These two Christmas moonlight tags are for Robins fun Free for All Challenge - Tag Team.
I started with an A4 sheet of smooth white cardstock, white school glue and a large sheet of aluminium foil. I once lost 4 hours of my life trying to get glue off my craft mat, hence my love of al foil.
Drizzle long lines of glue up and down the A4 cardstock then using a scrunched up bit of foil (or clingwrap) dab and squish the glue in random spots. Allow to thoroughly dry. I get impatient, so in my mixed media box I have a few pre glue-resist A4 sheets ready to go.
On the foil in a few places firmly smack some distress inks and give it a good spritz of water. Still leaving the A4 sheet as one piece, swish it around the inky puddle. Smack some more ink on foil and spritz again, this time use a sponge and blending tool to mop up the inky water and scrub directly over the cardstock.
No matter how many photos I took in different light, these tags look blue. They are actually turqoise, I used Peacock Feathers and Evergreen Bough distress inks. I cut the sheet up and made 4 tags and 4.5" x 4.5" square for a card from the one A4 piece.
The moon is some bright and sparkly childrens craft foam, it was too thick to punch out a circle so I punched a circle in the actual cardstock, then stuck a glittery square at the back.
The little house tag is supposed to look like fireworks or decorations in the background. It is a diecut that tore in the middle LOL.
Thank you for looking, I hope you can join in Robin's fun challenge, click here .
Date: Thursday, December 11, 2014 GMT Views: 3679
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Ink: Tim Hpoltz Distress Inks Peacock Feathers and Evergreen Bough
Accessories: Childrens silver glitter craft foam, IO tree die, Marianne design house die, Poppy Stamps Joy die (minus Joy), silver twine, 1.25" circle punch, .75" circle punch, micron pen, Carl hole drill, scissors to snip corners.
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Registered: January 19, 2014 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 90113
Fri, Dec 12, 2014 @ 6:02 AM
WOW Susie these tags are works of art! I love how you improvised and put the moon though the tags. It looks like you put the die cuts over them rather than punching out the tags to insert them. I should try the glue resist. That is another technique I have not done yet. The die cut behind the house could also look like a snow storm with the peacock blue. Is that stitching or did you use a marker to go around the edges. Just lovely!!!
Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Fri, Dec 12, 2014 @ 10:43 AM
Your work with mixed media is out of this world! Each one you do is amazing! The use of the joy die is genius, Susie! I love that you make use of everything, no matter what happens. The glue resist backgrounds are gorgeous as well as your wonderful designs! Favorited for sure!
Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28836
Sat, Dec 13, 2014 @ 7:34 AM
Susie you always go beyond gorgeous on your crafts - these are no exception! Gorgeous!!!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6