Hello! Happy hot summer!
I picked up this gorgeous stamp & die set from Spellbinders a few weeks ago.
I love all things ocean themed and the sample card in the shop was just lovely.
Here’s a shot of most of the supplies.
So get yourself some Distress Inks and let’s make a tag!
I used three blue Distress Oxides. Blend the entire tag and let dry (or dry with heat tool). Place a stencil over the tag and blot through the tag with a baby wipe or damp paper towel to remove the ink. Cool, huh!
Next, add some splatter to the background. I used a couple of Distress sprays and a Tattered Angels shimmer spray. Set it aside to dry and let’s start doing some stamping.
Stamp one seahorse, a few shells, and a few of the detailed seaweed. Color however you like (I used watercolors and some shimmer watercolor). Dry, and die cut them out.
For the seahorse I die cut one out of foam, so that the seahorse has dimension.
If you don’t have foam, just cut a few from cardstock and stack ’em up.
Now stamp some of the skinny seaweed on the tag using green ink (I used Archival Ink in Evergreen Bough). Next, find a speckle or dot stamp and emboss some glitter dots on the background.
I added some Tim Holtz rub ons to the background.
Layer the seaweed and shells as shown. I let some hang off the bottom of the tag and trimmed them off.
For a sentiment I used Tim Holtz word chips but you can use whatever ya like.
Just make sure to make whatever you use dimensional.
Finally add the seahorse, a few dew drops, and whatever embellishments you want for the tag hole.
Supplies-
- scissors, adhesives, water paint brush
- embossing ink
- glitter embossing powder
- Dew Drops
- Spellbinders Seahorse Garden stamp & die set
- watercolor paints
- Distress inks (regular or oxide)
- Tim Holtz rub ons
- Tim Holtz word chips
- fibers & embellishments for the tag hole