What fun I had with this one. I started by using various stencils and randomly applying small patches of modeling paste over half of a sheet of mixed media paper. Next was the fun part. I sponged, used watercolors, used home made sprays made with reinkers and continued to apply color and fix up the ugly spots with anything I had that would put down color. When that dried, I used Stamplorations mixed media stamps to stamp the spaces in between the paste. Most of it on this was obliterated by the tree but there is a part of a stamp at the lower left of the tree still showing. Out came a variety of stencils again. This time I used an embossing dauber. I used a small part of the many different stencils squeezing the dauber through the stencil then embossed with all kinds of colors of Lindy Stamp Gang embossing powder. This left a pretty patina on the tag. I also rubbed on Inka gold in a few spots.
I followed Catherine Pooler's idea of doing a floating inlaid die cut. You can see it here. This is where senior moments happen. No wafer thin die will cut anything deeper than the blade and this definitely was pretty thick with paste. Even my custom made (designed by me) base plate was having trouble and it has cut my most difficult dies. It took several passes but finally got it cut. I cut out the tree using Shimmer Sheetz and used acetate behind it. Since I cut the tree off the edge of the tag, what fun I had finding those tiny pieces that I had forgotten would fall out! Finished off with a few stitches and added my favorite die cut star. Added the gold SU cord, a retired product. Thanks for stopping by.
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Sun, Nov 13, 2016 @ 3:05 PM
Oh wow Nancy this is pure mixed media magic. Thanks so much for all the details, I feel like I have been sitting at your desk watching. All of your tags are amazing!!!
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Thu, Nov 17, 2016 @ 12:19 PM
Oh my goodness gracious, Nancy....what a lot of work/fun!!!! It shows! This is one of the prettiest Christmas tags I have ever seen. Brilliantly creative!!
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Jo
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Sun, Nov 12, 2017 @ 11:31 AM
Oh, Nancy! First of all, I should have remembered that it's time for Loll's wonderful Christmas Tag Challenge! Well, this is GORGEOUS, and I can only imagine your working on something so beautiful with your patience and ingenuity! I absolutely love it! The tree die is beautiful, and what a breath-taking die base. I love it!! Hugs!
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