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,

Make Today Count

5/24/20 Rising Star at A Place To Start!

Hi everyone! Hope you’re having a great day! I’ve popped in this morning with an inspirational mixed media card I created with Stamplistic’s Forever stamp. Aside from the awesome stamped image, this card features yummy distress ink smooshing, heat embossing, water droplets and opaque ink splattering, and a homemade shimmer mist!

I smooshed a piece of Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper several times in Ranger cracked pistachio, peacock feathers and mermaid lagoon distress inks spritzed with plain water in a mini mister, drying with a heat tool between smooshes. I stamped the image in Versamark and heat embossed it in white. Using an ink blending brush, I applied twisted citron distress ink lightly in a circular fashion over the entire image with the darkest concentration of ink in the center.

I dribbled plain water from the distress sprayer over the entire piece and rolled a roll of paper towels over it to soak up the droplets. When that dried, I colored the long oval shapes in the image with a Spectrum Noir GT3 alcohol marker and then applied a homemade mist of white Perfect Pearls and Dr Ph. Martin’s blue india ink over the entire piece in a mini mister to give it some silky shine. Once that was dry, I wiped any residual ink from the embossing with a dry paper towel and then splattered Copic opaque white ink (slightly diluted with water) with a fan brush. When the piece was completely dry, I trimmed it, layered it on silver foil cardstock and again on dark green cardstock, and added a single tiny green gemstone to the center of the image. I adhered a Tim Holtz Quotations sticker to a couple layers of cardstock and adhered it to the bottom right of the image.

I embellished the inside panel with leftover silver metallic paper and dark green cardstock used on the front, layered the panel on the dark green cardstock and added another Tim Holtz Quotations sticker.

And one more peek… so loving how this turned out!

Sharing in the following challenges:
A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge: #116 – Anything Goes
A Place To Start: May Challenge – Create Custom Background / No Designer Paper
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog: #251 – Anything Goes + Sentiment
Crafty Catz: #506 – Anything Goes w/optional Outdoors (no twist)
Creative Artiste Challenge Blog: #60 – Anything Mixed Media Goes
More Mixed Media Challenge: May Challenge – Anything Goes w/optional Pink (no twist)
QKR Stampede: #398 – Anything Goes
Sparkles Monthly Challenge Blog: #128 – Use Real Stamp / No Digis
The Creative Crafters: #28 – Anything Goes
WordArt Wednesday: Weeks #438/#439 – Anything Goes
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge: #5 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper, Hygloss silver metallic paper, Stampin’ Up Whisper White and Tranquil Tide cardstock
Ink: Ranger distress ink- twisted citron, cracked pistachio, peacock feathers, mermaid lagoon; Spectrum Noir alcohol marker- GT3; Versamark, Copic opaque white ink
Accessories: Hero Arts White embossing powder, White Perfect Pearls and Dr. Ph. Martin’s blue india ink in mini mister, mini mister with plain water, fan brush, ink blending brush, Tim Holtz distress sprayer, Tim Holtz Quotations Metallic Stickers, Darice tiny green gemstone

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this card! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig