Double-Sided Fairies Tag featuring Altered Pages and Sin City Stamps

Hello everyone!  Today, I am so excited to tell you that Altered Pages and Sin City Stamps are partnering up this month, and both design teams will be sharing their creativity and use of products from both of these fabulous companies.  So be sure to stop by both blogs to see all the inspiration from everyone.

For my first post this month, the theme is "Fairies".  I love making tags, and so I decided I needed to use one of the oversized tags from Altered Pages in order to fit everything I wanted to include in this piece.  And I could not stop at decorating only one side, so I decorated both sides.  I love how these turned out.  

Tag Front

Tag Back

I started with a blank oversized tag that measures 8-1/2" x 4-1/8".

I cut out each of the Alphabet Fairies to spell "F A I R Y", and laid them onto my tag for placement.  I took a picture for reference as I work on my tag.

I removed the collage images and set them aside.  Now to work on the tag background.  Spritz Dylusions Pomegranate Seed, Polished Jade, and water onto craft sheet.  Pick up the colors onto your tag and heat set.

On the reverse side of the tag, spritz your craft sheet with Dylusions Calypso Teal, Chopped Pesto, and water.  Pick up these colors onto your tag and heat set again.  Aren't these colors awesome?

Stamp crackle background stamp using Rhubarb Stalk randomly over tag.

Turn tag over and stamp thicket background with StazOn black ink along bottom of tag.

Use spatula to apply June Bud Art Anthology Dimensional Paint through Punchinella mask and stencil and allow to dry.  This paint is awesome because it really is dimensional and beautiful, too.

Can you see the dimension with this paint?  

Stamp large flourish with StazOn Blue Hawaii ink along top of tag.

Here's what you should have so far.

Stamp two different mini flowers using StazOn Gothic Purple and Claret randomly over the thicket background stamping.

Stamp sitting fairy onto smooth white cardstock with Memento black ink.  Color with alcohol-based markers and fussy cut image.  Set aside.

Stamp "I Believe in Fairies" onto scrap smooth white cardstock with StazOn Midnight Blue.  Use fancy tags die to cut out around the image. 

Leave paper in die and ink with Peeled Paint distress ink.

Remove die and this is what it now looks like.

Remove from die and ink label with Shabby Shutters distress ink.

Adhere label to top of tag with foam tape and sitting fairy to bottom of tag with foam tape.  Stamp small butterfly onto scrap smooth white card stock with chalk inks, fussy cut, add small piece of wire for antennae, and adhere with glue along the body only, allowing the wings to lift off of the tag.

A tiny butterfly, also from Anime Fairies 2 Art Rubber Stamps was stamped, fussy cut, and adhered to a single flower cut from the Floral Trim.

To finish it all off, add Stickles glitter glue in Champagne to the mini flowers previously stamped onto the thicket stamping, and a light coat of Crystal Stickles to her wings and the butterfly wings.

One last thing, I applied a coat of Gilder's Paste in German Silver to the metal butterfly charm from my stash, and attached it with a Light Bulb safety pin to the Sari Silk Ribbons at the top.

Now back to the tag front.  Ink each of the Alphabet Fairies images with the Delicata Gold ink pad, heat set to dry.

Adhere the images to the tag.  Use the picture taken earlier for reference.

Stamp  "Magic" onto scrap smooth white card stock with Gothic Purple StazOn ink, punch out with scalloped oval punch, add color with Dusty Concord distress ink.  

Adhere "Magic" label to top of tag with foam dots.

Stamp two fairies onto scrap purple card stock with Gothic Purple StazOn ink.

Fussy cut each image, cutting into the center wings and shaping for dimension, then color wings with green Wink of Stella pen.

Adhere stamped images to front of tag with Scor Tape 1/4 inch, as shown.   Place a tiny foam dot beneath the center wings to keep them raised.

Color small mushroom die cut with Memento inks (Pistachio, Peanut Brittle, Rhubarb Stalk), adhere to bottom of tag for fairy to stand upon.

