Destiny is Calling

Hi eclectic Paperie friends!  Julia here with a tag I made using a delicious technique I saw on Wendy Vecchi's blog here. First - here is my finished tag.

I used lots of techniques on my tag which I'll describe below but first I want to show you how I used the delicious technique from Wendy on the Tim Holtz Apothecary Bottle!  (Wendy used the new trophy die in her tutorial but I don't have that so I looked at all my TH dies to see what I could use instead!).  This jar ended up looking like one of those big milk cans dairy farmers use!? But it's actually a vase for my pretty floral!

I started by die cutting the Apothecary Bottles and then brushing Studio 490 Metallic Silver Embossing Paste onto the pieces. On some pieces I did thick coats and some I did thin - each will give you a different look.  I forgot to take pics of the specific jar I used on my tag but here are other pieces with the Silver Embossing paste on them.

Then I rubbed Archival Orange Blossom and Cornflower blue over the pieces.

To finish them off - I applied some Adirondack Silver Acrylic Paint with my finger.  I adhered a piece of White Clearly for Art to the back - heated it with my heat gun so I could make a curve to the bottle (the clearly for art will soften with the heat and then hold the curve when it cools).  I added some trim pieces from Industrious Stickers/Frames and Trims that I inked with Archival Orange Blossom Ink.  The wooden frame and butterfly are Prima Wood Embellishments/Stationers Desk inked with Orange Blossom and  Cornflower Blue.  I colored the body of the butterfly with a Sakura Black Glaze Pen. I added the Chit Chat sticker fly that I inked with Ranger Distress Vintage Photo.

Ok - so now that I have that exciting piece explained - let me tell you how I made the rest of my tag!

So first, I die cut my tag with Tim Holtz Tag and Bookplate die out of a piece of Ranger Watercolor Cardstock.  I stamped just the stem and flower from Studio 490 Forever Art on the tag and on a scrap of watercolor card stock.  I colored them with Barn Door, Spiced Marmelade and Peeled Paint Ranger Distress Markers then went over the coloring with a water brush. Next I stamped on the tag using two background stamps from Studio 490 - From A-Z and Ornate Dots (LOVE this dots stamp!) with Archival Watering Can Ink.   I held the stamps in my hand so I could control where I stamped on the tag.  Then I sponged all over the tag with Ranger Distress Crushed Olive and around the edges with Vintage Photo. I flicked some water over the tag then blotted it with a paper towel.  I cut out some of the blooms from the flower I stamped on the scrap and layered them over the tag stamping with foam dots to make the bloom look a little bigger and dimensional.  I added black dots to the centers with the Sakura Black Glaze Pen.

I die cut the wreath from the Tim Holtz Regal Crest die out of Clearly for Art White - stamped it in Archival Leaf Green (I had this already made from another project and I forget what stamp I used on it!)  I heated it to bend the leaves a bit and adhered it under the top of the vase with foam tape.  I added the butterfly and words from Remnant Rubs/Botanicals -  making the dots with the Sakura Glaze pen.  The flat back DESTINY is calling button is from Um Wow Studio Nature Walk - Moon Shine Flaire.  I adhered it with Glossy Accents.  I stenciled Studio 490 Checkmate on the top and bottom with Archival Watering Can ink.

and to finish off the top and bottom -  I adhered a trim and corners from Industrious Stickers/Frames and Trims that I inked with Archival Fern Green ink.  The NOTED is another wooden piece from Prima Wood Embellishments/Stationers Desk that I inked with Archival Orange Blossom.

That's finally it from me today!  I hope you have been inspired by my tag! Oh - and I put a Swivel Clasp through the hole on the tag!

And since I used a stencil on my tag -  I'm also linking it to the May e-play challenge. You have until the end of May to link up your stenciled project.  I hope you'll join in!

Stamps:  From A-Z, Ornate Dots, Forever Art - Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi

Paper:  Vintage Cream - PTI, Water Color Card stock - Ranger

Ink:  Archival Orange Blossom, Cornflower Blue, Fern Green, Leaf Green, Watering Can; Ranger Distress Vintage Photo and Crushed Olive.

Accessories:  Clearly for Art White, Checkmate Stencil - Studio 490, Apothecary Bottles and Regal Crest Dies - Tim Holtz Alterations, Destiny flat back button - Um Wow Studio Nature Walk Moon Shine Flaire, Industrious Stickers/Frames and Trims - Tim Holtz, Glossy Accents - Ranger, Black Glaze Pen - Sakura, Ranger Distress Markers Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade and Peeled Paint, Swivel Clasp - Tim Holtz Alterations, Chit Chat Stickers - Tim Holtz, Prima Wood Embellishments Stationers Desk, Remnant Rubs/Botanicals - Tim Holtz.