A Touch of Italy by Sue Lorang

 

Grape and Wine Bottle Stamps by Great Impressions

Corner Stamp #V105 ~ www.VickieEnkoff.com

Word Stamp by Hampton Arts

 

Directions:

1. Stamp grapes in border on a tag or scrap of cream cardstock. Paint in with H20’s and cut around outside of the image.

2. Stamp image onto one side of the Double sticky tape liner and cut out.

3. Remove the bottom liner and carefully set on the image. Push firmly onto the image.

4. Put the image in a Tidy Tray and remove the top liner. Pour on the micro beads.

5. Push the beads into the tape with an old brayer or flat object. Pour remaining beads back into the package.

6. Wipe some “tea dye” Distress Ink on acetate and pick up with a wet paintbrush and paint onto the top of the beads to distress the image. Set aside.

7. With direct to paper method swipe the front of a tag with “antique linen” Distress Ink and then when dry swipe again with “tea dye” Distress Ink.

8. Stamp the word stamp in brown on the distressed tag. When dry swipe one more time with the “tea dye” Distress Ink.

9. Cut tan cardstock to 4 X 5 1/4

10. Stamp the grapes and wine bottle onto the bottom left on the tan cardstock in black.

11. Fill in image with H20’s.

12. Stamp the corner stamp in the top right and bottom left corners in brown.

13. Use brown BloPen on the tan card front being careful not to go over stamped images and spraying heavier on the bottom.

14. Mount the beaded image onto the tag and string the fibers through the hole in the tag.

15. Mount the tag onto the tan card front and trim off the portion of the tag over the edge.

16. Fold and score an A2 card from the tan cardstock.

17. Mount the card front onto the 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 copper cardstock, then onto the card.

Sunflower Tag by Mary Drinkwater

 

Sunflower Stamp- Unknown

Directions:
Trim a half of the background paper 1/4" smaller than the card front. 
Attach to card. 

Stamp image onto white tag using black ink. 

Let dry, then color with pencils and highlight with glitter pens. 

Cut a piece of the printed paper 1/2" larger than tag in the same shape. 

Cut the 1/4 sheet of blue cardstock into a tag 1/4" larger than the printed paper tag. 

Attach the printed paper to the cardstock and top it with the image. 

Punch a hole in the center of the tag and the front of the card.

Attach the tag with yellow ribbon tied in a bow.

Fuchsia Tag Card by Chriss Grabb

 

Real Fuchsia Stamp - Hero Arts ~ www.heroarts.com

Large Delicate Woven Fabrics Stamp - Hero Arts

Long Writing Background Stamp - Hero Arts

Filigree Background Stamp - Stampin' Up ~ www.stampinup.com

Speckle Stamp - Stampin' Up

Fringing Texture Stamp ~ www.paperinspirations.com

 

Directions:
Stamp pink cardstock with filigree background stamp in fuchsia ink. Set aside. 

 

Rip rice paper diagonally and set aside.

 

Ink fuchsia stamp with Marvy Markers and stamp on tag.  Over stamp image with woven fabric stamp in cosmic copper ink. 

 

Stamp fringe in black ink on both edges of tag.  Stamp script and speckles in galaxy gold ink as shown.  Gold emboss speckles.  

 

Edge tag with gold marker and embellish with ribbon.

 

Layer from top to bottom - tag, torn rice paper and pink paper onto rose card.

“Just For You” Accordion Tag by Deanna Wentz

 

Sentiment Stamps – Hero Arts

Alphabet Stamps (“adore”) – Fontwerks

Various Heart Stamps – Hero Arts

Flourish Foam Stamps – Making Memories

Word Foam Stamps – Daydreams by Dawn Houser

 

Directions:

Tear printed paper and adhere to bottom portion of all tags.

Using stipple brush, briskly paint Gesso onto edges of printed paper blending onto tags.

Randomly stamp heart, flourish and word images across tags as desired.

Staple printed twill across multiple tags allowing for folding. Distress the twill lightly with light color stamp pad ink if desired.

Stamp sentiment onto metal tag.

Punch two holes in top of glassine envelope and tie metal tag to outer side using 1/16” ribbon.
Fold tag card together and place in envelope.

