Playing Around With Some New Stamps

I ordered a bunch of new stamps from Joann's.com last week and received them quickly.  I was able to play a little today. These are from Tim Holtz and I used a stencil from Crafters Workshop for the square pattern.  First I rubbed Adirondack Snow Cap pigment ink from Ranger on the entire tags.  Then I used stamping foam and rubbed distress inks on the surface of the tag.  I stamped the background image with Distress Ink and then stamped the hot air balloon with Ranger Archival.  I painted and sprinkled the tag with Twinkling H2O's.  Remember to heat dry between each layer if you try this technique.  I had lots of fun and especially dirty fingers.

Tag Your It - Wings on A Prayer

This is for the Tag You Are It challenge Wings. The image is from my other blog Clearly Vintage. The stamps are Invoke.

Diamond Girl in Distress

Here is a tag for the Tag Your It challenge diamonds. This tag was an experiment in masking. First I stamped the girl on my tag and then I stamped another on a spare sheet of paper. I cut out the mask of the girl and place it on top of my stamped image. I then stamped the diamond pattern. I inked the blue accents by putting Distress Ink on Cut and Dry foam and dabbing it where I wanted it. The last step was to used the ink stain stamp from Invoke to make it look more distressed.. I store my masks in the same binder as the unmounted stamp so I can use is again.

Dream Tag

The theme at Tag Your It is Dream this week. The stamps were accented with stickles. It doesn't show well on the scan. The stamps are OI and Inkadinkadoo.

Christmas Tag for Tag Your It

This is a tag for Tag Your It. A little early for Christmas. The image is from a Victorian Trade Card. The tree stamp is PSX. The words are Inkadinkadoo.

Halloween Fairy

This is my entry for the Tag Your It fairy challenge. The image is one of mine and the stamps are dollar stamps. The wings are from Nancy Dooren.

A Tag for Michaela

The challenge at Tag You are It last week was Monogram. This is a tag for my daughter to put on her camp bag. The monogram was made with a Justrite Stamper monogram stamper. The other stamps are Invoke and Heidi Grace.

Circle Tag

This is a tag I made for the Tag Your It circle challenge. The stamps are Inkadinkadoo and Studio G. Sorry, I couldn't seem to get a clear photo. Please click on photo to see details.

Our House

This is a tag for the Tag Your It house challenge. The stamps are Invoke. Papers and Embellishments are Marah Johnson.