Mid Month Mini Make - Touch of Purple

 The mid month challenge over on Clarity Mini Makes & ATCs is to make something small using a favourite Clarity stamp and a touch of purple and an uplifting sentiment.  I went with a tag, although I struggled to pick a favourite stamp.  In the end I went with the Build a Wreath stamps and picked an older verse to go with them.

I will Lift My Eyes Unto the Hills: A Tag

 This is my contribution to the latest challenge over on Tag Tuesday (Add a Saying/Quote).  As you will see, I used a quote from the bible.

Trim a little off either side of a #8 manilla tag so it measures 3” in width. Add a piece of inky deli paper to the tag, seal it with matte medium, dry thoroughly and trim the excess.

Use the thanks 3” x 3” aperture die from Clarity with stencil card.

Remove the leaves from the die cut with scissors.

Stamp the robin (ClarityNDC #86) onto another piece of stencil card in Onyx Black Versafine ink.

Colour it using coloured pencils and fussy cut.

Colour the leaves with shades of green Derwent Inktense pencils and blend them out with a watercolour brush pen.

Dry with a heat gun then add further shades of green in the same way.

Lay the leaves over the tag to ascertain placement and colour the background where the leaves sit, blend out with a watercolour brush pen.

Using the Mountains & Hills outer mask, trace along the edge with a Mauve Derwent Inktense pencil and remove the mask.

Drag the colour down with a watercolour brush pen.

Repeat further down the tag.

Continue adding and blending out colour until the mountains are complete.

Add the leaves to the foreground.

Add the robin.

Add shading around the robin and intensify his colouring with the Inktense pencils.

To finish, add a quote using a black pen.

This tag very much reminds me of the Chalet School series of books by Elinor M Brent-Dyer. The bible verse is quoted in more than one of her books and one of the chief characters is also known as The Robin.

In the Garden Gift Tag: Deckchairs

These In the Garden stamp sets designed by Linda Williams aren't just useful for making cards, they can be used for gift tags too.

I will lift my eyes unto the hills: a Tag

This is my contribution to the May challenge over on Tag It Tuesday.  As you will see, I used all four prompts:  Add black marker or pen, add mountains or trees, use a die cut and add something from nature.

Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of VE Day

This is a tag that was made as part of a tag book several years ago.  However it seems the perfect project to share on today's 75th anniversary of VE Day and the end of the Second World war in Europe.

One Background, Two Journal Tags

I am slowly catching up with the last of the alphabet prompts on Mission Inspiration to finish my alphabet tag journal.  The last five prompts were released all at once as there is a new format to the mini missions for 2019.  Having now created V for Victory and W for Wish, I have nearly completed my first tag journal.

A Gothic Journal Page

This page was created for the July challenge on Mixed Media Art Journey, however, as it also fits the current Gothic challenge over on JJAMMMA (Junk Journals and Mindful Mixed Media Art), I am also entering it there.

Grunge Tags!

These tags were made for the May tag swap over on Junk Journals and Mindful Mixed Media Art (JJAMMMA).  They are currently winging their way to Australia, so I won't be sharing them with the FB group until I know that they've arrived.