My Creation Station: February 2023

Monday, February 20, 2023

You do you tag

Hi everyone,

Today I have a tag to share using the beautiful Blossom die from Tim Holtz/Sizzix.

I started by creating my tag background using Distress spray stains and a Mica spray stain.

I added a brick stencil with Distress texture paste.

Each layer of the flower was created by smooshing the colours on using my glass mat. I added the ink pad colour to my mat, spritzed with a bit of water and then smooshed on the colour.

I stamped a sentiment stamp with black ink to different sections of the tag.here and there.

Added a label sticker from Idea-ology and some brown pearl embellishments and that completes my card. Thanks so much for stopping by 🙏🏻

Supplies:

Tim Holtz / Sizzix Blossom die

Stampers Anonymous Ledger Script stamp, Bricked stencil

Idea-ology Label stickers - Thoughts, Mummy cloth

Distress sprays - Peacock Feathers, Rusty Hinge, Walnut Stain

Distress oxide spray - Salvaged Patina

Distress Mica spray - Tarnished Brass

Distress inks - Mermaid Lagoon, Wild Honey, Walnut Stain

Friday, February 17, 2023

Fun specimen slides/tags

Hi everyone,

Well Valentine’s Day is behind us now so I thought I would work on something a little different. Making some little specimen slides. There are 12 in all.

I started by die cutting each slide and then spraying it with Distress Spray stain and then I used the matching ink pad colour to colour the background for each slide. I also added a few sprays with Lost Shadow Distress spray.

I ran the background piece through my corrugating roller. I then added a few drops of water to each piece.

I added an Idea-ology Ephermera or layer piece to each slide before adding a piece of acetate over top.

For the frame around the die cut word or number I sprayed a piece of card stock with Distress Mica sprays in Brushed Pewter, Antique Bronze and Tarnished so as to give the a metallic finish. I added a strip of brown card stock behind the word or number piece before adhering with tape.