Add a strip of German Edging Gold Braid along bottom of tag and a few fern leaves (from my stash) beneath the mushrooms.

Supplies Used:

Altered Pages:  AP-1729 Alphabet Fairies; Punchinella mask and stencil;  German Edging Gold Braid; Scor Tape 1/4 inch; Stickles glitter glue; Floral Trim; Sari Silk Ribbons; Resin Blossoms; Petaloo Flowers;  Oversized Tags (8-1/2" x 4-1/8"); Dylusions Inks (Calypso Teal, Chopped Pesto, Polished Jade, Pomegranate Seed ); Memento Ink Pads (Rhubarb Stalk); StazOn Jet Black ink pad; Art Anthology Dimensional Paint (June Bud); Delicata Gold ink pad; Wink of Stella pens; Light Bulb safety pins; Gilder's Paste

Sin City Stamps:  Anime Fairies 2 Art Rubber Stamps; Fairies and Blossoms 2; Sin City Wings; Pam Bray's Fall Collection; Art Journaling with Terri Sproul 2; Fairy 2 die cuts

Other supplies:  smooth white card stock, Copic markers, Distress Inks, Spellbinders Fancy Tags die, metal butterfly charm

I hope you enjoyed my double-sided tag today, and that you are inspired to create one, or two, or three of them.  And please be sure to check out both blogs for more inspiration, and both online shops for all of the supplies you need to make one of these fun tags for yourself, or whatever you choose to create.


Have a wonderful week, and happy crafting!

Barbara

Fairy Mushroom Mini Book Featuring Sin City Stamps and Altered Pages

Hello everyone!  Today is the start of a new month with Sin City Stamps, and August proves to be yet another fun partnership with our good friends over at Altered Pages.  The designers on both teams will be using the theme "Fairies" for the first half of the month.  So be sure to stop by both blogs to see all the inspiration from everyone.

In keeping with the fairies theme, and because I received this awesome little mushroom chipboard book  from Sin City Stamps and lots of fairy collage images from Altered Pages, I made this adorable little mini book.

I prepared this video preview showcasing each page and a brief description of how I put it together.

 

Supplies Used:

Sin City Stamps:  Mushroom Chipboard Book; Anime Fairies 2 Art Rubber Stamps; Fairies and Blossoms 2 Art Rubber Stamps; Fairy 2 Die Cuts; Fleur de Lys Die Cuts; Fairy Die Cuts; Vine Flourish Mask;

Altered Pages:    AP-1060 Fairy Dolls;  AP-1554 Little Fairies; Niji Oil Pastels; White Gesso; StazOn Jet Black; Delicata Gold; Petaloo Flowers; German border scrap; Stickles glitter glue; Art Anthology dimensional acrylics (Kona)(Terra Cotta)

Other:   Molding Paste, Acrylic Paints, StazOn colors, watercolor paper, crackle paint, glitter glue, various flowers and embellishments, Prima Pixie Glen paper pad

For a complete video tutorial on how I made this book, please visit my youtube channel by clicking this link.

Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to visit Sin City Stamps and Altered Pages for more shopping and inspiration!

Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!

Barbara

Dragonfly Dreams Pocket Card with Altered Pages & Leaky Shed

Hello everyone!  Happy Monday!  As you may already know, Altered Pages has partnered with Leaky Shed Studio and their design team this month.  Our theme is "Flies", and we can interpret that any way we choose.  I got these beautiful chipboard butterflies from Leaky Shed, so I knew I wanted to make a fun card using it as a dimensional embellishment.  

I began with a pre-made 5"x7" kraft card.  Cut green paper from Botanical Odyssey to 4-1/2" x 6-1/2", ink edges with Crushed Olive.  Cut purple paper from Hummingbird to 4"x6", ink edges with Milled Lavender.  Layer green, then purple papers to kraft card front.

