I die-cut three tags from Distress Watercolor card using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Stacked Thinlits. The largest die in the set is the same as an #8 Tag and if you don't have this set of dies, you could use the Distress Mixed Media HeavyStock tags. I stamped the cat from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonynmous Snarky Cat Christmas inked with Black Soot Distress Archival on one of the tags and created a mask for the image. I cut a mask for each tag to create a snowbank at the bottom. To create the plaid on the background, I placed copy paper in my stamp platform, laid the tag on top and marked around it with a pencil ti create a reference for the production line stamping to create the plaid background. I inked the widest stripe from Simon Says Stamp Basic Stripes with Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink, stamped on all 3 tags, cleaned off the stamp, repositioned it and stamped again. I inked the next widest stripe with Pumice Stone Distress Oxide ink and repeated the process.
I stamped the three narrow stripes with Candied Apple Distress Oxide ink and at this point, the plaid just came to life with that pop of red. I removed the snowbank masks but left the cat mask in place and applied Ground Espresso Distress Oxide ink through Simon Says Christmas Gnome Home Stencil using a Distress Blending Brush to create trees in the background. I coloured scraps of Distress Watercolor card with Candied Apple Distress Oxide ink by dragging the ink pad over the card, die-cut using Simon Says Merry Frame die and fixed in place with Distress Collage Medium Matte. I die-cut the Lil Gnome from Distress Watercolor card, coloured his hat and nose with Candied Apple, beard with Hickory Smoke and body with Speckled Egg Distress Oxide inks using a mini round blending tool.
I added Ground Espresso Distress Oxide ink to the edges of the coloured pieces using a mini round blending tool to create definition and fixed to the gnome bases using Distress Collage Medium Matte. I masked part of the sentiment from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Tiny Text and stamped using Black Soot Distress Archival. I added snowflakes die-cut from Distress Watercolor card using Simon Says Kate Snowflake and coloured the snarky cut with Candied Apple and Frayed Burlap Distress Re-inkers using a Distress Detailer Brush. I stamped the snowflake from Simon Says Gnome For The Holidays inked with Candied Apple Distress Oxide ink and added Ice Crystal Sequins to the centres. I coloured Crinkle Ribbon with Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink, and added to the tags. To finish I added splatters using Picket Fence Distress Paint and my splatter brush and applied Ranger Glossy Accents to the cat's and gnomes' noses.
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Tue, Dec 01, 2020 @ 5:20 PM
So cute!! Adorable tags!! TFS!! ~
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Sun, Dec 13, 2020 @ 8:28 AM
THese are precious and fun!!!
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