Tag Friday for A Vintage Journey

 Hello friends, - it's the last Friday of the month and that means that when it's a month with 5 Fridays, like this one, we have a Tag Friday over at A Vintage Journey.

Well, tags are always fun to make and as I was making a tag to add to a journal anyway, I decided to play along.

I started by creating the leave that I wanted to use as the focal point for my tag. On some strong card I played around with my Distress Inks and Sprays until I had more or less the colour I wanted, and then I cut and embossed the leave with one of Tim Holtz's 3D Embosslets (at least I think that's what they are called).

Next I glued a couple of old book pages together to give them some strength, cut out a tag shape and then zig zagged around it with my sewing machine.

The final steps were to add some scraps of paper and other collage elements that were flying around my desk, including the leave of course and then I just inked around the edges and that was it. I'll leave you with some more photos and if you would like to get some further tag inspiration, do head over to A Vintage Journey

to see the fabulous tags my teamies have created.

Thanks for your visit, stay safe and happy crafting!

xxxxx

Finally back for Tag Friday at A Vintage Journey

Hello friends, - as you can see after having been away from home and blogging for nearly two months I am finally back to share a tag which I made for A Vintage Journey

When I started with this tag I had no idea where I was going, but after numerous layers of paints, inks sprays and papers, this is what was the result, - vintage shabby chic.

The roses in the background are a paper napkin, the little girl is of course one of Tim Holtz's paper dolls. There is stamping and stenciling in the background as you can see.

Under several layers of paint and gesso, there are some vintage book pages as well as a background stamp by Wendy Vecchi.

There is even some crackle in the background

And then it is all finished off with a wax seal spamp and some washi tape underneath the twine.

Well, there you have it, a vintage shabby chic tag. If you would like to get some more tag inspiration do head over to the Vintage Journey Blog  

Oh and there is also a special announcement about some amazing new teamies that are going to join our team. Do head over, I promise, you will not be disappointed.

Thanks for your much appreciated visit,

xxxxx

Tag Friday at A Vintage Journey

Hello friends, it's the last Friday of the month, and in a month when there are 5 Fridays, AVJ's creative guides do a tag Friday, where we create tags just for fun and hope you will add yours for us to enjoy and be inspired by. So here is my tag for this month:

 

I love making tags, so I made a kind of double one. I am sorry there are no process photos, but I'll quickly talk you through the details:

I cut two tags, from watercolour paper, using the largest of Tim Holtz's tag dies. I coloured the bottom one with Distress Oxide and normal Distress inks and sprays, in various green shades. I also coloured the back of the top one in the same way, but with brown tones, wetted it slightly and then rolled it down.

The front of the top tag was coloured with various sprays and inks, some stencilling with copper coloured texture paste and a prima stencil, and some background stamping in Ground Espresso Archival Ink.

 I cut various flowers with some of Tim's new and old wildflower dies, coloured them with a mix of Distress Inks and water colour paints and tucked them between the two tags.

Then I embellished with the smaller of Tim's facetted hearts, cut from Metallic Kraft Card and coloured with alcohol inks.

Finally I stamped and cut one of the moths from the Ethemology set and coloured it with some shimmering water colour paints. I also tugged some berries inbetween the flowers still to fill it all up a bit more.

Well that's it for today. I hope you will hop over to A Vintage Journey if you have not been yet, and please feel free to add your tags, - we would love to see them!

Thank you for your visit like always and happy crafting and creating! 

xxxxx

Tag Friday at A Vintage Journey

Hello friends, welcome, can you believe it's the last day of November? Well it is and it's also the 5th Friday and that means it's Tag Friday at A Vintage Journey.

Since I am busy doing Christmas projects, I decided to do two tags, with one having been made into a card:

Both are made using the same set of stamps by Lynne Perrella by Paper Artsy LPCO16 

I'll give you a quick run down of how I put them together. Starting with the card:

I started with a large tag and stamped with Versafine Dove Grey, In inked around it with Distress Inks in Antique Linen, Stormy Sky Chipped Sapphire and Wilted Violet. I then painted over the stamped image with what I though was transparent silver Aqua Tint. Big mistake, the paint is not totally transparent and I lst most of the detail of the stamp, even though it gave me a lovely silvery shimmer.

 

So then I had to start the tedious task of putting some of the detail back in, using a black and white pen as well as a black and white Stabilo All pencil.. I also added some colour with a red and green pencil. (To be honest I actually quite enjoyed it, though it took a while)....

Finally I added the stars in the background using the little star layering stencil by Tim Holtz, using silver embossing paste and then sprinkling Vintage Platinum Distress Glitter while the paste was still wet.

For the tag I used the other main stamp in the set. I wanted some gold shimmer and this time thought I would add some gold Aqua tint to start with, then use my inks and stamp the image as the last step. Sadly the result was not much better, as again I lost a lot of detail which I then added in in the same way.

I added a strip with one of Tim's 3D Dresden trim dies and a little snow flake charm.

 

And this time finished the tag with some gold embossing paste, which like usual with anything shimmery I find almost impossible to capture on a photo.

Well, that's it for now, - if you like tags, do check out what my teamies have created for your inspiration by clicking HERE, and we would love it if you add any tags that you have made.

