Leaf tag

For this weeks leafy challenge I used a crunchy autumn leaf to create an inked image on a tag.

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Ingredients:

Fiskars Stamp Press

Fiskars Pop-up Punch – Butterfly

GlimmerMist – Garden Fairy

Blank tag

Distress Inks

Ink

Stamp

Rub-on

Ribbon

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How to:

leaf chall pic 1

Take a blank tag…

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leaf chall pic 2

and cover with Distress Ink.  I used Walnut Stain around the edges and Tea Dye and Fired Brick in the centre.

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leaf chall pic 3

Take a stamp and using the Stamp press ink onto the tag.

Ink the reverse of the leaf and press onto the tag.  I inked several times in different colours.

Spray GlimmerMist onto the top part of the tag, over the leaf design.

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leaf chall pic 4

Add affect and sentiment using rub-ons.   Punch a little butterfly and add to tag.

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leaf chall pic closeup

Add ribbon through the top of the tag.

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Caroline x



Posted in Creations By Caroline, General Papercrafts, Step By Step Projects

7 Responses to “Monday Challenge – Use a leaf…~ by Caroline Scattergood”

  1. Beadmad Says:
    November 9th, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    That would make a beautiful bookmark Caroline

  2. Kaz Says:
    November 9th, 2009 at 5:05 pm

    That’s such a lovely tag x

  3. Janice Says:
    November 9th, 2009 at 9:28 pm

    Very clever!

  4. November 9th, 2009 at 10:20 pm

    Great tag Caroline, looks fantastic!

  5. Jayne Says:
    November 10th, 2009 at 6:43 pm

    very Tim Holtz Caroline xx Liking the ink look atm xx

  6. Sky Says:
    November 12th, 2009 at 3:23 pm

    thats lovely caroline. i like the look of that stamp press :)

  7. Caroline Says:
    November 12th, 2009 at 7:57 pm

    The Stamp Press is really useful when you have larger stamps and where you need to be more precise with stamping. Its great, I love it!

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