make today count

Hey everybody! I hope your week has started off rather nicely! I have another Splitcoast Stampers Dirty Dozen DT inspiration project to share with you today – a motivational tag with inlaid die cuts and bold pops of purple, lime green and pink! I love making tags and don’t seem to make very many for some reason. And I used a dragonfly die set that I’ve had in my stash for quite some time and have never used, so I thought it was time to bring it out for a play!

I cut two tags from CutCardStock Basis Black cardstock and die cut three dragonfly shaped apertures into one of them, using the Prickley Pear Stamps dainty Dragonflies dies, reserving the negative space pieces to put back into the apertures for a little dimension. I die cut the dragonflies twice more from Basis Black and purple, lime green and pink striped papers in the Doodlebug Design Dot-Stripe Rainbow Petite Prints 6×6 paper pad, and adhered them on top of the negative spaces in the tag with the striped papers on top.

I added gemstones from the Trinity Stamps Amethyst Accent, Andradite Sparkle and Morganite Muse Embellishment Mixes using my Trinity Pick Up Stick. I adhered several motivational sentiments from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology Small Talk stickers. The final touch was adding black stripe ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon which I tied with Doodlebug Design Lily White Doodle Twine.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: August #8-2023 – Anything Goes
2. Classic Design Challenge: August #8 – Anything Goes
3. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: #114 – August Anything Goes

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Products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Basis Black cardstock, Doodlebug Design Dot-Stripe Rainbow Petite Prints 6×6 paper pad
DIES/PUNCHES: Prickley Pear Stamps Dainty Dragonflies dies, Stampin’ Up 1/4″ and 1/2″ circle punches
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Art Glitter Dries Clear adhesive, Big Shot, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Small Talk sentiment stickers, Doodlebug Design Lily White Doodle Twine, Really Reasonable Ribbon black stripe ribbon, Trinity Stamps Amethyst Accent, Andradite Sparkle and Morganite Muse Embellishment Mixes, Trinity Pick Up Stick

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Scrappy hugs,