One Little Tag Craft Challenge #144

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. - A. A. Milne

Create background using string painting technique using purple, blue and pink acrylic paint on book text.  Let dry.  Rip up background and adhere to manila tag in random fashion.  Stamp out quote on tissue paper with Archival Ink Jet Black with alphabet stamps.  Cut out each words individually.  Apply to tag.  Stamp design (Stencil1) along the bottom and top of the tag with same ink.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #142

I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year. - Harper Lee

On a manila tag, color watercolor crayons and activate with water.  Let dry.  Using a baby wipe, paint blue acrylic paint through a stencil (Tim Holtz) with a baby wipe.  Let dry.  Stamp quote on graph paper, stamp quote with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Tear around each word and then adhere to tag.  Stamp bird image (Stencil1) with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Spray with glitter spray.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #141

I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch. - Gilda Radner

This quote from Gilda Radner has always been one of my favorite.  I choose to use the quote on the tag for May 20th because this is the day Ms Radner died from breast cancer in 1989.

On a manila tag, dab purple and blue acrylic paint on a tag.  While the paint is wet, press cling film into the paint and create interesting texture.  Let set for several hours and then remove the cling film and then allow the paint to dry all the way

Stamp quote with an alphabet stamps and Archival Ink Jet Black.  Stamp daisy image around the edge of the tag with Memento Ink London Fog.  Using Dylusions Stencil, pounce black acrylic ink through the silhouette stencil.  Let dry.  Apply mini pearls to the tag.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #135

Paint a manila tag red with acrylic paint.  Let dry.  Cut out heart and dot portion of a napkin and separate the the layers of the napkin.  Adhere the printed layer to the tag.  Mask napkin to protect it from the stamping.  Using a soda bottle lid and black acrylic paint stamp circles over the top section of the tag.  Let dry.  With white acrylic paint and a q-tip, dot the center of each of the black circles.  Let dry.  Apply Dimensional Magic to the top of the heart.  Let dry for at least 12 hours.  

Dimensional Magic is a Mod Podge/Delta product that is similar to Glossy Accents.  I have about 10 bottles of the stuff.  I found it on clearance for 25 cents and bought all they have.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #130

Using a clean baby wipe apply three colors of Dylusions Paint in Bubble Gum Pink, Vibrant Turquoise, and Crushed Grape.  Let Dry.  Stamp the images with Archival Ink Jet Black.  The Mona Lisa image is from a company no longer in business and the Beauty stamp is from Lost Coast Stamps.  Using the Dylusions Stencil Shattered spray glitter spray over the tag.  (The shimmer is hard to see in the picture but trust me it is there.)

Here is Dyan Reaveley showing how to do the baby wipe technique  https://youtu.be/85HCbQGkjfA.  For this technique a little paint goes a long way. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #129

Paint a manila tag with a baby wipe and Dylusions Paints in Crushed Grape and Bubble Gum Pink.  Let Dry.  Stencil circle images (Dina Wakley) with Vibrant Turquoise Dylusions Paint.  Let dry.  Stamp images with Archival Ink Jet Black.  The love stamp is from Lost Coast Designs.  The flower is a Recollections Stamp and the mom stamps are from Hero Arts. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #128

 On a book page, dab water downed acrylic paint in orange and purple using your finger tool.  Let dry.  Adhere to a manila tag.  Stamp images onto tage

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #120

Swipe bingo dauber ink on a manila tag and spray with water.  Let dry.  Create a stencil with hand punch and an index card.  Spread molding paste with a palette knife through handmade stencil.  Molding paste was created by Art C by Momenta.  Let Dry.  Stamp image (Lost Coast Design) in Archival Ink Jet Black.  Apply wash tape to the bottom of the tag.  Pounce Pewter paint by Tim Holtz around the images.  Let dry.   

One LIttle Tag Craft Challenge #117

The challenge for this week on the One Little Tag Craft Challenge is adding fiber.  I don't often use fiber in my art so I have been struggling to keep up with this challenge.  I thought the rope from this stamp set qualified as fiber.  I know it is a stretch but hey I am an artist. 

Clean a stencil by pressing the wet paint a manila tag.  This will create a reverse ghost image.  Let dry.  All images are from Stencil1 and are stamped with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Stamp the star and anchor images first, then mask off using post-it notes before stamping rope image.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #116

 Adhere book text to a manila tag.  Using left over acrylic paint on a non stick craft sheet, spray water on craft sheet.  Drag tag through the puddle of water downed paint until background is as you wish.  Using gel medium adhere colored string in a circle on tag.  Let dry.  Doodle flower using an permanent marker.  Doodle detail on the top of the tag. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #115

 Using an old book create string painting.  One way to do it is this way from One Minute Muse.  I used three colors of acrylic paint and three pieces of string.   Let dry.  Tear out of book and adhere to a manila tag.  Stamp flower images (Inkadinkado) with Archival Ink Jet Black on the text paper.  Stamp Text image (Lost Coast Designs) on handmade paper with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Tear out image and adhere to tag.  

One LIttle Tag Craft Challenge #113

Smear acrylic paint in a ombre  pattern on a manila tag.  Let dry.  Using Dylusions Stencil in a brick pattern outline brick image with permanent marker.  Stamp quote on a sticker label with Recollections Stamps and Archival Ink in Jet Black.  Adhere Crazy Cat Image on to tag. 

The Crazy Cat image was created for me by a friend.  She used the Tim Holtz Stamps and dies. 

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 #111

 Harriet Tubman has always been a heroine for me.  Today it was announced she would be the first Female  on US paper currency and the first person of African Descent on any US Currency.  I am excited because I hope this means generations of Americans with be curious to find out all the great things this one woman was able to accomplish.  This tag was a simple one because there is not way a tag could include all the accomplishments this woman has done and all the inspiration she has provided to me.   Every time I look up into the stars I think of how she used the North Star to lead people to their freedom.  It is believed she led over 300 people out of slavery.  Amazing.

Green acrylic paint was spread on a manila tag with a gift card.  Let dry.  Stamp image of Harriet Tubman (Post Script Studio) and the sentiment with Archival Ink Jet Black.  

Unfortunately Postscript Studio is no longer manufacturing stamps.  This stamp is on a stamp block with 3 other images, of Einstein, Billie Holiday and Frida Kahlo.  All are people I admire.  I originally bought this stamps in 2004 but lost it in Hurricane Katrina.  I watched for it on Ebay for years after the hurricane.  I wanted it back.  In 2014, it finally was on Ebay I bought it out right and did not just bid on it I wanted it that badly.    A small victory over a natural disaster. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #98

Paint an manila tag with blue acrylic paint, while still wet lay cling film over tag and scrunch it up.  Let dry.  Stamp bird stamp (Manufacturer unknown) several times using Archival Ink Jet Black.  Die cut label out of cardstock. Stamp word on label with Archival Ink Jet Black and alphabet stamp (Manufacturer unknown),  Adhere label to tag.  Adhere sequins to label.