Mixed Media Tag Tutorial with Finnabair Embellishments from Prima

I  LOVE  everything Anna Dabrowska does. I had to have some pieces in her new line with Prima Marketing called Sunrise Sunset.

 

This project showcases these new products. I worked with 2 tags as I went along, and will choose one later to use in the final piece.

 

 

Using a #8 Manila Tag I started adding Mustard Seed Distress Ink with the Blending Tool to the center area of the tag. Try to keep at least some of this pure as you go along adding color so you have a bright area in the middle.

 

Then add Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey and Ripe Persimmon in layers to create a rich orange color blended at the edges of the yellow.

 

 Keep adding color to the top and to the bottom using Peacock Feathers, Broken China, and ending with Seedless Preserves on the very edges. I use LOTS of ink to get rich colors. (not shown)

 

 

Next I took a piece of acetate and my Bigz Die Ornate Plate from Karen Burniston and ran it through the Vagabond creating a Mask.
 

 

Lay the Mask over the tag in the upper left corner and use Chipped Sapphire to add color. Move it down to the lower right corner and add it again.

 

 Now, the next layer is water. Spritz water into your palm several times, you want big drops. Then drop or flick them onto your tag.  Add more if needed.

 

 

 Let them sit for a few seconds and then blot them with a paper towel.

 

 

Using the Elements Tissue Tapes, I chose 2 to add to the bottom of the tag. First I added the black ruler tape, then the smallest diamond tape above and below it. Fold excess tape to the back of the tag.

 Using Picket Fence Distress Paint, I lightly tap paint onto the Mixed Media Chickenwire Stamp. Stamp in several areas and immediately clean the paint from your stamp.
 

 

 I removed the top of the Distress Paint Dabber Broken China, and dipped the eraser end of a pencil into the paint to add some dots here and there. I add paint each time I paint a dot.
 

 

 When the paint is dry, add white pen marks to the blue dots.

 I stamped the script from Apothecary with Jet Black Archival Ink in several areas, and the large stamp from Fabulous Flourishes using Coffee Archival Ink along the sides.
 

 

 At this point I decided to go with the tag that had the best blue dots and the largest amount of Mustard Seed showing. I layered it onto black chipboard about 1/8” larger than the tag.

 

 I used a piece of Crinkle Ribbon and added direct from the pad 3 colors of Distress Ink, Peacock Feathers, Mustard Seed and Ripe Persimmon.

I stamped the small Alphabet Stamp with Archival Ink. Then I very lightly spritzed it with water, crumpled it, and dried with the heat tool.
 

 

 

The Ephemera layer consists of 1 Mechanical Flower Shape and a Medium Flower (metal) from Finnabair. The 3 Large Roman Numerals are from Anna, too. 

 I topped it off with a Prima Lady Bird Paper Flower.

Punch a hole in the black chipboard and add the ribbon to the top and a pearl to the center of the flower colored with Stream Alcohol Ink.

The last thing I did was add white pen marks around the tag on the black chipboard.

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Linda

Products Used:

• Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey, Ripe Persimmon, Peacock Feathers, Broken China, Seedless Preserves, and Chipped Sapphire
• Tim Holtz Distress Paint – Broken China and Picket Fence
• Prima Sunrise-Sunset Collection – Flowers Medium, Mechanicals Flower Shapes, Mechanical Roman Numerals from Finnabair
• Prima Sunrise-Sunset Clear Stamp #2 and Cling Mount Set
• Prima  - Lady Bird Paper Flowers
• Sissix Bigz Die – Ornate Plate from Karen Burniston
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Tissue Tape – Elements, and Crinkle Ribbon
• Tim Holtz Stamper’s Anonymous – Mixed Media, Apothecary ,and Fancy Flourishes
• Ranger – Coffee and Jet Black Archival Ink
• Tim Holtz -  Vagabond Machine

Other Products:

• Black core Chipboard
• White Sharpie Pen
• Acetate sheet