One Little Tag Craft Challenge #94

The main image was created from a prompt of Cat Held's Mixed Media Morsels and inspired by a friend, Laurelle. Here is the video of Cat Held demoing the technique.  It is surprisingly easy but makes some dramatic paper.  I made about 5 pages of it in one setting.  I am sure it will show up in more of my tags.

Color a manila Tag with with metallic watercolor crayons.  Using a Tim Stencil and a baby wipe rub away the design creating a ghost image.  Create background text paper using the Mixed Media Morsel painted circle technique.  Using a Dylusions mask, cut out image of female from the created paper.  Adhere to tag. Outline with dashes using an india ink marker. Adhere a strip of the created paper along the edge.  Adhere the line from a book.  The line is "She thought of the love in the heathen woman's breast, from an Andersen's Fairy Tale. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #93

Stencil left over green acrylic paint over a manila card using a Tim Holtz stencil.  Let dry.  Using a Dylusions Mask, color over mask on a piece of text using water color crayons.  Outline image with india ink marker.  Stamp quote on old text paper, cut out and outline with an india marker.  Adhere to tag. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #79

Yellow acrylic was spread on a manila tag with a credit card. When dry, orange paint was applied through a Stencil Girl stencil. All images were stamped using Archival Ink Jet Black. The jeans were masked so the sewer lid would appear behind the jeans. 

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.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #75

 

This week's challenge from Craft Test Dummies is to use acrylic paint.  The background of this tag was completed the week before when the challenge was using stencils.  So bang, two challenges one tag. 

Gesso was applied to a manila tag.  Once dry, acrylic paint (Claudine Helmuth Studio Paints Smidge of Blue) was applied through a Tim Holtz stencil with a baby wipe.  Then image (Oxford Impressions) was stamped on tissue paper with Archival Ink Jet Black and applied to the tag.  Sentiment was stamped on notebook paper with Archival Ink Jet Black. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #73

Green acrylic paint is spread on a manila tag and then using a stencil and baby wipe the image is wiped away in a ghosting technique. All images are stamped with Archival Ink Jet Black. Images are all from Oxford Impressions. Sprayed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Spray. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #72

Using a three piece stencil by Plaid, three colors of Distress Ink were blended onto a manila tag. Distress Ink colors were Shaded Lilac, Weathered Wood, and Crushed Olive. Images were stamped with Archival Ink Jet Black. Mona Lisa was from Ma Vinci, script and fleur de lys from Cherry Pie Stamps. Gold water soluble gel crayon was rubbed along the edge. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #71

Blending three different color distress ink onto a manila tag using a blending tool. Colors are mermaid lagoon, wilted Violet and picked raspberries. Using a stencil of a map of London (Artcellar) the same color is blended over it. Word is stamped in Archival Ink Jet Black using Recollections alphabet stamps. Image of St. Louis Cathedral is stamped on tissue paper with Archival Ink Jet Black and adhered to tag. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #70

Continuing to develop my tangling skills. I enjoy the process but don't like the outcome. That means practice practice practice. 

A heart mask from Heidi Swapp was used with stabilio markers in two widths.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #65

Often my daily tags turn into journaling tags..  This is one such tag.  I was feeling melancholy.

Excess ink from a stencil was printed onto a manila tag. Spray was Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist and the stencil was a Dina Wakley stencil. The image is from Invoke stamps and was stamped using Archival Ink Jet Black. A sticker was applied to the tag as well as the rub ons by Chartpak. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge # 64

When looking for inspiration for daily tags calendar puns are always fun.  

The excess ink from a stencil was applied to a manila tag. The ink is Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist and the stencil is a Tim Holtz stencil.  The images of the boy soldiers (Art Declassified) was stamped on tissue paper with Archival Ink Black and then adhered to the tag.  Chartpak rub on letters were used for the sentiment. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #60

Here is my tag for leap year 2016. 

Three colors of inktense blocks were rubbed over a manila tag then activated with a water brush. White acrylic paint was sponged through a Tim Holtz Stencil. The sentiment (River City Rubber) and flower (Stampington) were stamped with archival ink jet black.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #59

Inktense blocks were rubbed on a manila tag and then activated with water. White acrylic paint was stenciled through a Tim Holtz stencil. Bird (Inkadinkado), Quote (Invoke) and daisy border (Stampington) were stamped on rage with archival ink jet black.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #42

 

On a vintage book page, Tim Holtz stencil was out lined with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers in several shade of pink.  Water was used to achieve a water color effect.  Image (manufacturer is unknown) was stamped in Archival Ink Jet Black.  Book page was adhered to tag.  Decorative packing tape was applied to tag. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #41

Using a some cardboard waste was a game as a stencil, circles were drawn on with a Stabilo 88 point pen and then colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers on to a manila tag.  Mushroom image was stamped in each circle using Archival Ink Jet Black.  Mushroom image is a hero arts stamp.  Happiness image (Hero Arts) was stamped on to pink scrapbook paper.  Paper was torn around image and then adhered to tag.  Washi tape was applied to tag. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #39

One of the weekly challenges for the One Little Tag Craft challenge was to tangle or zentangle in stencil. 

Using a Tulip Dahlia stencil, the image was outlined using a black Staedtler Mars Tri-Plus Fineline  marker on to a manila tag.  Images were drawn inside outline using the same pen. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #37

 

A Dina Wakley stencil was sprayed with glimmer mist, was printed on to a manila tag.  Once dry, images were stamped with Archival Ink Jet Black.  A mask was used on the face, so that images would appear behind the face.  All images are from Cherry Pie Stamps.  

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.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #35

Latex caulk was spread on to decorative paper through a stencil and allowed to cure for several days. Black acrylic paint was painted over the images and then wiped off with a baby wipe creating a resist technique similar to Joseph's coat technique. The images were torn out of sheet. 

Decorative paper and deco tape was adhered to a manila tag. Resist images were adhered to tag as well as sticker. 

Some time my art experiments work and some times the fail epically. This one is an in between.   I like the crisp design which does not always happen with resist techniques but the caulk remains tacky/sticky. I won't be using latex caulk in this manner again. 

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #30

As part of the Tag Craft Challenge, there are weekly prompts.  They do not have to be used but are great suggestions and I use them a challenge to learn new techniques or use neglected supplies I have in the craft hoard. This three piece stencil from Plaid was one such neglected supply.  

Using an ink blender tool, Distress ink was applied to a manila tag through a three piece stencil.  Different parts of the stencil were used to get the different color effects.  Colors of distress ink used were Shaded Lilac and Weathered Wood.  Images were stamped directly onto the tag using Archival Ink Jet Black. Images are from Non Sequitur Stamps and Lost Coast Designs.  Washi tape and Tim Holtz Tissue Tape were adhered to the top of the tag.