Getting Ready for Christmas

The prompt over on Try it on Tuesday is Get Ready for Christmas so I thought I would share these gift tags.

I decided to have a break from Christmas cards and instead create some gift tags (or perhaps mini Christmas cards).  I managed to create 12 toppers from one piece of  A4 card.

I started by adding Ocean Reef and Indian Jamun Artistry inks onto a blending mat.  The ink was smoothed out with a brayer, given a light mist of water, then the A4 card was laid over the top and pressed down.  I also managed to get a second background from the same ink on a piece of copy paper.

Next, I sprinkled Pixie Powders in Purple Violet, Teal wash, Midnight Blue and White Pearl onto the background,  misted several times with water and allowed the colours to spread and run.  I dried the card with a heat gun.

Using Clarity stencil brushes, The edges were covered with the same Artistry inks as before.

Finally,  I watered down some silver Izink pigment ink and used a fan brush to add spatters of silver all over the card.  Once again,  I dried the card with a heat gun.

The master board was then cut into 7cm x 7cm squares (12 in total) and the edges darkened with Ocean Reef ink on a blending tool.

Using a combination of stamps from the Mini Word Chains by Clarity Crafts (13&14),  I stamped greetings in Versamark ink and heat embossed them in silver EP.  I made three toppers using each greeting.  Merry Christmas

 Season's Greetings.

Peace on earth at Christmas.

And finally,  Happy Christmas.

To finish, I just needed to glue the toppers to some pre made 3" x 3" card blanks.  They each come with an envelope, so they can be used as gift tags for presents or can be sent as miniature Christmas cards.

I love how each topper is so different despite being created from the same sheet of card.

Christmas Gift Tags from a Master Board

I decided to have a break from Christmas cards and instead create some gift tags (or perhaps mini Christmas cards).  I managed to create 12 toppers from one piece of  A4 card.

From Master Board to Tag!

This tag was created following three of the four prompts on Tag It Tuesday for March 2018.  As at least two of the prompts have to be followed, I am within the permitted parameters.  The prompts were: Use a sponge brush; add gears; use a black marker; 'luck'.  As you can see, I used the last three!

Masterboard Journal Page

Usually when I create a master board it is then cut into smaller pieces and used for different projects.  This master board was created for the 4th Explore Your Creativity Challenge with Junk Journal Junkies and Mindful Art and was used instead to create an art journal page.  The technique to use was create a master board, the product was paint and the colour, yellow.

From Master Board to Card

I decided that having made a master board, I should use it to create a card.  It didn't take very long and I have plenty of background pieces left over for another card and some tags.

Big Background Master Board

I decided to have a play with no particular end point in mind and created this master board.  It will probably be cut down into smaller backgrounds for card making, but I will be using this technique again in my art journaling I am sure.