More fun with a tag...

I love tags...they have so many ways you can use them...and they make nice small gifts or an "extra" to a larger gift. They are also a great place to try a new technique...and that's usually how I make mine.  I am really, truly a technique junkie. I take down the information and make copies of all techniques I find interesting (especially those that make embellishments) and then I try them as soon as I can gather the supplies I need. I try to find techniques that use products I already have or those that don't require a lot of purchases.

So here's my tag for today.

I made this for my granddaughter's high school graduation. I watched a video by a Prima Designer who demoed how to make artsy backgrounds by using different mediums. I still have a lot to learn because I have a hard time getting my colors in the right places. This turned out bluer than what I pictured but then I was afraid to add more color because I didn't want it to turn muddy. The designer used an art medium that had a lot of texture to it and I had never seen that to purchase. I tried out paint, puffy paint, stenciling medium...but none of it turned out to have that look that I think she achieved with the textured medium. She showed what it was and I most definitely need to get some. I love texture on my stuff and I have to try this.

On to the deets:

I make my own chippies by layering several layers of heavy cardstock. And that's what I did here with the Memory Box flourish.

The butterfly is a Memory Box die too but I left that thin and covered it with a clear sparkle emboss powder. 

I think dies are my most favorite embellishments to use. The new ones are so delicate and thin and they are gorgeous!!!

I am entering these into these challenges:

http://berry71bleu.blogspot.com/ They want us to show our chippies. and I think my thick layered flourish fits the bill.
http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com/ Show us your style...I'm not sure what I am. I am very drawn to shabby chic & some vintage (not too grungy or old & torn) I like it beautiful and elegant too. I guess it's wherever my heart is at the time.

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/  All sorts says "any die will do"....ladies after my own heart..
http://panpasteluk.blogspot.com/  This one is "anything goes"...Their prize is a sample of pan pastels. I would love to win that...I've never tried them!

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Blessings,
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