Another tag, another day of improvisation! Today's
tag from Tim is really cool, unfortunately I didn't have a lot of what made it so great. I do have a lot of stamps and ink, though, and that's about all you really need!
The stamps I used are all from various
Oxford Impressions stamp collections - I'm very lucky to own so many because they are truly some of the best stamps out there. No Cut 'n Dry felt here, so I just carefully inked the holly leaves and then added the color to the berries by smooshing fired brick and barn red ink pads on an acrylic block and then dabbing the ink on with a brush. I used the same method with the Scrabble tiles and it worked like a charm!
The 'metal' bird was created by embossing a bird with silver ink, and then sponging black ink over the whole thing and wiping it off. Definitely not as cool as a real metal one, but it works in a pinch! I created my own baubles using some pearl beads and other bits I had lying around. I got the cream ribbon out to dye and then fell in love with the softness of it, so decided to just leave it as is. I think it gives the tag a more feminine look, which I really love.
Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!
Both of your "12 days" tags are fabulous! You are very creative--I enjoy reading your blog.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I was wondering how you colored these so expertly without cut-n-dry felt. Thank you so much for sharing your common-sense approach to crafting.
ReplyDeleteOhhh, I love this too, Shelley! I'm really enjoying the way that you're adapting ideas to discover ones of your own, like the bird! I'm going to try and make Tim's tags in the 12 days leading up to Christmas, as I can't manage it just yet, but I'm enjoying checking out your beautiful tags in the mean time :)
ReplyDeleteIt turned out just perfect! Love that you didn't change the color of the ribbon. Ingenious to make the metal bird.
ReplyDeleteLoving the scrabble like tiles and the way its backed onto the old book page, very pretty indeed :D
ReplyDeleteHello shelly,
ReplyDeletenice tag ! I really like the colorcombination of the light blue, with the white and the red.
The way you used the ink was a great idea and the bird is a perfect mimic of the silver one ! I wouldn't know why you would buy metal birds, if you can make these !
I love the oxford impressions stamps a lot too ! I have most of them... not all ...yet.... but a lot...:)
greetings from belgium
Inge
I honestly believe we do our best work when we're forced to improvise. I love your tag, and best of all, it is yours, not a copy of someone else's.
ReplyDeleteEileen
Gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteA very elegant tag, Shelly. That holly stamp from OI is one of my favorites. Also like the idea of adding the black ink over your embossed bird....should have done that myself.
ReplyDeleteGreat improvisation! I really love your variations.
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty!! (And I really like how you adapted the bird - I don't think I have that charm anymore!)
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful and great improvising.
ReplyDeletex
Very pretty :D
ReplyDeleteJulie xx
You are so right the ribbon does look very pretty as is, as does this beautifully stamped tag - love it all xxx
ReplyDeleteOoh! lovley tag again :)
ReplyDeletexoxo Sioux
Thanks for sharing