Tag 4-19 "Peace starts with a Smiile" #onelittletag

Tag 4-19  Fiber prompt

Welcome to my blog! As some of you may know, I have been participating in  the One Little Tag Craft Challenge on FB, hosted by Jenny Barnett Rohrs of Craft Test Dummies.  We are given prompts once a week to keep us inspired in creating our tags. I have not completely finished all the tags for April, but I have done a lot and have decided that I am calling it a day and moving on.  I am still behind for May, but that is what I am going to focus on, as well as some other art projects (and experiments!) that I am working on.

The idea behond this challenge is to be creative every day.  I have to admit, doing this challenge is definitely keeping my creative juices flowing!  I have decided that I am not going to get hung up on the challenges, or prompts, which are just a suggestion anyways.  I will probably try a couple and then just do what I feel inspired to do.  If I am enjoying the prompt, I will stick with that.  Either way, these FB groups have really been motivating.  On the days I don't get a tag created, I am usually still experimenting with something, or working on a painting, or sometimes just thinking about what to do next.  So now I think I am hooked!  I also participate in a group called Mixed Media Morsels and I have also been sharing my tags and art on a G+ Group called Creating and Sharing Mixed Media Art.  So a big shout out and thank you to those of you out there who are putting in the time (and I am quite sure there is a lot of time donated) and effort to create and maintain these inspiring groups (and there are many!)

Tag 5-7 "Trust the Magic" MMM 19 #onelittletag

Tag 5-7 "Trust the Magic"

Welcome to my blog!

A tag for the mothball challenge, which was the first week of May on the One Little Tag Craft Challenge. This tag is also doing double duty for both FB groups I am participating in.  Last weeks Mixed Media Morsel prompt was Silhouettes. 
I didn't use a magazine picture for this, as Cat Hand did on MMM, I used stamps and dies.. I used distress ink for the background and splattered it with water containing perfect pearls.  Distress inks are water reactive and I love the effects that you can get.  I used a Penny Black stamp for the flowers (pretty weeds?) silhouettes and a Prima stamp for my sentiment. I used 2 different Spellbinder dies for the Fairy and the Dandelion. As for the mothball challenge, I haven't used my  fairy die, black glitter paper and perfect pearlsfor a while
Thanks for stopping by and having a look!  Have an awesome and artful day!

Tag 5-13 "Hello" #onelittletag

Helloo my friends.  This is another paper napkin tag that I am doing for the FB groups that I belong to (One Little Tag Craft Challenge and Mixed Media Morsels).  As I mentioned in my last post, I am keeping it brief, this is about sharing the tag because you have been bombarded with the process all week!  However, if you are new and would like to know the process, please look at my previous posts this week.  I hope you give it a try and have some fun!

I've had a lot of fun with these paper napkin tags this week, I hope you enjoyed them!  I still have some backgrounds I made that I haven't used, so you can expect to see a few more at some point.

ALSO, for those of you that enjoyed the foiling techniques I have shared, there will be another one this week, so stay tuned!

Thank you for stopping by and having a look!  Have an awesome and artful day!

Tag 5-12 "From New York to Paris" #onelittletag

Welcome to my blog!  I am still doing the paper napkin prompt for my tags,  so I am going to keep the next few posts brief because you've been hearing about the process all week!  So these are just about sharing the tags.  However, if you are new to my blog and are interested in knowing the process, please look back at my previous posts this week.  I have been enjoying myself and liking the results.  I hope some of you give it a try!

Thanks for stopping by!

Tag 5-15 "Buongiorno!" #onelittletag Napkin tag

Hello, my friends.  One more napkin tag today for the FB groups,  One Little Tag Craft Challenge and Mixed Media Morsels

As before, I first peeled away the extra layers, them mod podged to card and trimmed to size, then played with some distress paint, stamped a sentiment, did some inking of the edges and finally, mounted the finished tag to a black cardstock..  Phew!, that was a mouthful!  I am trying to keep it short because if you have been following along, you have been seeing the same description all week.  But, for anyone new, I want to give a brief "how-to".  If you are new and you like this technique,, I have been making napkin tags all week so you can check out my previous posts if you are interested.  I have been having fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have an awesome and artful day!

Tag 5-14 "Bonjour" #onelittletag Another napkin tag

Welcome to my blog!  Another one of my tags for the paper napkin prompt in both the One Little Tag Craft Challenge and the Mixed Media Morsels group on FB.

I was very surprised at the great selection of napkins at Dollarama.  I've never really noticed napkins before, but I like how these tags have been turning out, so I will be on the lookout for some interesting ones now!

