Ukscrappers February Tag Swap

These are my tags made for a swap on ukscrappers.

Karen who is running the swap gave us a few things to choose from for this months theme, which were,

The birth flower for February Violet.

Birth stone for February Amethyst .

The two Zodiac signs for this month are Pisces & Aquarius.

My take is for the Zodiac sign Pisces .
The product used for my tag have been
Decoart Acylic paint Honey Brown & Festive Green.
Paperartsy Acrylic paints , Lime light & Snowflake.
Stamps used were Crafty Individuals & Graphic 45 & big red .
Cutting dies used, Tim Holtzs , First Edition, & Spell binders.

New Year Tags

January's tag swap on  UkScrappers  ( www.ukscrappers.co.uk ) has a theme of

New , New Year, Or New Technique .

I've gone with the theme New Year for my tags.

To start my tags I used black card & with stamps from paperartys & tim holtzs I stamped using Brilliance Galaxy & Versa Magic Cloud White.

The wooden star I used a little grey ink then over this I used a little glitter glue to add some sparkle.

With my Poca pens white & gold I went round the edge of the card to make a boarder.  

November Tag swap

Three Christmas tags made for the swap on www.ukscrappers.co.uk

The theme this month as you might have already guessed is Christmas.

Using red card as my base I then added scrapbook paper & graphic45 frames.
The poinsettias have been cut using a spellbinders die & the gingerbread men were cut with a  Sizzix die.
I also used some  tape along the bottom of my tags.  

October Tag Swap

These are my tags for the tag swap on ukscrappers.co.uk.

The theme for October is anything with wings.

As i'm a big Halloween fan I used Bats for this theme & tried not to make them scary as I know Halloween is not everyone's cup of tea.

I've used a Halloween paper by Recollections.
My embellishment s are acetate stickers & flock stickers by Martha Stewart . 

September Tag Swap

There is a tag swap running over on ukscrappers each month ,

The theme this month is Bold, Bright, & Flowery.

I had these stamped images for a while now . they had been given to me by a friend.
I've coloured the image with my Whisper pens & put them on some black card.
I used a stamp which had a quote which fitted with this theme, & added bright flowers & Pink ribbon.
Not my normal colours that I use but i'm pleased with how my tags turned out.
If you'd like to know more about what goes on over at uk scrappers follow the link.
http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/index.php

August Tag Swap

I've made three tags for this month tag swap over on http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/index.php

The theme is Nautical.

As I've not felt very creative this week & I'm pleased at how my tags have turned out .
I tried to make them look quite fun by using the crab images which is a Dylusions stamp .
I've used stamps by Dylusions , Graphic 45, & Crafty individuals.
The chain & Anchor have been cut using dies by First Editions.
I found some fish & sea charms in my stash & added them because they fitting in with the theme.

July Tag Swap

The theme this month over at http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/ is Holiday.

I've used Paper Mania All Aboard papers mostly on my tags.

I had some little brown paper bag in my stash which I've filled with tickets & tags so my swap partner's can reuse them if the wish. 

I've got a die by first additions which cuts out glasses Anchor & camera & ties in well with this theme.

To make the glasses look a bit more like sun glasses I've covered the pieces which would be the lens with Glossy Accents & I'm must say they really do look like the real ones.

To finish off  the tags I've used again items from my stash swirls & leafs die cuts.

June Tag Swap

This months tag swap over at ukscrappers.co.uk has the theme of Flowers .

I've tried going with a flowery  vintage theme with my tags.

I've used Bo Bunny papers on my tags & used glossy accents on some of the flowers to make then stand out a bit more.

The row of flowers along the bottom of my tags are made by K&Co and I added some little gems onto them.

Each tag also has a metal butterfly & some buttons .

Tag Swap For May

UKScrappers.co.uk  have a tag swap running each much & the theme  for May  is  an open theme with do anything you like.

Here are my three tags for this months swap.

I embossed my tags with a Paper Mania  embossing folder & went over the tags with Distress inks  Tumbled glass & Rusty Hinged.
The die cuts used were from a Tim Holtzs die .
I coloured them using Rusty Hinge & Cosmic shimmer blue sparkle texture paste.
I've used up some lace trim from me stash  to add clothes to the body form shape & finished it off by adding a single bead to make a necklace .
Cotton has been added to the cotton reel & a dress pin .
I threaded some Toffee Beige seam binding through the top of the tag

April Tag Swap

The theme for Aprils tag swap from http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk  was to use an embossing folder.

I've gone with mainly die cutting & embossing for my tag for this months swap.

 Using coloured card I cut my tags out them put them through the big shot in a brick embossing folder. & then lightly sanded over the top of the embossed side to distress the bricks.

 I've used the rain man by Tim holts die & a die from First Editions for the clouds & rain drops.
With a fine nib journal pen I did an outline around the die cuts .
I've used foam pads to under the man &umbrella, one of the  clouds & a few rain drops to lift it from the tags to give a bit of dimension .

 Around the outside of the tag I used Viva Inka-Gold which gave the tag a bit of shimmer to the outer edge & with a Dylusions splash stamp I stamped on a piece of acetate using blue Stazon in to make it look like a wet puddle.
I had to stick it under the mans leg because I don't think there is a way of sticking down acetate without  adhesive showing .
With some scrap red card i cut out the letters April Showers.

 

March Tag Swap

Here are my three tag for the tag swap over on http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk

The theme for this month was to use arrows.

