Tag 9-15 "I can see clearly now" #onelittletag

Hello Everyone!  Here is another tag for the song lyric prompt.  Jimmy Cliff's "I can see clearly now"  I have always loved this song, something about it just resonates with me.

I wasn't sure what image i wanted to do to go with the lyric.  This ws actually a background I had created a while back.  I really liked it and have been waiting for the opportunity to ise it, and this seemed to fit.

I believe these are the colours I used when I crested this background.  That is a Tim Holtz stencil.  You may have noticed that most of my stencils are well used!

I hope you enjoyed today's tag.  here is a link if you would like to enjoy today's song, as well!

"I can see clearly now"

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a bright sunshiny day everyone!

Tag # 9-14 "Puppy Love" #onelittletag

Hello my friends!  I am back to making a few tags, lately.  The prompt at The One Little Tag Craft Challenge has actually changed, but it was song lyrics.  So my tag is based on a song lyric.

I recently got a new Tim Holtz stamp set, "Crazy Dogs"  and I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to use it.

I stamped the images onto some card stock.  I roughly sponged some distress ink over the images and went in and added a bit of detail with my distress markers and a white gel pen.  I had sponged over the eyes.  My intention was to add some "googly eyes", but do you tjink I could find them???  S,o, I coloured in the eyes with my white gel pen and added the pupils.  this actually worked out well because it allowed me to direct the dogs gazes.  

I used a background from my stash that I had created earlier.  I had used distress ink, a Tim Holtz stencil, some distress paints applied with bottle cars and some splatters (which I love, as you may know!)

I  cut out the pups (I don't have the dies, yet)  which is kinda tough when you can't see, so they definately are not perfect!  I also stamped the images on my background.  This helps to add detail back in that may get cut off, whiskers for example.  It's a good little trick if it's not something you do already.  I punched out my hearts and printed out the lyrics from Donny Osmond's "Puppy Love".    Am I dating myself, lol?

I inked the edges and mounted to black cards, as usual.

Thank you for joining me today, I hope you enjoyed my "Puppy Love" tag.

Have an awesome and artful day!

Tag 4-30 "All You Need..." Punch Tutorial #onelittletag

Hi, welcome to my blog!  The latest challenge on the FB tag challenge I have neem doing (One Little Tag Craft Challenge) is punches.  I love punches because they are quick and easy, but I have never tried punch art.  So I searched around a bit and got some ideas.  This one was insprired by Dawn at Dawnsstampingthoughts.net. I put my own spin on it and used the punches that I had and I LOVE how this little guy turned out!

All the paper I used is from one pad that I had out from doing my owl tag.  (It's an oldie, but I really like this paper)

Her are all the pieces and punches I used

There are a few pieces I did some that I cut a bit as well.  Two of the smallest ovals that I used for the back paws I put back to back and trimmed the ends as indicated. then drew in an indication of paws.  I put them back to back to make sure I had a right and a left.  I folded one of the smallest ovals in half and cut it as indivated for the front paws, and drew in a few lines to indicate the paws.

Keep the little piece that is trimmed off the bottom as a tail!

Next, I inked the edges of all the pieces and drew in the whiskers and a little smile.  You don't have to ink the edges, but if you do take the time to do it, I think it makes a big difference in you finished piece.

I added a few highlights on his eyes and nose with a white gel pen.

I dug out some of my Graphic 45 stamps (It's Raining Cats and Dogs) and picked out a few sentiments.

I decided he need a little grass to stand on , and got out another Fiskers punch

I punched out my sentiments, chose one, inked the edges and assembled my tag.  I used a Stabillo All pencil to shadow my images.

I'm really happy how my first attempt at punch art turned out, he's so cute!  I Hope you enjoyed my little tutorial and will give it a try.

Thanks for loining me today, have an awesome day! 

Here is a link to the video that inspired me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pyiyYCMVM8&list=PL8iuEu4vlL8Seovh2ohwF0q4Q7B59bSFo&index=3