Friday, March 25, 2011

Spring Tag

This tag ended up being a bit of an experiment. To begin with, I fell in love with Linda's crinoline flowers and had to try them. I didn't have crinoline, so I used an old man's hankie....wait, that sounds wrong. I did not steal a hankie from an old man. It was a brand new vintage hankie that my friend Becky gave me. I cut my flowers using the Tattered Florals die and dyed it with my new Spun Sugar Distress stain. I swear, that is the prettiest shade of pink, ever! My flowers ended up looking more like a ruffled mess, but I enjoyed playing around with it.

Next, I had watched Tim Holtz on HSN and was intrigued with how he used the Adirondack Paint Dabbers. I swiped Sunshine Yellow over a white tag that I cut using my Sizzix Tag die. When it was dry, I inked over it using Peeled Paint Distress stain. I loved the effect! After that dried, I inked the background stamp from the Papillion stamp set using Peeled Paint Distress stain, and stamped it onto the tag. Love that look, too!

For the center panel, I covered a piece of chipboard with French paper, die cut it using the Styled Labels die, and washed over it with a little white paint. Remember when Tim made the foam stamps during the 12 Tags of Christmas? I cut one using the Caged Bird die, inked it with the Sunshine Yellow dabber, and stamped it on the panel.

My last experiment was also the result of watching HSN! The segment following Tim's showcased various scrapbooking items. I'm not sure who it was, but someone demoed the tiny Xyron sticker maker by using it to apply adhesive to chipboard letters and then covered them with glitter. I'm sure the whole world knows this trick, but I thought it was brilliant and had to try it. I cut the word Spring using Tim's Chip Block alpha die and, after running the letters through my Xyron, covered them with Martha's glitter. So pretty!

The bottom of my tag is finished with a ruffle made from Tissue Tape that's been inked with Peeled Paint Distress ink. The tie at the top is a torn strip from the hankie that was dyed using the same stain - Spun Sugar - that I used on the flowers.

Whew! So much experimenting! I hope everyone has been having as much fun as I have with all of their new Tim Holtz and Ranger products. I'm submitting this to the Simon Says Stamp and Show a Word challenge, as well as The Artistic Stamper Spring challenge and the Wednesday Stamper Fabulously Colorful challenge. Thanks so much for stopping by!

21 comments:

  1. I love how you made this tag and the color combo.

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  2. Beautiful tag, loving the flowers and the canary. Annette x

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  3. ooh, very clever Shelly, I LOVE those flowers... now I need to find an old man and snaffle his hanky lol THanks for joining us at The Artistic Stamper challenge x

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  4. Fabulous spring tag, love the soft coloring.
    Anja

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  5. Your experiments sure come out lookin' good! Beautiful, bright, and cheerful!!

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  6. Love the colors you used! The flowers look very pretty, and great job with all the new techniques!
    Pam

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  7. Love all this "experimenting"! lol! Looks awesome, and the flowers turned out so pretty! I love watching Tim on the shopping networks, too, just for the ideas. Of course, I don't write these down, so thank goodness for the DVR. lol.

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  8. This is such a sweet tag! Love all the detail on it. So glad you posted several pictures so that we can all see just how much lovely detail there is! The tissue tape gathered across the bottom is lovely. Love the pretty pink delicate flower draped across the bottom as well. Beautiful! Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge! <3 Candy

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  9. Oh my, Shelly, this is just toooo fabulous. Love all the different techniques you have used. It looks like you had a blast working on it. Your handkerchief flowers came out fabulous - LOVE the color. I'm almost out of crinoline and don't know if I can get any more so I may have to move on to some other kind of fabric - thanks for the inspiration!

    That tissue tape ruffle is the perfect finishing touch. Great job on the word challenge! So great to have you joining in the fun with us at Simon Says Stamp and Show.

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  10. Gorgeous experiment Shelly! i love your flowers. I have used crinoline to make the grunge roses but not this style. Will have to try it.

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  11. So bright and cheerful--a beautiful tag for Spring!

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  12. soooo pretty Shelly, I Love your spring tag!

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  13. Fabulous details and great spring feeling.

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  14. A perfect spring creation, love it, thanks for playing along with the ASCT xx

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  15. Your tag is beautiful!! Love all of the 'parts' & the techniques!
    Thanks for joining us at the Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge!

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  16. Gorgeous!! Love the bright colors!!!

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  17. Gorgeous tag full of fabby techniques ;)
    Thanks for playing at The Artistic Stamper this month
    xoxo Sioux

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  18. What a fabulously colourful spring tag!! Love the layers and the roses :)
    hugs and smiles,
    Linda

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Thanks so much for taking the time to share your thoughts. I appreciate your comments so much!