Tagalicious Tuesday

Flowers, flowers, and more flowers! This little flower is made using the Tim Holtz Tattered Floral die from text paper, and I backed it with a tiny Memory Box die cut from purple cardstock. I then added stems and leaves with a glitter technique. But the fun of this card is the background, a tecnique I borrowed from Shari Carroll from Hero Arts. You could use any clear stamp (must be a clear stamp!) I used a damask from one of the Hero Arts clear sets. Very fun! This tag is white embossed, but I think I want to do some with clear embossing and then iron off the embossing powder. I liked the white on this tag because it seems to say "shabby chic", which by the way I hope never goes out of style. The stamp at the side of the card is from a Dylusions set which I love. It is distributed by Ranger Industries.

Ding Dong the Wicked Witch! I used shades of green and purple to capture just the right touch of evil in this poisonous little tag! All hail Graphic 45 and Tim Holtz for the eeriness displayed! Very fun!

Tagalicious Tuesday

This little tag is called "The Road to Oz". I will have to pre-paste all the tags this evening with the "yellow brick road", but I think decorating the road will be fun. I did get carried away with the glitter at the top, but I like the overall design. The tag features two Tim Holtz dies--the pennants and the town. I also made a little shaker element from glass slides. I saved two pieces of the precious poppies paper (how's that for alliteration!) just to use on this tag. Hopefully Stamp Antonio will re-order this paper for anyone who didn't get any so far. I had wanted to use it in Card Factory, but it sold out! I hope participants will choose to alter the tag to suit themselves--I have several options planned regarding color and decor.

This tag is per special request from Alice. She saw the lovely sample someone left at the store--(I still don't know who)--but I would like to thank whoever it is. It is done in lovely shades of Dried Marigold, Dusty Concord, and Victorian Velvet, which show up beautifully around the white embossed flourish. I set it into an embossed Color Core background and added a Hero Arts stamp and postmark. Very lovely! Plus, this idea could be done in so many different colors! I spent the whole afternoon experimenting.

July Card Factory

Here (finally!) are the cards I will be presenting at Stamp Antonio this Saturday. I decided to use tons of die cuts--Tim Holtz and Memory Box. I guess I'm going to need that steel plate to cut the Memory Box dies from the Vagabond--I had to use the Cuttlebug and a shim. Can you tell we are doing a summer theme?! I hope you are having a good summer--I am, but it is just really hot here. I am ready for a summer rain storm! Carolyn is back at work, so I can stay home and play today. I hope you like the cards--join us if you like, Saturday, July 2 at 10:30. Call 210-764-7900 to sign up.

I am working on my sample now!

Tagalicious Tuesday

This is the second in our series of "Wizard of Oz" tags--the Ruby Slippers. The stamp is from Great Impressions, and the paper of course from Graphic 45. I used the Rosette medallion die cut from Tim Holtz, along with Perfect Pearls Mist, Barn Door and Stormy Sky Distress Inks. Ranger embossing powder and red Stickles complete the look.

The last patriotic tag we did was so well received I decided to try it again, this time using glitters. We learned a glitter technique at Stamp Antonio presented by Angela Finet, and this tag card will be a little "refresher course". I originally wanted to do a floral theme but couldn't get the right sizes of punches or dies, so I went with this star theme. The stars are Martha Stewart's Punch All Over the Page. The card really shines with Ranger embossing glitter on the Hero Arts stars in the background. Happy 4th of July!

Tagalicious Tuesday

This is our tag card from Tagalicious Tuesday this week. I used Aged Mahogany to color the tag and then put it through the Tim Holtz collage embossing folder. Too bad this Botanica Bella has been discontinued--I will have to go on a search to get some more--it is one of my favorite Graphic 45 lines. And the old "page pebbles" I bought years ago have "aged" to a lovely shade of yellowish-brown to add an antique look to the stamped image, also now discontinued--one of Paige Nerrie's stamps for Stampington. I am so glad to have bought these stamps years ago. The leaf border, however, is brand new--one of my new favorites--the Dylusions line from Ranger. It is reminiscent of some Stampotique stamps I got years ago--fits right in with the line. I think I chose the text paper to complement the text "leaves" in this stamp!

I guess this tag will be one of series! I have had a request to continue a group of tags using the new Graphic 45 line of Wizard of Oz papers. Next week: Ruby slippers! (I hope!)

Tagalicious Tuesday

Flag Day, June 14--Join us at Stamp Antonio to make this patriotic red white and blue tag.

Here's the tag card: a cute flamingo in a tropical setting. Welcome vacation!