One Little Craft Tag Challenge #135

On a watercolor tag, create a background with Distress Paint and the Acrylic Paint Smooshing Technique.  Let dry.  Cut out puppy image and the sentiment and adhere to the tag.  Let dry.  The puppy image and phrase is from a cloth children's' book.  Using a Pentel Fabric Gel pen outline the image and the phrase.  

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #127

On a watercolor tag create a background using the Acrylic Paint Smooshing Technique using turquoise paint.  Let dry.  Stencil with backgrounds with blue, black and white acrylic paint using several different stencils (Tim Holtz and Crafter's Warehouse) and let dry.  Cut a piece of vintage dictionary page and adhere to the tag.   Stamp Penny several times and car with Archival Ink in Jet Black.  All Stamps are from Viva Las Vegas Stamps. Cut out the images and adhere to the tag.  Emphasis the images and the edge of the tag with a Stabilo All Pencil and blend with water.


This tag was entered in the Viva Las Vegas Stamps Monthly Challenge for May.

I am proud to say my tag that entered in VLVS' April Challenge won.  Thanks VLVS.  

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #72

On watercolor paper tag, create a background with distress paints and the Acrylic Paint Smooshing Technique.  Let dry.  Stamp the background, image and sentiment (Unity) with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Doodle around images with a pigment pen.  

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #29

On a watercolor tag, create a background with distress paint using the Acrylic Paint Smooshing Technique and let dry.  Stamp all images with Archival Ink Jet Black.  The figure and the background stamp are from Unity Stamp Company and the numbers are from Amy Tangerine.  

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #25

On a vintage dictionary page create a background with Distress Paint and Acrylic Paint Smooshing Technique.  Let dry and then adhere to a chipboard tag.  Stamp the sentiment with letter stamps and Archival Ink Jet Black.  On watercolor paper, create colorful paper with Ken Oliver Color Bursts and let dry.  Die cut stars for the color bursts paper and adhere to the tag.  Emphasis with Stabilo All Pencil. 

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #23

On a manila tag, create a background with pink acrylic paint and the Acrylic Paint Smooshing Technique and let.  Stamp circles with the with an Ink Blender repeated.  Let it dry.  On a piece of kraft cardstock white wash with gesso and let dry.  Stamp the image (Dina Wakley) with Archival Ink Jet Black on the kraft paper.  Dot with the dot of life with white Molotow Pen.  Adhere deco tape to the tag and embellish with bakers twine bow.  

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #12

Create a background on vintage dictionary paper using Acrylic Paint Smooshing Technique and let dry.  Adhere background to a chipboard tag.  Stamp images on tag with Archival Ink Jet Black. Bird is from Dina Wakley.  Numbers and vines are from Tim Holtz.  

One little tag craft challenge #302

Adhere vintage book text to a shipping tag and let dry.  Using the acrylic paint smooshing technique create a background.  Let dry.  On text paper, create painted circles, tear and adhere to the shipping tag.  On a text paper stamp image(Lost Coast Design) and sentiment(Tim Holtz) with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Cut out and adhere to tag. 

Acrylic Paint Smooshing Tutorial

This tutorial is a quick easy technique that creates a background with depth and interest.  Its also a great way to use up extra paint.

Ingredients
Non Stick Craft Mat or other non stick sheet
Acrylic paint - I used some craft acrylic paint I got in a kit
Substrate - I used a shipping tag
Spray bottle with water

Step 1 On a non-stick sheet spread several color of acrylic paint.  For a softer look spray water into the paint.

2. Press the substrate into the paint.  Spraying water on the tag prior to putting the tag into the paint will create a softer look.  If you spray the tag after it has paint on it you will be a very running blended look.

