Fun Experimental Tag

The prompt this fortnight over on Tag Tuesday is Your Favourite Theme.  I like experimenting, the colour green, book paper and leaves and flowers so thought this tag fitted the bill perfectly.

I started by covering a #8 manilla tag with a page of Romanian text, drying and trimming.

I started adding leaves using the #2 stamp in the Skeleton Leaf 3 way overlay tile stamp set from Clarity Crafts.  I stamped the leaf three times in Versamark ink and heat embossed the images in clear embossing powder.

Next came the experimenting with Oxide sprays.  I chose Cracked Pistachio and Peeled Paint and sprayed them both lightly onto the tag, drying the ink with my heat gun.  Before spraying, I gently shook each spray bottle from side to side, like ringing a bell.

I spritzed a little water over the tag before adding more of the Cracked Pistachio.  I also added a light mist of Twisted Citron Distress Spray Stain.  As the oxide sprays dry to a chalky finish, mixing in one of the original spray stains added patches of vibrancy.  Once again, I used my heat gun to dry the tag thoroughly.

I wondered how the Distress Archival inks would work over the Oxide sprays.  I took the same stamp as before and stamped it multiple times in Peeled Paint Archival ink, then went over the top with a little Vintage Photo around the edges.

I went round the edges of the leaves and the tag with a white gel pen.  The gel pen produces quite a subtle effect over the Oxide sprays.

To finish, I added one of the Tim Holtz quote chips.