At Scrapbook News and Review Magazine, we're celebrating 14 Days of Valentine's Tags! I'm up today and have prepared a little tutorial to share with you. If you'd like to see the tags from the past 9 days, visit the SNR forum.
Start with a pre-cut tag base and cut a piece of colored cardstock to cover the front, leaving about 1/4 of the tag exposed at the top.
Step Two
Emboss the cardstock. I chose to use Coredinations for this to really make the embossed image pop.
To enhance this effect, simply run a sanding block over the embossed area so that the core color comes through.
Adhere to tag. Distress edges with a distressing tool and ink.
Step Three
Stamp sentiment onto cardstock, trim with pinking shears and ink edges.
Add a piece of vintage sheet music to the bottom of the tag and adhere the sentiment. Add some machine stitching to the top edge of embossed cardstock and piece of sheet music.
Adhere vintage sheet music to the back of the tag to give it more of a finished look.
Step Four
Before adhering the flower to the tag, I chose to add some sparkle and a bit of distressing. Start by gently lifting the top petals and misting the entire flower with glimmer mist.
While the flower is still wet, scrunch up the petals in the top layer and let dry. As it dries, the glimmer mist will hold the petals in this position.
Adhere the key and flower.
Step Five
Finish by tying a piece of tea-stained twill in a bow at the top and distress the twill with a few touches of ink.
Always Tag
Supplies Cardstock: Coredinations, Neenah; Key: Making Memories; Flower: Prima; Twill Tape: Wrights; Glimmer Mist: Tattered Angels; Stamp: Papertrey Ink; Ink: Tsukineko, Ranger; Embossing Folder, Die Cut Machine: Provo Craft; Edge Distresser, Sanding Block: Tim Holtz; Pinking Shears: Fiskars; Other: Tag
Step One
Start with a pre-cut tag base and cut a piece of colored cardstock to cover the front, leaving about 1/4 of the tag exposed at the top.
Step Two
Emboss the cardstock. I chose to use Coredinations for this to really make the embossed image pop.
To enhance this effect, simply run a sanding block over the embossed area so that the core color comes through.
Adhere to tag. Distress edges with a distressing tool and ink.
Step Three
Stamp sentiment onto cardstock, trim with pinking shears and ink edges.
Add a piece of vintage sheet music to the bottom of the tag and adhere the sentiment. Add some machine stitching to the top edge of embossed cardstock and piece of sheet music.
Adhere vintage sheet music to the back of the tag to give it more of a finished look.
Step Four
Before adhering the flower to the tag, I chose to add some sparkle and a bit of distressing. Start by gently lifting the top petals and misting the entire flower with glimmer mist.
While the flower is still wet, scrunch up the petals in the top layer and let dry. As it dries, the glimmer mist will hold the petals in this position.
Adhere the key and flower.
Step Five
Finish by tying a piece of tea-stained twill in a bow at the top and distress the twill with a few touches of ink.
Cute tag! I love the vintage look. Great job on the tutorial!
Posted by: Jenn Embry | March 01, 2010 at 11:11 PM
Love it! The vintage look is definitely a very romantic ambience look to it. Thanks for sharing on how you did it. I will have to put this in the file of "Valentine Ideas" for next year. Where did you find the musical score paper?Love it!!!!
Posted by: Deborah | February 25, 2010 at 12:10 PM
What a great tutorial and what a wonderful result! I love this tag. : )
Posted by: Mary Beth | February 16, 2010 at 09:56 AM
Gorgeous tag! Thanks so much for sharing the tutorial!
Posted by: CathyRose | February 16, 2010 at 12:24 AM
LOVE this!!! Shabby chic meets classy!
Posted by: Naomi | February 11, 2010 at 10:24 PM
I loved your tag so much I had to comment! Thanks for each step you shared, that is so helpful to see how it's put together. So many lovely little details might be missed without the tutorial. (I saw this on the SNR 14 Days... that I got through my email.) tfs!! God bless.
Posted by: Natalie | February 11, 2010 at 12:59 PM
Oh, this is so sweet! I love how you used the glimmer mist! I just had to have a bottle of this stuff and have yet to use it. What in the heck is wrong with me??!!
Posted by: Siobhan | February 11, 2010 at 12:40 AM