Welcome! Do you remember
THIS POST a few weeks ago when I talked about fussy cutting, and how you do it? Well I am finally getting around to following up on the tags I made with the fussy cut images and how I assembled them. This is one if the little puppy images, fussy cut and inked around the edges with a soft (and inexpensive) brown pigment ink pad. I like the softer, less expensive ink pads much better than those 'famous', firmer ink pads that you have to use a blending tool (another expense) to get the softer look. Just putting it out there!
As I was making a number of tags at once, nine to be exact, I played around with a few ideas, and then decided on a red paper with white polka dots, blue die cut scalloped circles, embossed with a cute swirly folder, and lots of Stickles! Once I decided on the elements for the tags, I cut out the pieces for one and put it together, just to see how it worked before cutting out all the multiples of pieces. Here is what it looked like with the pieces all being placed but not glued down ...
Looks good to me, let's move on! Next up is cutting, embossing and
inking the edges of all the pieces. Once that chore is done, I started
the assembly process. Adhering the patterned paper to the white card
stock I was using as the base of the tags. That done, I added the
circles of blue card stock.
Next up is the puppy images. Because the card stock I used
to print the images on is kind of flimsy, I want to add a scrap of card
stock to the back to make it a little more sturdy. I cut a piece of
card stock slightly smaller than the image and just glue it on ...
... that adds just enough sturdiness so the image won't buckle if it's
pushed in a bit. Next up, I add some dimension. Foam squares, pop
dots, whatever you call them, they are great for dimension.
After they are attached I add some Stickles ... Christmas Red for the heart and Diamond for the blue bow.
An outline here, some filling in there, and the Stickles makes
everything shiny and pretty! Add a small hole punched in the top and
some simple twine, and you have a tag, ready to give to someone special!
Aren't they cute? And in a couple of days, I will be giving away five
of them in my Facebook Followers Giveaway ... are you a follower of my
Facebook page? Better move on over there and 'Like' my page so you can
be in on the action. Blessings,