Print "Aux Violettes de Nice" collage image, trim top to match size of print border die cut.

Tape both pieces together on reverse with tape.

Apply adhesive around bottom and sides of this piece and adhere to front of card, forming a pocket.

Adhere yellow baby ball fringe across seam.

Stamp larger dragonfly from the Muse Dragonfly rubber stamp set onto card front, as shown, and paint with Imperial Purple Art Anthology Sorbet.

Here is a close-up of how sheer and shimmery this paint is.  It works beautifully for coloring your stamped images because it does not cover up your stamping.  If you look closely, you can see the images beneath the paint on the wings.  Awesome product!

Paint Leaky Shed's spring butterfly with Inktense ink blocks.  While this is beautiful in its own right, it is quite matte, and I knew I wanted more glitz.

This prompted me to pull out the Art Anthology Sorbet acrylic paints again.  I covered the top (purple) portion with Imperial Purple, the bottom (green) with June Bud, and the body (brown) with Kenyan Copper.  This paint is very sheer and shimmery, and I believe it shows in the photo.  

Adding a few dew drops in an amber color to the body added a bit more bling.  It also covered the foam dots I used to attach it to the card front.

I removed one of the tag die cuts from the Botanical Odyssey paper pad, inked the edges with Crushed Olive, and stamped Dragonfly Dreams in StazOn Spiced Chai.  Then I stamped the tiny dragonflies in StazOn Gothic Purple and colored these, once again, with the Art Anthology Imperial Purple sorbet.

I added a large clear dew drop to the top of the tag to act as a sort of tag pull, and a nifty embellishment, too.  This gets inserted into the pocket for a bit of interaction with your recipient.  You could always add a little note to the back of the tag, also.

One more look for a slightly different angle shows the dimension on this card.  

Supplies Used:

Altered Pages:  ATC Blanks; Kaisercraft Botanical Odyssey Paper Pad; Kaisercraft Hummingbird Paper Pad;  Muse Dragonfly rubber stamp set; AP-278 Fun Florals collage sheet; Art Anthology Sorbet dimensional acrylic paints: (June Bud, Imperial Purple, Kenyan Copper); Ball Fringe baby size (yellow); Dew Drops
Leaky Shed:  Spring Butterfly Small (3pc)
IMAGINE Crafts: StazOn Midi Gothic Purple, Spiced Chai
Other supplies:  Large clear dew drop (The Robin's Nest)
5"x7" kraft card
Distress ink:  Crushed Olive; Milled Lavender

I hope you enjoyed my card project today, and have been inspired to make a pocket style card for someone you love.  And don't forget to comment each day on the Altered Pages blog for a chance to win this awesome prize package!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful, creative week!

Barbara

Sin City Stamps Design Team Announcement

Hello everyone.  I have some exciting news to share with you today.  I am so pleased and honored to announce that I am going to be on the Sin City Stamps Design Team for another term.  I have been with them since the beginning, and am so very proud to continue to work with this wonderful company.

I also want to let you know about a few of my favorite new products that are now available.  First, I am in love with the new Hot Air Balloon Chipboard Book.

As a matter of fact, I just released my very first Youtube video featuring this cute little book, which you can view here.  

In addition, I have designed a Shrine Chipboard Book, which, although not a new design, one that I have adjusted to my own specifications.  This little beauty can be used as either a triptych, or cut apart to use as a book. I will be showcasing this in the near future, and probably try my hand at  a second Youtube video.  

My newest favorite stamp set is the Up Up and Away 2 set, which I also featured in my Youtube video.  Here is a look at the wonderful images on this plate.

I could go on and on, there are so many new products and fun images, but let me just invite you to visit the Sin City Stamps online store to see all the new items, and if you visit the Sin City Stamps blog, you will get tons of inspiration from the team.

As always, thanks for your support and for stopping by today.  Hope to see you all next week with my first project post for the new term.  We have a lot in store for you over the next few months.

Happy crafting!

Barbara