As I mentioned in my previous post, I first peeled away the extra layers of the 3 ply napkin and then mod podged it to card and trimmed to 3.5" x 8"

Then I added the splatter that I love so much and I used a Prima stamp for my sentiment, tearing it to size and inking the edges with distress ink.  I edged the tag with black archival ink and mounted to a black card.

Thank you for stopping by and have an awesome day!

Tag 5-11 "Create" #onelittletag #mixedmediamorsels

Hello and welcome to my blog!

This tag is  the third in a series of tags I am doing using a paper napkin prompt for a FB challenge I am participating in.

I started off with a pink polka-dotted napkin I got at the dollar store

The first hing you need to do is peel away the layers.  Most napkins are 2 or 3 ply and you want to use only the one printed ply.  Then I mod podged it to some card and cut it to the size I prefer (usually I do my tags 3.5" x 8")

Then I used a Heidi Swapp stamp to add some script here and there with archival ink.  I used my distress paint to splatter and marks my tag.  I used a Tim Holtz stamp to stamp my sentiment on card and also on the tag.  I then cut it out of the card and glued it in place on the tag.  The reason I did this is because I wanted the letters to be white and there were areas of the stamp that would be impossible to cut out and I wanted to maintain them, so this way I achieved both.  Finally, I edged the tag with black archival ink and mounted it to black card.

I hope you enjoyed my tag. I also hope that maybe some of these posts will inspire some of you to try some things that you may not have tried before, or rediscover some of the things you have tried in the past.  Have an awesome and artful day!

Tag 5-10 "Delightful" Another Napkin Tag #onelittletag

Hello my friends! Welcome to my blog. I have a few more tags to post, continuing with the napkin prompt on the One Little Tag Craft Challenge.  For those of you that are new to my blog, this is a Facebook challenge, hosted by Jenny Barnett Rohrs of Craft Test Dummies.  The idea is to do just one little tag a day (or every few days, or a week or whatever you can manage) and the objective is to be creative very day and keep inspired.  Jenny provides a prompt every week to help keep everyone motivated because let's face it, it's hard coming up with a new idea every day.  It is just a suggestion, in no way compulsory.  However, I am finding that I am getting a little hung up on these challenges sometimes, feeling that I should be doing them when sometimes I just want to do my own thing.  Doing my own thing is perfectly fine and sometimes I need to remind myself of that.  Using napkins in your art happens to also be a prompt in another FB challenge I am participating in, Mixed Media Morsels.  It is MMM #17.  Having said all that, I am surprised. I am really enjoying this challenge and I didn't expect it would be this fun.  So it goes to show you, it pays to at least give something a shot, even when you don't have high expectations!

I started off with my dollar store napkin find.  First I peeled away the extra layers (usually napkins are 2 or 3 ply) as I mentioned in my previous post.  I them glued it to some card with mod podge and trimmed it to the size I wanted

Then the fun begins with mark making and finishing touches.  I used distress paint in white, black and bronze to splatter and make marks with plastic caps.  I edged the tag with black archival ink.  I used a Fiskars stamp on card, trimmed it out and punched the corners.  I then edged it with distress ink before adding it to my tag.  And, as I usually do, I mounted it to black card.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed this tag.  I have another coming right up!

"Adventure" Tag 5-9 #onelittletag

I still have some tags to catch up on, which I will eventually, but I decided I wanted to do the challenge for this week.  We were challenged to use napkins to create our tags this week.  I am not a collector of napkins, and quite honestly, haven't really paid them much attentiom.  S. off I went to the dollar store to see what I could find.  I was surprised to find that they had some pretty cool napkins!

The first thing I did was peel apart the layers.  Most napkins have 2 or 3 layers.

Then I glued the napkin to some card with mod podge.

Then I had some fun doing some splatters and mark making with distress paint.  I inked the edges with archival ink and used a Tim Holtz stamp  for my sentiment.  And as usual, I mounted the tag to some black card.

Thanks for stopping by my blog!

"Artist" Gelli print collage Tag 5-8 MMM#2 #onelittletag

Welcome to my blog!

I created this tag using some of the Gelli Deli prints I did the other day.  I collaged the background using various prints

I had some fun with mark making using distress paint, archival ink, a Heidi Swapp stamp and my white Posca pen.  I used a Tim Holtz stamp to Stamp "Artist" on another piece of Gelli print that I collage on and the outlined.

I hope you enjoyed my tag!  I have been busy tonight, so I will be posting a few more tags shortly.

Thanks for stopping by!