Hello everybody, it's my first gig as an official design team member for Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts
(gslcuts.com ) and I'm thrilled to be part of the team!
Today I'm keeping it fairly simple with this pretty trio of
tags......
I started out with the
Chipboard
Decorative Tags Large and the
Chipboard
Decorative Tags X Large. I used the tags as templates for
the paper I chose and traced enough for both sides of the x large
tags and for one side of the large tags. I brushed a light coat of
matte medium on the paper and another, heavier coat for each tag
and stuck 'em together.
After they all dried I inked the edges with gold and I glued the
smaller tags (large tags) on to the bigger ones (x large tags)
making sure the smaller tags were centered and that the papers
were complimentary to each other.
Whilst they were drying, I painted the smaller three frames from
the
Filigree
Frames Shapes Set a lovely shade of black.
I love the fun stencil 'opposite' the paint made when I lifted
the frames up for drying. Hmmmm, that might be a fun project for
another day!
Make sure you lift the frame up off of whatever you are painting
them on and set them on a piece of plastic or wax paper to dry.
Otherwise, the paint may act as glue and you'll be peeling the
poor things off of your scrap cardboard. Not that I've EVER done
that.
After everything is dry, I cut narrow strips of paper borders and
glued them to the center of the smaller tags and then glued the
frames on the tags. Once that is done, it's just a matter of
embellishing and adding bits and pieces until you are happy with
your results.
The papers I used were all from the Graphic 45 'Olde Curiosity
Shoppe' 8x8 paper pad, which is one of my favorites. I also used a
fine black marker to make dots and lines around the bits I wanted
a little extra shading on. You can see that really well in the
picture below;
I strung the tags on some pretty green velvet ribbon, threaded a
big wooden bead through the ribbon and added a bit of glue on the
bead to secure it. A little brass filigree flower and a tiny
crystal added to the center for a bit of sparkle and glued on to
the ribbon where it goes through the center hole of the tag
completes the pieces.
SUPPLIES
Filigree
Frames Shapes Set
Chipboard
Decorative Tags Large
Chipboard
Decorative Tags X Large
Additional Supplies
Graphic 45 'Olde Curiosity Shoppe' 8x8 paper pad
Black acrylic paint
Black permanent marker
Green velvet ribbon
Filigree brass flower stamping
Thank you for taking a look!
2 comments:
I love these! The design work is amazing.
Love these - great way to use the G45 paper.
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