Spring Tag #1

I find Spring to be so full of inspiration! My Spring Tag class is always some of the easiest for me to make. I am itching for the warmer weather and flowers, (GREEN!) and leaves. Here is one of this years tags that was in my mind for several months. I was just waiting for Spring!

Spring in Paris

The background of this tag was inspired by a technique I saw Wendy Vecchi demonstrate at CHA.If you don't know of her, check out her blog "Studio 490" with blogger. I used distress ink re-inkers and a bottle of household alcohol. I put one drop of each ink in a row onto a non-stick craft mat, and dribbled alcohol over them. I gently mixed each drop with alcohol with a small popsicle stick, then laid the tag onto the inks and swished it around. The trick is to make sure you have mixed only slightly, and have enough but not too much alcohol. The alcohol makes the colors pop and the mixture you make on the craft mat is frozen onto the tag. Dry with your heat gun then I inked the edges with Black Soot distress ink and the blending tool. Before the next step you must completely dry the tag. 

I inked a background stamp with VersaMark ink and stamped over the entire tag. After putting the cover back onto my inkpad, I opened my Perfect Pearl Powder (Pewter) and with a short soft rounded brush used just a little powder in a circular motion over stamped image. The versamark with hold the powder and create a shimmery image.

The tag is decorated with a Grungeboard Eiffle Tower that has been embossed with an embossing folder, then Crackle Painted in Black Soot. I Also embossed the Fleur de Lis with the same embossing folder, and added pearls and a feather. I hand beaded the beads at the bottom onto the lace for the perfect finishing touch!

Enjoy the much needed sunshine this spring. I'll post the other tags from this class in the next few days.

I am picking up more places that I will be teaching at. Be sure to check out the schedule on the right.

Enjoy

Kim