Technique Heavy Stenciled Tag!

Good morning!  Sherry here today and I have a tag to share that’s heavy with techniques.  Before I start with the details, I should probably tell you that I felt the need to go back to my roots of stamping and some of my favorite techniques with this project.  I haven’t been spending very much time in the studio these days, and I literally sat around for a couple of days wondering what I was going to make for today’s post.  Sometime yesterday afternoon it hit me . . . gesso resist with stencils . . . and it went from there!  In keeping with this month’s ePlay Challenge - Get Stenciled, I had stencils on my mind and was trying to figure out a way to use what I have on hand.



























I started with the basic Inkssentials Tag and applied gesso using the TCW Mini Well Rounded Stencil randomly on the tag.  My next step was the Wrinkle-Free Distress Technique using Tumbled Glass and Bundled Sage Distress Inks.  Using the same stencil again, but with a different design, Shaded Lilac was stenciled onto various places of the tag.

I even dug out a very old Tim Holtz set of stamps from Stampers Anonymous, Nature’s Discovery, and stamped some borders and butterflies on the tag.  I don’t think this set has seen ink (let alone the light of day) in close to 4 years.




























I knew that I was going to use the sentiment from Nature’s Discovery, and stamped it on another tag.  After die cutting/embossing with a long rectangle, the sentiment was sponged with Tumbled Glass and Bundled Sage.  The edges were then distressed and sponged with Shaded Lilac and touch of Vintage Photo.  To finish off the sentiment, a flower was die cut/embossed from some old Graphic 45 papers and the leaves from watercolor paper.



























Seam binding was dyed with Shaded Lilac and a touch of Tumbled Glass and Bundled Sage.  Really I just kept pouncing the last two colors randomly along the ribbon until I got the desire look I was after.



























That’s it for me today . . . thanks for stopping by and joining me!











Project Supplies:

Inkssentials Surfaces #8 Manila Tags TCW - 6x6 Well Rounded Stencil Liquitex Acrylic Gesso Inkssentials Mister Bottle - 2 oz. Archival Ink - Jet Black Ranger - Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Watering Can Ranger - Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Fern Green Ranger - Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Potting Soil Distress Paint - Bundled Sage Ranger Distress Ink - Shaded Lilac Distress Ink - Vintage Photo Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass Distress Ink - Bundled Sage Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet Ranger Cut N Dry Stamp Pad Foam

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eKit - Kit of the month layouts

Howdy, Mary-Ann here with you today to share another layout or two, that I created using this months eKit - Kit of the Month.  I am super excited to say that one of the layouts also fits within the stenciling challenge - May ePlay Challenge sponsored by Erin!  Nothing like killing two birds with one stone:o)

Here is a reminder on what this months kit club looks like.  Remember folks, you don't have to be local to participate, we will mail it straight to you!

Lets get started with my first layout.  

It all started with a MME graph that I had on hand.  I wanted to replicate the circle graph idea but it was a tad too small.  I threw it in my copier and enlarged it a bit.

I cut the pie pieces and numbered them.

Attached them with temporary adhesive to the patterned paper included in the kit.  Also included in the kit was this Heidi Swapp arrow die cut that works perfectly as one of my graph pieces.  Setting this aside, I started on my cardstock base.

This is my first time ever using this Gel Medium and I am going to tell you right now, it will NOT  be my last.  I love how this dries and gives everything a clear texture.  For those of you "dirty" girls out there, I know this all seems elementary, but I do LOVE it and I am excited!

Once the AMAZING gel was dry, I used the negative to the graph to lightly draw where I wanted my circle to be so I wasn't wasting my time on places that would not show.  

Then I started adding some ink stenciling.

Here you can see the different layers of stenciling done with, Gel Medium, white paint and black ink.  I also created droplets with Dylusions and Tim Holtz Brushed Pewter paint.  I colored all of the Heidi Swapp die cuts with Dylusions to soften the white and to tie in my black and gray color scheme.

This is my completed layout.  In addition to the Kit Club product, I added my own labels and used my own inks.  Other than that, it is all included!

For my next layout, I used mostly the blacks and grays that were left in my monthly kit. 

The only additional items on this layout were the flair, tag, twine, stapler and inks.  I did color all of the Heidi Swapp dies with a gray Dylusions ink.  

Head over to the Classroom section and sign up for the club today.  

Products available in the eP store:

Kit of the Month Club with Mary Ann Maldonado - LOCAL	Kit of the Month Club with Mary Ann Maldonado - NON-LOCAL	Scotch Foam Mounting Tape	Dylusions Ink Spray - Slate Grey	Dylusions Ink Spray In White Linen
Dylusions Ink Spray - After Midnight	Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber - Snow Cap	October Afternoon Daily Flash Phrase Roller Stamp - Everyday Phrases	Memento - London Fog	Ranger Felt Applicator Tool
Glue Dots� Pop Up Clear 1/2" 72 pc Sheet	Dyan Reaveley′s Dylusions Ink Spray - Slate Grey	Tim Holtz Collection Stencils in Harlequin

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.