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 #143

A man's kiss is his signature - Mae West

Spread Hickory Smoke Distress Ink on a non stick craft sheet and spray with water.  Drag a manila tag through the ink puddle.  Let dry.  Using Archival Ink Carnation Red stamp lips background stamp (Stampendous).  Stamp quote with Archival Ink Jet Black using an Echo Park Alphabet Set.  Using an ink blending tool, blend Hickory Smoke Distress Ink along the edge.  Accent several sets up lips with Dimensional Magic.  Let dry. 

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 #140

The butterfly counts not months but moments and has time enough - Tagore

I edited this quote to flow better on the tag.  

On a manila tag stamp the text stamp in two colors of Archival Ink (Forget-Me-Not and Sap Green). Stamp butterfly collage (KaiserKraft) in Momento Ink London Fog.  Stamp quote using alphabet stamps and Archival Ink Cobalt.  Stamp butterflies with Archival Ink Cobalt and Forget-Me-Not).  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #138

For the benefit and enjoyment of the people - North Gate of Yellowstone Park

I saw this quote during PBS historical documentary of the US National Park Service.  In my opinion, all government should strive to embrace this quote.  

This weeks promt for The One Little Tag Craft Challenge is quotes.  I usually create my tags and then try to find a quote to match the theme.  I approached this weeks tags differently and had the quotes decided on first and then created tags to go with the quotes.  

Spray Dylusions Sprays (Cut Grass and Fresh Lime) on a non stick craft sheet and drag a manila tag through the puddle of color.  Let dry.  Stamp background design (Stampington) with Memento Ink London Fog.  Stamp the quote and cowboy (Crone's Art) a on tag with Archival Ink Jet Black.