A tag that had water sprayed on it prior to being smooshed into the paint

 3.  Repeat on the same tag until you have the coverage you desire.  Let dry.

This tag was not sprayed with water so the lines are not as soft.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #283

On a shipping tag create a background using the acrylic paint technique in three colors.  Let dry.  Stamp flower images and sentiment (Hero Arts) in Archival Ink Jet Black on tissue paper.  Cut out and adhere to tag.  Let dry.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #281

Paint a shipping tag with gesso and let dry.  Smoosh two colors of acrylic paint on to the tag using the acrylic paint smooshing technique and let dry.  Adhere napkin using napkin applique technique and let dry.  Stamp word on white tissue with alphabet stamps and Archival Ink Jet Black.  Adhere to tag and let dry.  With dimensional magic outline napkin image and apply gold glitter.  Let dry.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #280

Adhere vintage text page to a shipping tag.  Let dry.  Using acrylic paint smooshing technique create background.  Let dry.  Sponge white acrylic paint in a checkered pattern.  Let dry.  Using Golden Paint Glaze create drips along the top.  Adhere butterfly with napkin applique technique.  Let dry.  Stamp saying with alphabet stamps and Archival Ink Jet Black.  With dimensional magic, adhere cluster of small marbles.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #278

On a shipping tag, lay masking tape to create texture and then apply acrylic paint using Paint Smooshing Technique.  Let dry.  I used pink, orange and white acrylic paint.  Stamp images and sentiment(Inkadinkado) on white tissue paper with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Adhere to tag.  Embellish with washi tape.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #218

Apply gesso to a shipping tag and let dry.  Apply acrylic paint to the tag and a vintage book text using the Acrylic Paint Smooshing Technique and let dry.  Stamp images(Hero Arts) on book text in Archival Ink Jet Black.  Cut out and adhere to tag.  Embellish with word sticker and washi tape.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #204

Create background using Acrylic Paint Smooshing Technique.  On a non-stick sheet spread several color of acrylic paint and spray with water then press vintage text page into paint.  Let dry.  Adhere text page to a shipping tag.  Stamp a bottle cap with black acrylic paint and let dry.  Adhere sticker and fabric tape.

One Little Tag Challenge #150

On a non stick craft sheet dab several colors of acrylic paint.  The colors used were turquoise, purple, and white.  Spray paint with a lit mist of water and run manila tag through the color.  Make sure to cover entire tag.  Let dry.  Stamp Butterfly image (KaiserKraft) and  text image (Hampton Arts) on tag with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Apply small gems and rub on letters.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #112

 

Today the musical artist Prince died.  His music has been part of the soundtrack of my life.  As a teenager I was into alternative music and his fusion of rock, R&B, jazz and synthesized music was amazing.  The song Starfish and Coffee was sort of an anthem for me.  The idea of a young girl who did not fit in with everyone else and was teased for it resounded with the experience I had in school.  This tag was made in his honor.

Spread several colors of acrylic paint on a non stick craft sheet.  Mist with water. Smoosh manila tag into the paint, making sure to cover the entire tag.  Let it dry.  Stamp script stamp (A Stamp in the Hand) over the acrylic paint using Archival Ink Jet Black.  Stamp quote on handmade paper with the same ink.  Tear out each word individually.  Spray a puddle of Dylusions Spray in Crushed Grape on a non stick craft sheet.  Spray stamped pieces of paper with quote on it and then dip edges in the purple puddle.  Let dry.  Adhere to tag. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #77

This quote is something a friend of mine would say every year during the St. Patrick's Day Parade in New Orleans.  It felt like an appropriate celebration for the day.  

Gesso was applied to a manila tag in a haphazard way so that not the entire tag was covered.  For the acrylic paint smooshing technique, green and blue acrylic paint were applied to a non stick craft mat and then sprayed with water.  The tag was swiped through the wet paint to apply to the tag creating a mottled application.  Once dried, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in gold was applied through a Stencil Girl Stencil.  Sentiment was stamped onto handmade paper with Archival Ink Jet Black then sprayed with the Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in gold so that it would match.  Phrase was torn out of paper and applied to tag.