Week of Halloween Tags - Day 5

My final Halloween tag is by far my favorite. I free hand cut a witch hat out of black paper, adhered it to a vintage photo (like the ones here), and added some stickles.  Thank you for checking out my week of Halloween tags - hope you enjoyed them!!

Week of Halloween Tags - Day 4

 Today's tag is my favorite!  I used an antique tintype photo (because I think they look creepy and perfect for Halloween!).  Just a little background on tintype photography: it was invented in the 1850s and continued to be popular through the late 1800s. These photographs were produced on a thin metallic sheet of coated iron (not tin!) and were cheap, quick, and easy to produce so they were typically used by street photographers or in carnivals and fairs. I love using them in my projects (and sometimes they come with a super cute embossed frame!).

Tintype Halloween Tag Tutorial:

1.  Find a tintype photograph to use or an old vintage photo (I was really lucky because they one I found had a creepy black shadow or smudge over the person's face.
2. Separate the tintype from the frame - save the frame for a later project
3. Find a Halloween paper with a frame printed - cut the center out and ink the rough edges to make them less noticeable.  (I used Pink Paislee Halloween papers).  Adhere the tintype behind the frame.
4.  Embellish with ink, rhinestones, and a rubon.

And guess what? I have a bunch of tintype photos in my shop.  You can check them out in the photograph section of my shop here.

Week of Halloween Tags - Day 3

 Today's tag is all cut from patterned paper.  Here is a tip for making your own dimensional embellishments:  buy two sheets of the same paper that has a image on it that you like (like this owl).  From one sheet cut the entire image out in one piece.  From the second sheet cut pieces of the image out (like the eyes, nose, wings).  Pop dot the pieces to give a little bit of dimension to part of the image. 

Check  back tomorrow for another tag and a tutorial!

I LOVE Cosmo Cricket

I was super excited to check the Cosmo Cricket blog today and see this Halloween tag posted on their blog! Seriously SUPER excited! You can check out their post and see lots of other wonderful inspiration here.

Also if you love the Halloween tags make sure not to miss out on my Halloween Tag Giveaway - two people will win their favorite tag as well as some goodies from my stash. All you have to do is leave a comment on the giveaway post. (Make sure you leave it on the actual giveaway post and NOT the post of of your favorite tag ) You have a couple of hours left!

And you may remember the other Melissa and I talking about a finale/special post on Saturday to end our week of Halloween tags - well sometimes things take a little bit longer than you expect so look for those posts TOMORROW - and to prove I am working on something here is a sneak peek:

Halloween Tag Giveaway!

So last night I was driving home from my fabulous class when I thought - Hey! I should do a giveaway!

So here is my giveaway: TWO people will win their favorite Halloween tag from my week of Halloween tags AND a couple of goodies from my ever growing and much too big stash of scrapbook stuff! And don't you worry I'll give you something new and good - no crap from 10 years ago!

To enter here is what you need to do:

1. Recommend my blog and facebook page to your friends - pick 5 (or 10 or 15 ....) people you know and send them an email or a facebook suggestion or something but let them know about this blog and tell them to become a follower! (this is on your honor - I can't track it but help a girl out!)

2. Follow me on either facebook or google friend connect or both (this I can check!)

3. Leave a comment on THIS post and tell me which of the halloween tags is your favorite! You can see all of them here.

Entries end at Midnight EST Saturday October 16. I will announce the winners Sunday! Good Luck!

A Week of Halloween Tags - Day 5

Being that it's after midnight it's technically day 5 -so here it is - the last of the tags. Want to see all the tags from start to finish - click here.

This tag was super easy and fast - I adhered the background paper first. Then cut a smaller orange strip and adhered that. I then made the pleats and adhered those. I cut the raven/black bird with the making memories slice and added some glitter. I added some bling and stickers and finished it off with a white pen to draw on some faux stitching.

A Week of Halloween Tags - Day 4

This post is going to be a really quick one - I only have a few minutes before I need to be at work. Today's post is just a simple tag - I adhered the new pink paislee Parisian Anthology paper to the tag and inked it with black soot distress ink (so the resist showed through). Then I added some ribbon to the bottom in layers. Added some rhinestones, cosmo cricket witch and cosmo cricket tiny letters - and there you have it! - Day 4

A Week of Halloween Tags - Day 3

Here it is Day 3 - I thought when I started this project I was going to do more artsy/messy tags - something with paint or ink or mist as the base but I'm really loving the simple tags with patterned paper and lots of layers.
And just for you a tutorial on how to make the accordion embellishment:
Start with 2 strips of paper - 12" x 1". Starting at the end fold a piece over approximately 1/2"
Continue to fold the pieces over - back and forth - accordian style. Do the same with the other piece.
Adhere the sides together
You will be left with this awkward accordion circle thing. Punch a circle - I used 1.25"
Fill the circle with glue - I used glossy accents - I strongly recommend hot glue (if you aren't worried about acid free - is hot glue acid free? I don't know - but it is WAY easier because it dries super fast. Take the accordion circle and push the center together and adhere to the circle - I put a little bit of glue in the center to help hold it together.
Cut a second circle and adhere to the other side. Ink with distress ink and there you go! In the tag I made I layered a second 1" circle on top and then a sticker.

Week of Halloween Tags - Day 2

So here it is - Day 2 of the Halloween tags. And this one comes with a tutorial!  Want to see all the tags in one place? Click here. Enjoy and come back tomorrow for another tag!
Supplies - shipping tag, paper pad (this one is Spook Alley from Making Memories), ribbon, adhesive, Making Memories Slice, Glimmer Mist, cropadile, distress ink (spiced marmalade).
Start by gluing the shipping tag to the back side of the paper you would like to use. Cut the tag out.
Using the slice cut out bat shapes using the same patterned paper as the tag. You can use any die cut machine to do this or hand cut them if you are really talented! Cut them at different angles on the paper so that all your bats won't be flying at the same angle!
Adhere only the body of the bats to the tag - I lined my text on the bats up with the text on the paper (the exact words didn't line up) - leave the wings free and push up so they look like they are flying out of the text
Use distress ink to ink the edges of the tag and the wings of the bats - this helps them stand out a bit.
Cut a phrase out of patterned paper - ink the edges and adhere to the bottom of the tag.
Flip the tag over and cut the hole out with a hole punch
I sprayed the whole tag with glimmer mist at the end. I used old lace because it leaves a shimmer without adding color to the tag. I could have done this before adhering the bats but I didn't think of it until after - plus I like how the wetness of the glimmer mist causes the distress ink to bleed a bit. I used the heat tool to dry it
Add some orange ribbon and you are done! If you like my blog be sure to "follow me" with google friend connect - located on the top right side of the screen.

A Week of Halloween Tags

In the spirit of Halloween and because I like to create work for myself - I will be posting a Halloween tag every day this week (5 tags plus a very special post on Saturday). Hope you enjoy!