A is for Art

This year I've signed up for a an alphatags swap with Chocolate Baroque Guild and as the name suggests we are working our way through the alphabet (two letters most months with a couple of three letter months) so that at the end of the year we have a selection of tags to make into a tag book.  I have jotted down some ideas for most of the letters but must say that a couple of them could cause a bit of serious thinking later on in the year!!

I've chosen  A for ART and have used resist technique with Versamark ink pad and clear embossing powder for the basis of this tag which started out as a piece of white card.  The  ART sentiment was stamped onto the white card and embossed, followed by a light sponging with Distress inks.  I next stamped a floral swirl stamp and again embossed before adding more ink sponging and some overstamping using the same stamp.  The flower was made from Tim Holtz kraft glassine, scrunched and coloured with Distress ink and a light spray of copper Glimmer Mist; card for the die cut leaves was coloured before cutting.  Details of stamps and materials used are at the end of what seems to be turning into quite a long post somehow. I'll show you the B tag tomorrow - I wasn't sure if we were to add ribbons because of putting them in the post but have done so for the time being.

Tim Holtz large tag die, Tattered Flowers die and Tickets die
Distress inks in Dusty Concorde, Milled Lavendar, Mustard Seed and Wild Honey
Art Stamp by Chocolate Baroque - Artistic Affirmations plate
Floral swirl stamp by Chocolate Baroque - Nature Swirls plate
Ticket Stamp by Creative Expressions
Leaves - Crealies die