Friday, January 28, 2011

Create tag

Creating is fantastic.  We try one way or another to create something.  New dishes, a dress, a home, a career... but the most amazing quality we have is the ability to create life.  Not all of us chose to do so.  Those who do, are forever responsible of that life.  This tag starts out by drawing a human to be.  What a challenging proposition!  Lots of research on-line and finally, I drew the embryo concept on paper, cut with an x-acto knife for precision and then glued that to heavy card stock.  Cut again and edge with Antique Linen Distress ink.  Stamped old German text with archival ink.  Position it on the tag and lightly trace with pencil.  Covered the tag with very light green flourish paper, stamped the sun with Wild Honey Distress ink and heat embossed with detail powder.  Using Stazon yellow ink and a nib, detailed the silhoute and the sun.  Using Wild Honey and Cut and dry foam, edge tag.  Then lightly edge with Milled Lavender.  Stamp 'create' with Wild Honey towards the middle.  Using Eggplant Alcohol ink, dribble over a few frosted glass leaves, heat set and then with a paper towel with one drop of alcohol, wipe the tops of the leaves so only the veins are stained.  String on a wire to create a circle and thread into the tag's string.



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