What I love about today’s inspiration piece is that it incorporates many different kinds of techniques that can be used on just about any type of project whether it’s tags, cards, scrapbook pages, or home decor. I discovered this festive Halloween tag on Anettes Scrapblog. I highly recommend stopping by for a visit … you are sure to pick up some great tips,techniques & tons of inspiration.
Start out by stamping text on a piece of card stock. The original tag used tissue paper to get the wrinkles/texture, but if you do not have tissue paper , you can use napkins & glue instead. Apply a generous layer of adhesive to the tag using a collage glue stick being sure to cover the entire area. Place tissue wrap on the adhesive covered tag and immediately begin to gather and wrinkle paper on tag. Press down on tissue wrap until desired look is achieved. Punch a hole at the top of the tag. Allow to dry thoroughly. In a hurry? You can speed up the drying time by using your heat gun.
Add some distress ink to create a nice background, let dry.
Emboss the spiderweb using Tim Holts folder by Sizzix then go over it with enamel accents, glitter embossing powder and stickles.
Additional effects you get by using glimmer mist and a piece of paper tape. What a difference it makes.
Supplies
Ink:
- Distress ink Spiced Marmalade (Ranger gb-tim21506 $4.65)
- Distress Ink Ripe Persimmon (Ranger TH32830 /1.5 $5.99)
- Distress Ink Black Soot (Ranger ri-tim19541 $4.65)
- Archival Jet Black (Ranger AIP31468 /1.8 $5.99)
Accessories:
- Distress Stain Spiced Marmalade (Ranger TDW31154 /1.6 $5.99)
- Paint Dabbers Sunset Orange (Ranger ABD22503 /1.8 $3.49)
- Alcohol Ink Purple Twilight (Ranger TAB25511 /0.8 $3.49)
- Paint Dabbers Pitch Black (Ranger gb-rdab688 $3.32)
- Perfect Pearls Mist Heirloom Gold (Ranger pp-pe-ppm28315 $4.99)
From Your Own Stash:
- Glossy accents
- Ink blending tool
- Heat tool
- Alcohol ink/pitch black
- Glitter
- #8 manila tag
- Collage glue stick
- Grungeboard
- Crinkle ribbon
- Tissue wrap or napkins
- Stickles
I hope today’s project has inspired you to breakout all your yummy inks and have some fun creating your own works of art. The possibilities are endless.
Thanks for visiting and I wish you a very creative day.
The original inspiration piece was a Tim Holtz design, to see the full tutorial please click here.
To see Anette’s version of this project tutorial please click here, this is written in Dutch so you might have to translate into English.
This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. Thanks for the instructions!
awesome tag! wish I could get sound. Today for some reason I can’t get sound on any of the Tip of the Day videos. I never had that problem here before. I am using Google Chrome. Anyone else having issues?
THis so so stunning… love it and your technique!