Find Joy in the Ordinary Tag - Featuring Dew Drops

 

Happiest of New Years to you!  Welcome to 2021 with Dew Drops.

Today I want to demonstrate a tag with a lace-like border made from Dew Drops.

Ingredients:

Manila Tag

Gelli Plate

Acrylic Paint in Blue and Pearly White - guess I am still feeling Northern Hemisphere wintery!

iZink - blue

Butterfly embellishment

Sentiment

Liquid and dry adhesive

Dew Drops - precious boy diamond dew drops, neon blue mini dew drops and tear drops

Directions:

1.  With a brayer, add a thin layer of pearlescent white and then blue to your gel plate.

2.  Lay tag on gel plate and rub evenly, pull mono print.

3.  Add a layer of this lovely blue IZink to your gel plate.  Don't worry, it's transparent and won't overwhelm your previous layer.

4.  Let dry completely.  If your tag is curled, weight and leave for about 1/2 hour.  Remember paper has no memory, so you can flatten it again!

5.  Add quote and diamond dew drops.

6.  Now we will turn it like drop lace. Add dots of liquid adhesive for mini dew drops at each diamond point.  Once those have dried, add a tear drop below each mini dew drop and let dry.

7.  The next step is to add your focal point.  I cut our a large butterfly from a book entitled, "Extraordinary Things to Cut Out and Collage."

8.  Here's another look!

Thanks for stopping by today.  I am thrilled to be continuing on the design team for 2021!  Hope to share some new ideas with you and some amazing new canvases from the store as well!

~Victoria

Mixed Media Under the Sea Themed Journal

Happy Saturday everyone!  I have finally taken the plunge into a You Tube instructional channel for crafting.  I hope you will consider subscribing and liking my videos!  I definitely have a lot to learn.  It is another way to challenge my skills!

This is my second video project.  I did this for the July Mission Inspiration for the Mike Deakin Art Group on Facebook.  I will also be taking over the daily mini-inspirations called Quarantine Quickies!  I am very excited to have the opportunity.  

Clearly my interpretation of the color of the Ocean is different.  But I think I hit the theme okay!  My process video will be up on my You Tube Channel.  I had a lot of fun making the Ocean-ish back ground.  Lots of inks by Tim Holtz and Ranger and some very old opaque white mist from my stash.  I love the dimension the Dew Drops give the page and a little mystery of where the bubbles are coming from or what!  Thanks for stopping by!

Have a wonderful Saturday!

~ Victoria