I mean, doing everything I possibly can to avoid doing taxes. How am I supposed to do something as trivial as working on my taxes when I have all this new paper sitting right next to me..... Am I right, or am I right. If my accountant is reading this right now....don't answer that.
Anyway, since I'm so in love with this new paper and obsessed with using these acrylic overlays, I thought I would try to combine the two in a tag. I think the thing I love about tags is they are quick and easy. Also, the person you give it to can hang it up and display it like a little piece of art.
So here we go.......
I decided to use a piece of chipboard for the base of the tag. Since I was going to have all sorts of things happening on the front I wanted something with a bit more stability than card stock. I cut the chipboard 3 x 6" and then cut the paper a little under 3" in width and and in longer so I could fold it up on the bottom.......
I glued the two outside edges to form a little pocket. Just a little FYI....don't use a lot of glue. It will spread and you won't be able to put your little tag in. I actually used hot glue so I could control it a bit more. You could also use a tape runner......
Next, I cut a piece of acrylic overlay and some pom pom trim.....
I glued the pom pom trim into place.....
Made sure the tag fit in nicely......
I inked the outside of the tag with a white ink pad.....
I inked the edges if the overlay with a combo of gold and coffee bean brown.......
So then I started thinking about the little embellishments I wanted to use. When I was making the "A girl and her story" scrapbook, I remembered I had bought this sticky back canvas a while back. I'm sure it was to do all sorts of awesome things. In the meantime it was just sitting there. So I cut a little heart out and painted it. I love the textured look to it.....
Plus it can be a dimensional as you want it to be. In the " A girl" scrapbook, I didn't even take the backing off, I just hot glued down the middle and let the sides stick up. For this one, I took the backing off and stuck it to the overlay.......
I just kept a bit of the tops of the heart popped up.....
So I experimented with a couple more embellishments. This little flower and twine wandered over so I gave it a try.....
Hmmmmm.....the twine is cute but I don't want it. The little flower...eh. I'm not thrilled.
So I left that part of the tag to think about it later, and got to putting glitter dots on my heart. I used my trusty glue pen to put the most perfect little dots on the heart.....
Dipped it in glitter....
Hmmmmm....Not only do I see the little flower is back; but it brought along its friend the button with it. I hate to tell them, neither one is getting on this tag. Instead, I grabbed some tulle and a piece of silk material and concentrated on the top bows.......
I then painted the bottom of the overlay tag with some leftover paint and stamped a "I Love You!" on top of it. And, then much to the little flower's dismay, I chose this cute yellow flower to place on top of the heart......
I decided the tag needed some more glitter; so I used my glue pen to edge the paper and sprinkled some clear glitter on it. I felt like the bottom needed something more so I wrote "Mom."
Eh....It's kind of hard to see it.......
If I could do it over, I probably wouldn't do it again. But it looks ok......
I'm sure there is a little flower and a button saying "I told you so" somewhere out there......
So there you have it. A cute little tag to make make if you are looking to avoid doing your taxes.....or any other chore like laundry or cleaning the house. I'm always looking out for my fellow creative friends.
Ok...no more avoiding it. I have to finish my taxes. Talk to you soon! Karin
