Journey Mixed Media Tags

Hi everyone! It's Bonnie here today. I decided to have a bit of a play with my Art Anthology Coloration Sprays and some #8 manila tags. I love these sprays but hadn't taken the time to play with them very much and see how the colours combined so today was the start of changing that.

I began by spraying each of the 15 colours I have onto ATC sized pieces of cardstock. Once dry, I labelled them, punched and reinforced the holes, and fed them onto a metal ring. This makes it much easier to find the colour I want and to choose combinations. The bigger swatches give a better sense of the colour and I can also use them to help choose gelatos and other inks to combine with them.

I created many backgrounds but for this post will focus on only three, giving the recipe for each. I started by laying the Balzer Bits Script Star onto the tag and spritzing with Timeless, Paprika, and Cinnamon Toast. I moved the star and repeated until I was satisfied with the coverage.For the second tag, I flipped the star mask which was covered in colour sprays from the last tag onto a plain tag to get a reverse print and then repeated that allowing it to dry.Then I spritzed my craft sheet with a little more of each colour as well as Watermelon,, and dragged my 2nd tag through  the puddles. My third tag was a repeat of this technique except that I added a spritz or two of water to the coloured puddles. Love the different intensities and effects on the three tags. Love, love, love these sprays!

 Journey tag ~  see photo at top of post  (ingredients) 

black embossing paste through TCW's Texturized stencil.

TH Washi tape

Dina Wakley Textures stamp with Jet Black Archival ink

lizard Inkadinkado stamp with Versamark and black embossing powder

Black Big Brush pen edging

torn piece of corrugated cardboard dry-brushed with white gesso

black enamel dot

black grosgrain ribbon stapled with mini attacher

doodling with black Micron pen

 Fly tag ~ (ingredients)

stencilling with TCW's Mini Punchinella and Red Geranium Archival ink

WV From A to Z Background stamp and Sepia Archival ink

Dina Wakley Textures circles stamp and Jet Black Archival ink

MS punched butterfly with safety pin body

washi tape 

alphabet stickers from stash

corrugated arrow from stash

White Big Brush pen dots

Black Big Brush pen edging

black enamel dots

black grosgrain ribbon stapled with mini attacher

doodling with black Micron pen

The journey that matters tag ~ (ingredients)

 black embossing paste through TCW's Mini Specimens stencil

TH Washi tape

Dina Wakley Textures stamp with Jet Black Archival ink

Tim Holtz Classics 16 sentiment stamp with Jet Black Archival

Black Big Brush pen edging

torn piece of corrugated cardboard dry-brushed with white gesso

black enamel dots

black grosgrain ribbon stapled with mini attacher

doodling with black Micron pen

That's it for the first three tags using these awesome Art Anthology sprays. I had an absolute blast playing with them and completing the tags. I'll be back again with other colour combos. Thanks so much for visiting today!

Bonnie

Here are links to the eP store for many of the products I used:

Art Anthology - Coloration Color Spray - Timeless	Art Anthology - Coloration Color Spray - Paprika	Art Anthology - Coloration Color Spray - Cinnamon Toast	Art Anthology - Coloration Color Spray - Watermelon
TCW - Balzer Bits Mask - Script Star Bits	Wendy Vecchi - Studio 490 - Embossing Paste - Black	Dina Wakely Mixed Media Stamps - Textures	Archival Ink - Jet Black Ink Pad
Archival Ink - Sepia Ink Pad	Wendy Vecchi - Studio 490 Archival Ink - Red Geranium	VersaMark Stamp Pad	Ranger Embossing Powder - Black
Dina Wakley - White Gesso - 2 oz.	Wendy Vecchi - Studio 490- From A to Z Background Stamp	Faber Castell - Big Brush Pen - WHite	Faber Castell - Big Brush Pen - Black
TCW - Mini Specimen 6x6 Stencil	Tim Holtz (Stampers Anonymous) Classics 16