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!

Giveaway on the other Melissa's Blog

Just a quick post to let you know about a giveaway on my friend Melissa's blog. ("the other" Melissa for all you Memories Galore students out there... hmm or maybe I'm the "other" Melissa - either way two Melissas - I'm one and she's one - confused yet? LOL!) Really all you need to know is Melissa Samuels wants YOU to follow her! And when she gets 500 google followers (and knowing how talented she is that shouldn't take too long!) she will be doing a fantastic giveaway! Seriously look at it - it's fantastic -
Drooling? Don't delay hop on over to her blog and follow her! BUT WAIT! While you are in the "following mood" why don't you follow me too! Go ahead... it's easy just click on the "follow me" button right there on your right... yep right there.. go ahead .. you can do it! And who knows.. if I reach 500 followers I might just be convinced to do a giveaway of my own...

And just in case you didn't catch the link before you can get to Melissa's blog by clicking here!