Good Saturday morning. Before I start my post I am excited to announce the winner of the Susan Tierney Cockburn’s Poinsettia and Conservatory Window dies. Barbara Thomassen posted the 231st comment. Congratulations, Barbara! Please send your mailing address to kittie747@cfl.rr.com and I will get your gift right out in the mail to you.
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Barbara Thomassen said…
First, I love everything you create and I follow you everyday that I can. I really love using both stamps and dies and I love getting ideas from you. You are so creative…Thank you for all that you share.
Reply November 08, 2013 at 11:39 AM
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I have had lots of fun making Christmas tags this week and I especially love this one. I think the reindeer image is so sweet and paired with the sleigh make such a perfect mini scene.
I had several requests this week to show how I applied color to the bunnies and deer. I took a few step by step photos of adding color to the reindeer. My secret weapon for blending ink on the die cuts is the mini applicator. The texture of the foam is soft and allows the ink to be moved and blended much more smoothly than regular sponges.
I apply ink to the sponge by lightly touching it directly to the ink pad and gathering just a little ink at a time. I then lightly apply a light layer of the light brown and then blended in the darker brown ink. I blend the ink by moving the sponge applicator in circular motion with a light touch.
I left the underside of the reindeer lighter and made the antlers, back and legs darker brown. This is very easy to do especially if you use the mini applicator.
I cut the sleigh and applied versa to the runners with a versa marker and embossed with gold embossing powder. I cut the ground piece with deckle scissors, cut and applied the green trees to the back of it with ATG adhesive and attached to the tag.
I attached the sleigh to the tag with mounting tape for dimension. The metallic gold cord was attached to the neck of the deer with glue dots and then I attached the the back deer with mounting tape and the front deer with a double layer of mounting tape. I finished by applying the falling snow using a tiny brush and pure white watercolor paint. I love how this turned out.
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Paper: White, Blue, Red, Olive Ink: Distress Ink Antique Linen, Vintage Photo Accessories: Savvy Stamps Deer and Sleigh, Poppystamps Pine Tree Border, Versa Marker, Gold Embossing Powder, Metallic Gold Twine, Sofft Mini Applicator, Brush, White Watercolor Paint, Deckle Scissors, Glue Dots, Glossy Accents, Mounting Tape, Paper Piercer, Metal Adapter Plate, ATG, Big Shot, Teflon Bone Folder, Guillotine Paper Cutter
magnifique, bravo!
Kittie, this is so cute…. I really am loving ALL of the tags you’ve been making… I think you should travel around the country and give classes….lol. Yanno, coloring and painting and just general classes….lol.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful creativity
Your gift tags are gorgeous Kittie
A very nice tag, Kittie!
Thank you for showing us how you applied the color to the reindeer. I’m very happy with it!
Have a nice weekend!
Barbara, you are the lucky one! CONGRATULATIONS!!
thank you kittie!
Very nice tag! Love this technique, thanks for sharing. Congrats to Barbara!!
Thank you thank you…for your coloring tutorial….you really take so much time and patience with your fans. You are the bestest. I have those little applicators and will practice today. Keep your beauties coming our way.
ADORABLE, Kittie! Love the deer and I was thrilled that you did a tutorial for us! Thank you! 🙂
What a wonderful scene Kittie! Love the sleigh!
Kittie, thanks for all your wonderful die cut ideas. I adapt many of them to the class I teach weekly. I’ve pretty much learned how to use die cuts from reading your blog!
Love your cards – thank you for the tips.
Julie
Good Morning, Kittie, A super, super tag. I love the combination of images and colors. an thank you soooo much for the tutorial on coloring…..have a good week-end…Hugs
Thanks for all the tag inspiration this week! They are all so cute!!
Congratulations to the winner! And Kittie, another adorable tag! I am really loving your tag phase – LOL!
Elaine Allen
Congratulations Barbara! Thank you Kittie for this excellent tutorial, I have been wondering how you beautifully colored those tiny pieces, now I know. I will buy the mini Sofft tools soon. The tag is beautiful, so many amazing details. Thank you for sharing.
Jacquelene L
Canada
Splendid ! thanks for the tuto, you’re nice !
xxx
Another adorable tag Kittie! thank you so much for the tutorial on shading, this was sooo useful as I am really not that good at shading animals. I have just been loving your tag week, I want to make all of them! lol.
Your reindeer are colored to perfection. I wanted to reach out and touch their coat. Such a cute tag.