Black.  Adhere to tag.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #259

Paint a shipping tag with white gesso and let dry.  Cut squares of decorative tissue paper and adhere to tag.  Outline squares for emphasis.  Stamp harlequin (Stampendous) with Viva Decor 3D Stamp Paint in violet.  Stamp peacock (So Suzy Stamps) on white tisse paper with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Adhere to tag.  Using dimensional magic to adhere Buttercream small sequins.  Let dry.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #258

Using two colors of Buttercream decor paint create an ombre backgound on a shipping tag.  Adhere doily and sticker.  Doodle around the edge with permapaque marker in metallic pink.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #257

Press shipping tag to a stencil (Dina Wakley) to create an impression. Let dry.  Stamp image (Unknown) on a doily and adhere to tag.  Outline doily cutouts with watersolible grahite pencil to create shadow.  Apply rub-on letters to tag.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #256

Create a piece of scrapbook revamp uisng dylusion paints and stencils.  Apply pieces of the revamp to a manila tag.  Apply sticker images.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #255

Adhere painted circles background to a shipping tag and trim.  Stamp quote on mail label with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Adhere the label onto tag.  

Video of the instruction for the background piece https://youtu.be/i_Iv2Lx_aY4

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #254

Using Julie Fei Fan Balzer technique, create background using dylusions paints and stencils.  Stamp image on shipping tag Archival Ink Jet Black.  Tear background and adhere around stamp images. Apply washi tape to the tag.  Highlight the tears and washi tape with watersolible graphite pencil.  

Video with the background technique https://youtu.be/xEWsO7qR0Bg

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #253

Using Dina Wakley compass stencil and Recollections Spray Ink (Blue) create a background.  Let dry.  Sponge Dylusions Spray in Tangerine Dream over the tag.  Let dry.  Stamp all images (Post Script and Stampinton) with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Adhere rub-on letters to tag.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #252

Apply piece of scrapbook paper to a manila tag.  Apply cat images to tag.  (Cat images were created by a friend using Tim Holtz Stamps and dies) Write the sentiment.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #251

 

Paint white gesso on a manila tag and let dry.  Cut tissue paper into squares and apply with gel medium.  Let dry.  Out line the squares.  On white tissue paper, stamp dancer image with Jet Black Archival Ink and use gel medium to adhere it to the tag.  Let dry.  Apply sentiment sticker to tag then write quote with permanent marker.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #250

Adhere string to a manila tag in a spiral pattern with glue and let dry.  Spread gel medium over the tag and overlay a piece of tissue paper.  Let dry.  Paint with black gesso and let dry.  Rub Viva Decore 3D Stamp Paint in violet over the string raised impression.  Apply the alphabet stickers.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #249

Press a manilla tag to a stencil covered with color spray (Recollections) and let dry.  Using black acrylic paint  and a wood veneer bird stamp images.  Let dry.  Write memory in bottom let corner.  

Every year in September a large flock of swift come to roost at a local elemetary school.  It is such a wonderful event to watch.  I go each year and am always amazed.  This tag marks the event.  Here is the link to the event if you would like more information.  http://audubonportland.org/local-birding/swiftwatch

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #248

Uisng an ink blender, apply dylusion paints to a manila tag and let dry.  Adhere decorative doily to tag.  Stamp bird image (Lost Coast Designs) and archival ink in Jet Black.  Using dementional magic apply purple mini marbles.  Let dry.  Apply epoxy stickers.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #247

On a manila tag, spray Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist and a Dina Wakley stencil .  Let dry.  Stamp peacock image (Lost Coast Designs) with archival ink. Apply sticker letters and adhere sequins.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #246

Apply napkin to a manilla tag with gel medium.  Let dry.  Stamp image (Lost Coast Designs) on tissue paper and with gel medium apply to tag.  Using rub ons to create lyrics and embellish with small pearls.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #245

On a manila tag, stencil compass (Dina Wakley) with black acrylic ink and spray with yellow spray (Recollections) and let dry.  Using Dr. Ph Martin's Hydrus Ink and water create runny ink drips.  Let dry.  Stamp crow (Lost Coast Designs) on a vintage music sheet with archival ink.  Tear out.  On a vintage sticker apply rub on letters and apply on the tag.