Imagine

Today's project and tutorial was inspired by a tag. While completing the background pages for a journal quite a long time ago, I painted this tag as a way to use up the extra paint on my palette. It had been lost in one of my many piles but today was the day for it to take center stage. I embellished it with some stickers, fabric and a bead and was ready to go...   

I started by completing the tag using the usual suspects: hand painted paper cut to size, rub-ons, stickers, rubber stamps, and a very cool arrow cut from Spellbinders You Are Here die cut set.

My next step was to make a pocket with a viewfinder for the tag. After all those months stuck in the middle of a pile, I thought this tag had earned a proper home. I started with some hand-painted paper from my stash.

I cut two pieces, approximately 5" x 3.75", using Spellbinders Distressed Edges die cut set.

Next I cut a "window" into one of the pieces using another die from the same Distressed Edges set. The area that was cut out was strategically picked based on the design on my tag.

Using my tag as a guide, I placed three strips of double-sided tape on the back side of the uncut piece of paper as a way to create a pocket for the tag.

Following that, I removed the backing from the tape and pressed both piece of paper together to form the pocket to hold the tag.

To embellish my pocket, I started by inking the edges of the pocket and the window to add a bit of contrast. I then continued by using a hoop that I created using hand painted paper and two dies from Spellbinders, one from Standard Circles Large and one from Standard Circles Small.

My next embellishment, which I cut down the middle, was from Spellbinders Botanical Swirls and Accents die cut set. It was made with more hand painted paper and centered on the pocket on either side of the window.

I wanted to keep the pocket on the simple side, so that the focal point was the view of the tag through the window. To that end, I ended a few additional rub-on designs to complete my project.

Supply List

Spellbinders Paper Art Supplies:

GC-001 Spellbinders^TM Grand Calibur® Machine
S5-174 Spellbinders^TM Nestabilities® A2 Distressed Edges
S5-396 Spellbinders^TM Shapeabilities® You Are Here
S4-114 Spellbinders^TM Nestabilities® Standard Circles Large
S4-116 Spellbinders^TM Nestabilities® Standard Circles Small

Preferred Promotional Partners: Tsukineko StazOn ink pad

Other: watercolor paper, acrylic paint, acrylic medium, paint brush, pan pastels, sponge, spray ink, pencil, rubber stamps, rub-ons, stickers, fabric stamp, bead, adhesive, scissors, double-stick tape