Imagine

I am sharing a project today that is not my norm.  I rarely make tag of any kind except at Christmas.  I played in the Splitcoaststampers Technique Lovers Challenge to create wrinkle free distressing and made a tag as shown in the tutorial. I have tried this technique a few times and have never been very successful so I made myself step up to the plate and try again. 

I cut a piece of waxed paper, swiped ink across it by dragging a pink and then green ink pad directly across the paper. I misted until the ink bubbled up on the paper and then laid the manila tag directly down onto the paper.  I lifted, heated with the heat gun and repeated the steps a couple more times until I got the mix of green and pink that I wanted.  After the final stage of drying I stamped the sentiment with Black Brilliance and embossed with black embossing powder.

I punched several of each size flower and distressed using a stylus and mat. I sponged Antique Linen ink on all the edges of the petals and then lightly sponged pink inside the flower petals to match the pink background of the tag. I wanted the flower to have a vintage aged look.

I die cut foliage, distressed with the stylus, sponged with green ink and attached to the tag base.  I attached the flower and the two tiny buds and finished by adding taupe pearls to the flower centers.  The final touch was to add the pink organdy bow.  I heated the ribbon with the heat fun to shrivel and then sponged on a little Antique Linen ink to give a more vintage appearance.  I am pretty happy with the outcome.

You can check out the wrinkle free distress tutorial on SCS if you would like to see step by step photos of how to achieve this type of background. Please feel free to check out my punched flower tutorial to see how I create my flowers.  I hope you are having a great week.

Stamps: Rubbernecker Imagine With All 582-23
Paper: Vanilla, Kiwi Kiss, Manila Tag
Ink: Peeled Paint, Shell Pink, Antique Linen, Black
Accessories: EK Success Daisy Punches, Spellbinders Foliage Die, Stylus, Mat, Glossy Accents, Sponge, Black Embossing Powder

Tag Size”  6.25” x 3.25”