Thanks for your visit like always and happy crafting!

xxxxx

When a tag is not just a tag

Hello friends, - it's the 5th Friday of the month and that means that we are doing a "tag Friday" at  A Vintage Journey, the creative team share their tags just for the fun of it, and you are invited to share your tags too.

So above, a tag, but this is not just a tag, it's part of a tag folder/giftcard holder, made from two double sided tags,as you will see below.
Here first of all is the outside:

As you can see, the two tags are simply attached with one of Tim Holtz's design tapes. What you see here is the front and back tags.

 Here is the inside, with the tag on the left having a pocket, (made with a Tim die), that holds the gift card. Both tags were embossed with one of Tim's 3D folders, the one on the left was decorated with some leaves from a fee stampset that came with a magazine.

Here a little detail of how I decorated the pocket with some of the Funky Florals. The pocket was made from a piece of design paper that I then shabbied up with some texture paste and a stencil. The flowers and leaves were all cut from the same paper (Papermania Madame Perraud, sadly no longer available

The front cover is a double layer, the bottom tag  was cut with the largest of the Sizzix Tags and Labels die, coloured with Doxides. The top was cut with the same tag die and then with one of the Mixed Media dies, to make the bottom one show though. I then decorated the Sizzlets Floral jar stamps and dies, plus a bit of "Dresden Trim" also cut with one of Tim's 3D dies/folders

The back cover was just very simply decorated with some inking and background stamping over another piece of design paper.

And here finally the little giftcard/tag that fits inside the pocket.

Well, that's pretty much it, a little bit more than just a tag, but I needed a little gift item like this, so this seemed like a good opportunity to make one.

Thanks for your visit today and if you would like more tag inspiration, please head over to A VINTAGE JOURNEY, and of course we would love it if you share your tags with us there.

xxxxx

Tag Friday at A Vintage Journey

Hello friends, it's a 5th Friday of the month and that means the team at A Vintage Journey are sharing tags they have made just for fun.
Here is mine:

I am heavily into junk journaling at the moment, so I created a tag that could be incorporated into my journal.

I'll give you a brief run down how I went about making my tag and then I'll show you how it fits into my journal.

So I started with a cast off tag after a session playing with my geli plate. I added some distress oxides using mostly blue tones and then did a few sprays with Distress Spray in Ground Espresso.

It was a bit too dark for my liking so I stamped a text background stamp in embossing ink and then embossed with Wow Opaque White EP.

I added some collage elements until I was happy with the way it looked, using some tea-dyed paper, ephemera scraps, washi tape a paper doll etc.

Below a few close ups, I think this style works best if you layers several layers of paper and tape over each other.

 I also rolled up some scraps of ephemera for the gypsy lady to sit on, I propped her up on the back with some bits of waste board.

I finished the back off also, as the tag will be fitted into my journal with washi, so both sides can be used and seen.

And here you can see how the tag fits into my Midori size journal. I call it my everyday journal, as I journal in it on most days.

Here you can see the front of the tag

The journal itself was decorated with more washi. Oh and if you are wondering, I always put a layer of clear gesso over my washi tapes, that way you can both stamp and stencil over it, and write on it easier too.

Here is the back with the right side page of the journal.

Alright, that's it for today, Thanks for dropping by and if you have not been yet, do check out the tags my teamies have created, plenty of inspiration there. All you need to do is CLICK HERE.

Have a great weekend

xxxxx

Tag Friday at A Vintage Journey

Hello lovely visitors, - it's the last Friday of the month and in a month where there are 5 Fridays that means tag Friday at A Vintage Journey.

When it's a tag Friday members of the Vintage Journey DT post a tag just for the fun of it and to hopefully give you a little inspiration. But, and here comes the fun bit, with the changes we've brought in for the new birthday year we thought you might like to join in and share what tags you have been making. There isn't a prize and we're not promising any comments but the host of this month's challenge (Brenda) will choose one of those submitted as a Pinworthy and it will be pinned on our Pinterest Board and showcased in next month's Winner's post. To enter link one or as many tags as you want that you have made and blogged in this month (ie  between the 1st to the 31st March). The linky will close midnight on the 6th April which is when the new challenge begins so you have one week to get your entries in but remember they can come from any March 2018 blog date. Have fun.

Now to my tag, I recently discovered Foamiran for flower making. Now I have never been very good at making flowers, but I love the realistic look this stuff gives to your flowers, so I watched a great many youtube video tutorials and here is the result of my first attempt:

The little flower was made with an old Spellbinders die, the larger rose, was created with the help of single petals from a die that is actually meant to create peonies. I coloured them with Distress spray and hot glued them onto a Tim Holtz Layered Leaf.

The background to my tag was created by speading texture paste over the tag with a palette knife and then pressing some lace and a text stamp into it to create some texture.

I then sprinkled some Stampendous embossing powder into the still wet texture paste and dried it all with my heatgun.

Next colour was added with the help of acrylic paint in Titan Buff and Burnt Umber and some Ground Espresso Distress Spray.

Then all I had to do was adhere the leaf and flower spray to the tag, add a sentiment using Tim Holtz word chips, some ribbon at the top and  was done.

Below a few close ups still:

Well, that's it from me, I hope you'll add a tag or two that you have made to our Vintage Journey post, we would love to see them! Thank you for your visit like always and happy crafting!

xxxxx