One Little Craft Tag Challenge #140

On a manila tag, create a shattered image with the Image Mosaic Technique.  Outline all the paper pieces with a black sharpie pen.  Paint around the paper with black acrylic paint and let dry.  Adhere washi tape to the tag.  

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #134

On mixed media paper create a background with Ken Oliver Color Bursts using the Watercolor Pigment Dry/Wet Technique.  Let dry.  Using graph paper dye the paper with instant coffee.  Let the paper dry.  Stamp the sentiment and the image on the coffee paper with Archival Ink Jet Black.  All stamps are from Graphic 45.  Cut out the image and adhere to the tag.  Tear out the sentiment and adhere to the tag.  Adhere washi tape at the bottom of the tag.  

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #123

Adhere a paper towel to a chipboard tag.  This paper towel was used to clean up Dr Ph Martin's Hydrus Ink.  Let dry.  Cut out corgi image from greeting card and adhered to tag.  Stamp phrase on tissue paper with letter stamps (Stampendous) with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Cut out and adhere to the tag.  Let dry.  Adhere washi tape to the base of the tag.  Stitch strips yellow flannel with green embroidery floss.  Adhere the flannel to the tag.

This week's challenge at the One Little Craft Tag Challenge is to use busy backgrounds.  This is the first in that series.  

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #113

On a black tag, create a background with three colors of Distress Oxides using the watercolor smooshing technique and heat set.  Adhere newspaper clipping, washi tape and rhinestone embellishment on to the tag.  

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #94

On a watercolor tag, using Dylusions sprays and a stencil create a background with the watercolor ghosting technique.  Let dry.  Adhere washi tape in a grid pattern.  Stamp floral image repeatedly on watercolor paper with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Cut out and adhere to tag.  

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #53

On a tag made from watercolor paper create a backhground using the Masking Tape Pattern Technique.  See below.  Let dry.  Cut flowers out of black cardstock with die cuts.  Adhere to tag.  Apply washi tape. 

Ingredients

Masking or Washi Tape (Washi Tape)

Watercolor Paper (Tag from watercolor paper) 

Watercolor Paint (Crayola)

Watercolor Brush

Clean water

Water to clean brush

Burnishing Tool (Old Gift Card)

Steps
1.  On a watercolor paper substrate apply strips of tape.  Burnish tape down to secure adhesion.
2.  With a clean paint brush, add clean water between tape stripes to create puddles.
3.  Add watercolor to each puddle.  Allow paint to blend.  Tipping the substrate assists with blending.
4.  Let dry naturally
5.  Remove tape.
6.  Enjoy.

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #11

On a watercolor tag, create a background with Stencil Printing Technique and Ken Oliver Color Burst.  Let dry. Stamp image and sentiment on tissue paper with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Adhere to tag and let dry.  Embellish with washi tag and stickers.  All stamps are from Viva Las Vegas Stamps.

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 #170

Adhere color book page to tag and trim to size.  Stamp image (Dylusions) on drawing paper using Archival Ink in Jet Black and trim.  Adhere imiage to tag.  Embellish with washi tape. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #109

 

A colorful magazine picture was adhered to a manila tag and painted over with Gesso.  Let dry.

Once the Gesso was dry the script image (A Stamp In The Hand) and flower (Recollections Stamps) were stamped repeatedly using Archival Ink Jet Black.  Apply ripped pieces of washi tape (Recollections).  Stamp sentiments (Hero Arts) with Archival Ink Jet Black on handmade paper and cut out.  Apply to tag.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #102

    

Using the eraser end of a pencil and acrylic paint, stamp circles on text paper.  After dry, adhere to manila tag.  Stamp tree image (Recollections) with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Adhere washi tap and sticker. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #100

      

Color manila tag using Crayola Slick Stix and blend with water.  Dot slick stix on manila tag to create texture.  Let dry.  Stamp images (Recollections) with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Apply washi tape. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #66

Another journal inspired tag.

Metallic water soluble gel crayons were applied to a manila tag and activated with water. The image (Inkadinkado) was stamped on  tissue paper with Archival Ink Jet Black. The tissue paper was then adhered to the tag.  The silhouettes are washi tape from Recollections.  

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.