Happy, Happy Day Everyone! Today I am sharing an oversized mixed media tag created for my second Susan Weckesser design team project for November. Tag making is something I have not done a lot of in the past, but I am loving it because this year I realized that: a) you have a tag which can be used instead of a card; b) that a blingy tag is such a beautiful decoration, you can wrap your gift in brown paper and it still looks good and c) you can hang it on the Christmas tree as an ornament and a memory. Seriously Christmas tags may be replacing my Christmas cards next year!
I created this tag for a special, extra Large Gift for someone wonderful, featuring my very favorite "One Of A Kind Winter" snowman stamp from Susan Weckesser/Unity Stamps. I Stamped the snowman onto a piece of cardboard that came with a stamp set I bought, because I loved the subtle embossed dots on it, and I colored the hat and scarf using my Zig clean color brush tip markers.
For the background I applied a thin layer of white gesso and I stamped the small house from Susan's Create Your Day Unity Stamp set onto a page of thin white paper from a second-hand medical book I bought for $2. The paper in medical books or Bibles is wonderful for this technique, tissue paper thin and brilliantly white, it is strong enough to hold up to getting wet with Mod Podge and sprays and mediums.
Some seed pearls for door knobs, a foam pop dot for the sun and of course the final step with everything I do, a layer of Rangers Stickles and Close To My Heart Liquid Glass finishes everything off.
So that's my tag for today.... I hope it inspires you to go off and create something that will "Warm 3 Winter Months" for someone!
Lynne Mizera, Mixed Media Artist
for the Susan K. Weckesser Design Team
Susan K. Weckesser Products used on this project:
I created this tag for a special, extra Large Gift for someone wonderful, featuring my very favorite "One Of A Kind Winter" snowman stamp from Susan Weckesser/Unity Stamps. I Stamped the snowman onto a piece of cardboard that came with a stamp set I bought, because I loved the subtle embossed dots on it, and I colored the hat and scarf using my Zig clean color brush tip markers.
For the background I applied a thin layer of white gesso and I stamped the small house from Susan's Create Your Day Unity Stamp set onto a page of thin white paper from a second-hand medical book I bought for $2. The paper in medical books or Bibles is wonderful for this technique, tissue paper thin and brilliantly white, it is strong enough to hold up to getting wet with Mod Podge and sprays and mediums.
Lynne Mizera, Mixed Media Artist
for the Susan K. Weckesser Design Team
Susan K. Weckesser Products used on this project:
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Absolutely love this .... your snowballs are the cutest !!
ReplyDeletegreat tag - love the snowballs!
ReplyDeleteI love it. Great job
ReplyDeleteSuch a cool tag Lynne...I love it!
ReplyDeleteWhat an incredibly cute tag! I love the wobbly row of houses with their glittery windows and pearly door knobs! And the little snowballs are simply genius! xx
ReplyDeleteEEE! This is totally adorbs in all the right ways! What an awesome collage - Love the newsprint on the houses. <3 <3
ReplyDeleteLynne! Just got my 3rd issue of Mixed-Up Magazine and guess who's on page 5! (smile/swoon/drool ala Lynne!) Congratulations - loving your inky paper towel canvas! I'd better go back and read all about it! I've followed a link from there to get here! :)))
ReplyDeleteOh Zsuzsa I am still pinching myself! Thank you 😊 and yes! You have to try this technique...it is si much fun. Thanks for the visit and the comment!
DeleteSo fun! I just love it!
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