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.

On the top right corner I added an eyelet in either silver or copper and then attached an Idea-ology loop pin.

The word on the left of each slide is an Idea-ology Chitchat sticker.

Below is a photo to see all the Idea-ology sticker words on each slide.

Below are the 12 slides attached with Jute rope.

Here they are stacked.

I had so much fun making these and I hope you enjoy them too. Thanks so much for stopping by🙏🏻

Supplies:

Tim Holtz /Sizzix Specimen die set 

Idea-ology Layers, Ephemera packs

Idea-ology Loop pins

Eyelets

Jute rope

Distress Spray and ink pads - 

Squeezed Lemonade 

Twisted Citron

Carved Pumpkin

Kitsch Flamingo 

Salty Ocean

Rustic Wilderness 

Saltwater Taffy

Rusty Hinge

Blueprint Sketch

Wilted Violet

Candied Apple 

Cracked Pistachio 

Lost Shadow

Distress Mica sprays - Antique Bronze, Brushed Pewter, Tarnished Brass