Hi there and Happy Tuesday! It's Lisa and I'm back for another episode of #TexturalTuedays. I can't believe it's almost Christmas, how about you? Speaking of believing (nice segue, eh?) that's the stamp that I chose to use from the Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Brush Stroke Christmas by Julie Ebersole. I decided to build my tag today around this one stamp and go from there! Have you ever done that? It's fun!
You may be wondering, why a black tag, Lisa? And I shall answer you...why not? (I'm such a smarty-pants.) Actually, when you see my process, I really was going for a frosty look, which is kinda hard to photograph. But, the black tag shows it off the best. Being black and all.
Let me show you what I did to get this tag all texture-y! (Photo heavy post..)
1 and 2. I used a standard Inkssentials #10 Tag (black) and used Tim Holtz's Frosted Film to cover it and make it non-porous. It also gave the tag a very subtle frosty look and different kind of texture. If you have this product and don't know what to do with it, use it with products such as paints and alcohol inks.
Cut it slightly larger and then trim to size. WAY easier this way.
3. Using Ranger Alcohol Inks in Watermelon, Pool, Sail Boat Blue, Purple Twilight, Pitch Black, and Metallic Mixative Pearl add the colors to your blending felt and dab onto the frosted film randomly. (If more blending is desired, use a fresh felt and the blending solution.)
4. Edge the tag with Ranger Metallic Mixative, Silver.
5 and 6. Figure out where you want you place your stencil and mask off that area. I went overboard, but I didn't want the Texture Luxe™ getting on anything else. Apply the Texture Luxe™ in Pearl and lift off the stencil very carefully. (Silver would also look super pretty!)
7. Stamp the "Believe" sentiment in Versamark embossing ink and heat set in Silver embossing powder onto a strip of Vellum.
8. Stamp the ray or burst from the Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Merry & Bright by Julie Ebersole onto the tag using Hero Arts Shadow Ink in Silver. (I'll be honest in that I wasn't sure if this ink would stay on the frosted film since it's a water-based ink, but it kind of behaves like a pigment ink. Very impressed!)
9. So. Foil. I added mine by adding two strips of my fave adhesive tape at the top and bottom of where I put my Texture Luxe™ and then burnished the foil right on top. So easy!
10. The next way I like to add foil and add really fun interest is to use Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® Adhesive Sheets , remove the backer, and press the sticky side randomly to different parts of the tag. Then press the foil to the sticky areas (shiny side up), burnish, and lift up. You get really awesome super shiny accents. So cool!
11. Then I decided I wanted some pink stars. So I dabbed some Spun Sugar Distress Paint onto my craft mat and let my wood veneer stars swim in the paint for a little bit.
12. I adhered the painted wood veneer stars and a few clear sequins. Then I realized I wanted it just a touch pinker, so I spritzed a bit of Dylusions Ink Spray in Bubblegum Pink.
Close-up time!!!
Can you tell how the Frosted Film gives the tag gives it a texture?
I know today's post was lengthy, but I really wanted to cover everything. So much to share!!
Play with some of your forgotten products and mix them up with some of your new goodies. Find new ways to bring texture into your projects. And always, ALWAYS...have fun. :)
