tags!

Tried out TH August re-mix tag idea.  not quite sure it is exactly like TH but came out my way with the supplies I have on hand.  basically you lightly in up a brayer and lightly run it over the tag.  now if you look at the green/yellow tag I pressed down with the brayer more and so I got more splotches then the stripes like on the blue/brown tag.  I do like the umbrella man tag best because it looks like it is raining ... even if it is brown rain.  lol!  the brayer technique was the first re-mix brayer stain now the second re-mix is frameworks.  I don't have any of the actual frameworks dies so I just used my caged bird die.  so what you are supposed to do is die cut the "frameworks" die with grunge board or whatever you want the base to be in my case I used burlap paper that a friend gave to me...thanks friend.  then you die cut a second time with pattern paper and piece the pattern paper pieces into the base die.
entering in the following challenge:
1.  Tim Holtz blog - TH August re-mix tag

Paints, stamps and tags

the tag on the left I started at a friend's house a while ago.  we made several big tags using her old acrylic paints she found in her stash.  the fun thing besides stamping with a friend if the paint was caked or dried out we just dropped the bottle of paint in the trash.  sometimes it's just satisfying to clean out our stash we have had for years and years.  back to the tag ... first painted the background with a couple of colors of paints, stamped with big Hot Potato stamps over the painted background and that is where it was till I took it off the pile on my table of unfinished tags/cards ..... I added an outlined butterfly that I first stamped onto cardstock I colored with inks and stamps .... fussy cut it out...glue on some prisma color easter grass ... stamped, colored bird, fussy cut and mounted to tag.  Now for the other tag on the right.......this tag is another big tag that is full of dylusion acrylic paints, stencils, colored embossing paste, and stamps.  the background is Dyan Reaveley's technique with brayer.
left tag details:
craft acrylic paints
Hot Potato stamps - big leaf, sun swirl
Just For Fun stamps - outline butterfly, swirl, grid 
Stampers Anonymous - crazy bird
Dollar store find - easter grass
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right tag details:
Ranger - dylusion paints, dylusion stamps: house
Stampers Anonymous - crazy bird
various companies - stencils
brayer

dylusion paints

I discovered that doing Dyan Reaveley's paint brayer technique can be very therapeutic! and right now I need that!   basically what you do is roll the brayer in the paint then slap it to the paper over and over and over.  Felt good to do that on several pages yesterday and I like the end results.  Oh, yes ..... and to add her quirky images....like it!  how about you?

12 tags of 2013 - july tag

I finally got my Tim Holtz july tag done.  Of course mine looks nothing like Tim's tag but it was still fun to start out doing what he said but ended up with my twist on it.  First off I didn't have the grunge flag, rock candy crackle paint or his embellishments but did have grunge skeleton head in my stash so used that!  started by painting skeleton with pearl dabber paint, let that dry then added some distress stains and got impatient so used heat tool and it kinda bubbled!  liked it.  added a pretty thick layer of some rock candy distress stickles randomly on the skeleton head and let that dry for about 20 minutes.............impatient me..........heat tool again and again it bubbled!  yeah!  dabbed on more distress stain and this time let dry while I worked on my tag.  did the same idea as Tim with the rolling of the brayer with distress stains on tag, next stamped saying all over tag.  added some tissue tapes....blended on some distress inks with blending tool.  still needed something so I got out my piece of sequins waste and stenciled some dots with distress concord ink.  mounted the skeleton head and saying on the tag.    last but not least I colorized my ribbon with distress stains and ink pads then tied on my tag.  phew! done.
entering this is following challenge:
1.  Tim Holtz blog - 12 tags of 2013 - july
2.  That Craft Place Challenge - ribbon/lace

Brayer over Circles

BRAYER OVER CIRCLES
April 2009
by Sue Wisniewski
Stamp credits:
Funky Flowers, baby's breath & Bloom – Sunday International, Dee Gruenig series
single leaf – Vertical Inspiration Birds of Paradise #POSH-81
Inks:
Ranger Adirondack ink pads – Cranberry & Bottle
Staz-On Jet Black (SI)
Supplies:
3M double stick tape & repositional double stick tape
Speedball brayer (SI)
EK Success 1 3/8” circle Paper Shaper
Marvy 1” circle paper punch
text wt. copy paper
glossy cardstock
Instructions:
1. Stamp Funky Flowers & baby's breath randomly on glossy (3 3/4” x 5) cardstock with Ranger
Adirondack Cranberry ink.
2. Stamp single leaf with Adirondack Bottle green ink randomly on same card.
3. Let the images dry on their own or zap it with heat tool to speed up drying time. images must
be dry before going on or they will smear.
4. Punch out circles with Paper shaper and circle punch. As many or as little as you desire.
5. Apply paper circles over stamped card with 3M repositional double stick tape.
6. Ink up Brayer with Adirondack Cranberry ink and brayer over entire stamped card with circles.
7. Remove circles to reveal highlighted areas.
8. Stamp Bloom on the right side of stamped card with Staz-On Jet Black ink.
9. Layer stamped card on dark green (4 x 5 1/4”) cardstock with 3M double stick tape. Layer this
piece onto maroon note card.
Tips:
1. Over stamp images and off the card.
2. Images must be dry before going on or they will smear.
3. Think odd numbers when punch out circles. Odd numbers are more pleasing to the eye.

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saw this idea on Dawn's Thoughts blog

The Best of Brayers & Stipple Brushes!

Ever buy a tool then get it home and not know what to do with it? Then this is the class for you. Learn how to brayer to create a layered looking sky, a resist technique. Create Fuzzy Color backgrounds with your stipple brushes even a fun making technique also use your stipple brushes to add color and depth to your cards.

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