Crafty Cardmakers Challenge # 265 - Create a Tag

 Hello dear friends and welcome.

Here we are again with a new Challenge at Crafty Cardmakers.  Monika is our host this time and the Theme is to Create a tag.

You can still create whatever you like, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece, anything at all, as long as it includes a tag.  Or, you can simply create a tag on its own as I have done here.

My little tag was made at the last minute.  I knew this Challenge was coming up of course but, somehow, the time just flew by and it was upon us before I really noticed.  So, I had to quickly find something to make and this is the result.

I found the blue tag in my stash.  I have a basket on my workbench where I drop any ephemera left over from other projects and that is where I found this.  There was also a small paper doily left on my desk and that started me off with the decorating.

The piece of book paper came next and, once I had glued these down, I decided it needed some texture.  Should have done that first up.  Not easy adding texture paste through a stencil without getting it all over the doily and book paper.  I did manage though, and then decided it needed stamping!  Well, that mostly did go over the doily, etc. but, luckily, I was still happy with it.

The tag was a bit flimsy so I mounted it onto a piece of kraft card and then it was time for some embellishment.

Found the stamens on my desk too.  Not sure when they got there but they certainly came in handy.

Time to find some flowers.  Again, I was lucky that I found these little beauties.  I must have coloured them ages ago and not used them but they were perfect for my tag.  I also found the little gem stems and added that as well.

A small bunch of white flowers completed the cluster.  

 

Threaded a piece of twine through the top, found some words I liked, and my little tag was done!!

 

Would love you to join our Challenge, it can be a lot of fun!  For some great inspiration, pop on over to the CCM blog and take a peek at the wonderful creations by the rest of the Team.  You will also find our linky there to add your creation.

 

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #265 - Create a tag.

 

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Take care, stay safe and God Bless.

oxox Marg

A Trio of Cards .. Same, Yet Different

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Following on from my Pair of Guy Cards post, I thought I would share some girly cards I created in a similar style.  This time, it's a trio, and I have used the Wildflower dies by Tim Holtz.

As I said in that previous post, I'm getting a bit lazy with my crafting and it's getting quite difficult to come up with a new design each time I create a card so, now, I tend to make them in pretty much the same way.  At the moment I am liking my cards to be tall, about 6.5 to 7 inches tall, and I like adding my embellies on the left hand side and to be fairly simple.   To make the cards look, at least, a little different I simply use different colours, different papers and, slightly different embellishments. 

The design papers are by Kaisercraft.

 Added a couple of strips of washi tape on the left side and the flowers were cut from white cardstock.  Smooshed the large bloom into some Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink to colour it and used a brush with gesso and more of the DI to tint the center of the smaller bloom.

The sentiment was generated on the computer.  I mounted it on black cardstock and placed a strip of torn washi tape underneath to ground it.

Must say, I love that paper .. so pretty.

 

No washi tape on this next card but I did add a bit of interest by placing a piece of torn paper over the base and adding a touch of gold foiling. 

A small flower cluster made with Little Birdie flowers and a chippie sentiment by Scrapmatts.

The colours definitely make for a more dramatic look.

This last card is my fave.  Probably because I love the floral washi tape and I also love the delicate colours.

Used watercolour card for the base on this one and I used a Versacolor ink pad to colour the flowers.

Wrapped a piece of twine around the bottom and attached it with a brad.  The sentiment is a simple little sticker.

Easy and quick to make and I am quite happy with the result.

Voila!!  Same (design) .. yet .. different (look)!

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