Here are a list of thing's I've used to make my tags,

Kaiser Craft Vintage Fence stamp,

Tim holts stamps &

 paperartsy stamp.

I've use distress inks ,

Broken China,

Tumbled glass,

 Scattered Straw &

 Walnut stain,

Comic shimmer Penny Copper.

 

February Tag Swap

Another swap I take part in is the monthly tag swap over on http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk

The theme for February is Hearts.

I liked  how Dylan Reavley colours her tags or journal pages then would mask an area, then cover everything in black acrylic paint , then highlight with a white pen.
So i'd had a go with these techniques for my tags for the swap. I'm pleased with how they turned out.
to finish of my tags I added some embellishments.

January Tag Swap

The tag swap for January over on ukscrappers.co.uk has the theme as Black & White.

I started of with black card which I then put through a Tim Holtzs embossing folder .

I then went over the raised surface with white acrylic paint.

Using a  few book pages & black card  I cut out the flowers with a tim Holtzs  die & secured the pieces with brads. 

November Tag Swap

The theme for the November Tag swap over at www.ukscrappers.co.uk  this month is Vintage/Retro.

I've gone with the vintage theme for my tags.

For my back ground of my tags I've used a stencil & Distress stains , Fired Brick, Walnut stain, & Crushed Olive.
My images I've used were free images from a craft magazine which I've put onto some card .
I've added some lace rim , twine , & seam binding.
I found some metal embellishments in my stash which I found I could use as well so it all worked out quite well for my tags.

October Halloween Tag Swap

My three tag for the Octobers Tag swap on http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk 

The theme for this month is Halloween.
I've used a mixer of Halloween paper & stamps that make all three tags so different from each other.
I'm a big fan of Halloween so this month the theme is right up my street.

September Tag swap

The theme for this months tag swap over at ukscrapper.co.uk , is to use new print somewhere on your tags.

Here are my tags for September .

I decided to cover my tags using pages from an old book & used a stencil call mini honey comb & Distress ink wild honey to add some colour & interest for the back ground.
I used one of the stamps from Tim Holtzs Bird Crazy stamp set. I've given the bird some colour using Distress ink Shaded Lilac.
The branches & leaves are die cuts.
The label holders I found in my stash which I added & secured with some metal screw brads.

August Travel Tags for Swap

The  tag swap I'm hosting on ukscrappers.co.uk for this month has the theme of travel.

Below are the products I've used to make my tags.

Paper Mania All aboard pocket envelopes & ribbon.

Tim Holtzs stamps & distress inks , Crushed Olive, Victorian Velvet & Antique Linen.

After I've coloured my  tags  , done some stamping & cutting out here are my three tags ready for the swap  

July Tag Swap

I'm hosting the July Tag swap on http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/ with the theme stars & stripes.

As many Americans will be celebrating  the 4th of July , their independence day I thought I'd used the on my tags this month.

So this is what I've used to make my tags .

 My back ground for the tags was done using blue, red, white acrylic paints which was put on using a dry brush using an up & down strokes until the colours blended & I was happy with it. This then gave me my stripes.  Over this I used gold acrylic paint through a star stencil . With a bottle lid I dipped the rim of the lid in white acrylic paint to give the circles. 

I put the tags to one side to let them dry thoroughly & got on with cutting three pieces of red card &  run them through a Tim Holtzs embossing folder & then with a dry brush & a little gold paint I lightly went over the raised area so that it high lighted them. I edged the card with gold paint as well.

Next my flags were cut using a sizzix die & the other shapes in blue have been cut with a spell binders die.

The flags have been painted with the red, white & blue acrylic paint & then once again all have been edged with gold paint.

I went through my stash & pulled out the white die cuts . The lady holding the flag was an image from the internet, & the gold letters I cut using another sizzix die. 

The green leaves in the first picture you can see have been cut using a spell binders & Tim Holts die.

So now I can show you my finished tags for the swap.

A side view of the tags & I'd finished them off with blue & white and  red & white twine from my stash.

 

 

 

 

June Tag Swap

I'm trying to revive the monthly tag swap over on ukscrapper.co.uk

I thought I'd picked a nice easy theme for this months tags.

The challenge is to make three tags & add Yellow on the tags.

These are my three tags & what I've used from my stash to make them.

I've used Distress inks , Broken china, & Squeezed Lemonade.

Tim Holtzs Stamps & Film strip.

Prima Flowers coloured with Squeezed Lemonade & then some oddments of scrapbook paper.

Seem binding & some gold colour tassel droplets.

 

Inchies, Twinchies, & Tags

Karen has arranged for some swap to take on UkScrappers.co.uk .

I've joined three of the swaps which as you can see from my post I've been busy crafting little inches (1x1 inch squares) using a stamp from Crafty individuals.  This was way out of my comfort zone but I gave it my best shot.

The  second swap I joined was Twinches . Twinchies are 2x2 inch squares, which are much easier to work with I found then inchies.  

The third swap I'd joined was more in my comfort zone making mix media tags, although these tags had to be a little smaller then usual. The tags measured 2inch x4inch.

 My tags was made with Dylusions spray ink Vibrant Turquoise, & Fresh Lime.

The letter stamp is one from the dylusions range & the ink used was Archival Egg Plant.

Using a crafters workshop template I went over parts of the template with Viva Croco Gold Crackle.

Here's a closer look are the finished results once the croco crackle has dried.

It's given the look of gold glass which is a look I'm pleased with  & must remember to use it more often.