 

At the Bay by Sue Lorang (Sue4stamping)

 

Stamp #K-2893 by PSX

 

Directions:
1. Stamp image on two pieces of white cardstock.
2. Cut the main image piece to 4" X 5 ¼”.
3. With dark green marker, color just the trees on the left.
4. On the second image, center the tag template over the part you want for your tag and cut it out.
5. Scribble Lyra crayon in the plastic pallet and add water with a wet brush.
6. On the tag, watercolor the sky a little lighter than the water . Set aside to dry.
7. When dry, color the rest of the tag with markers.
8. Punch a hole in the top of the tag and thread your fibers through.
9. Line the tag up with the main image and adhere the tag to the image.
10. Cut Blue cardstock to 4 ¼” X 5 ½”
11. Fold and score an A2 card from white cardstock.
12. Mount main image onto blue cardstock and then onto the white A2 card.

Journey Tag card by Judy Jackson in PA

 

Friendship’s Journey Stamp Set from Stampin’Up

Antique Background Stamp from Stampin’Up

 

Directions:

1. Cut, score and fold the green cardstock for an A2 size card.
2. Cut Perfect plum cardstock 4 ¼ by 5 ½  - punch top left corner
3. Cut green cardstock 3 ¾ inches by 5 inches, stamp Antique background with the green ink and prepare to mount – Do Not Mount Now.
4. Trim the purple cardstock to fit around the green stamped cardstock as shown, so it is ¼ inch smaller than the A2 green base card. Sponge green ink around the edge of the purple cardstock.
5. Cut purple that is 2 ½ by 4 inches.  Cut off the top corners to make a tag. Tear off the bottom edge, approximately ½ inch.  Sponge purple ink around the edges.
6. Cut a white tag that 2 ¼ by 3 ½ inches.  Stamp saying from Friendship’s Journey over and over completely covering the tag. Use the Basic Brown ink.  Tear off the bottom edge. Sponge edges with green ink.
7. Cut a tag from Shimmery White cardstock that is 2 by 3 ½ inches.  Stamp the collaged lady stamp with Basic Brown ink on this cardstock. Trim around the top of the lady’s head and postmark.  Tear off the bottom edge, approximately ½ inch.
8. Using the inkpads – mash them down to put ink in the lid, and then using the water brushes paint the lady’s face and neck with Blush Blossom ink; her dress top, the inside of ticket with green ink; the locket, flowers, bodice, and edge of ticket with the purple ink.  Sponge the edges with green ink.  Mount on larger white tag at an angle. 
9. Stamp key on a 1 ½ by 1 inch shipping tag in Basic Brown ink. Paint key with purple ink. Sponge edge with purple ink.  Mount on green cardstock and trim around to shape of tag.  Mount at an angle at the top of the other tags. Punch a 1/8-inch hole at the top of all the tags.
10. Insert ribbon through all tags and tie a bow. Holding heat gun at an angle, heat the bow until parts of it shrivel and begin to melt.  This takes a gentle touch.
11. Mount all tags with foam mounting tape to the green panel.
12. In the bottom right corner of green panel punch a 1/16^th hole and attach pewter brad.  Mount to purple panel, tucking the top left corner into the slot made by the Wrought Iron corner punch.
13. Mount onto the card base.
14. Stamp your “hand stamped by” on the back.  Stamp greeting of your choice inside.

Birthday Pocket Card by Betty McCommon

 

Stamps by Lindy’s Stamp Gang

 

 Directions:

Cut & fold card base from ivory cardstock to 4” X 9 ¼”. 

Stamp small grape bunch with eggplant ink on eggplant cardstock. Cut eggplant cardstock slightly smaller than base.  Layer onto the base card.

 

Tear patterned paper as shown and sew onto card with machine.

 

Sand the tag to distress it with fine grit sandpaper.  Lay stamp face up and take pads directly to stamps.  Spritz 2-3 times with water and let sit for a few seconds to let inks blend.  Stamp onto tag.  Spray and stamp again without re-inking.  Repeat with the 3 sizes of grape stamps.  Sponge the cream areas of the tag.

 

Stamp greeting on ivory scrap and tear out.  Assemble as shown.