Birds Of Paris Tags

 I went back to my Birds of Paris image I created for my   Wonderful To Worn Wire Baskets (read here).

I wanted to use the image for some large journal tags.

First they were printed out two to a page (landscape) on antique ivory 110 lb. paper.

 Next I used an antique gold glitter glue to outline the inset and added a few dots around the border.

In hindsight I should have left this step for last.  The glitter glue made working with the tags difficult because of the lumpiness.

To make the tags even more substantial, I Mod Podged them onto poster board.

Remember the trick with waxed paper?  Lay it over your surface and rub gently with a paper towel to ease out wrinkles and bubbles.

Obviously the next step, just in case you did not guess, is to cut off the excess poster board.

I cannot have anything not distressed, can I?

I took a Celtic design stamp with antique brown ink and printed the backs of the tags.










 



Using pleated taupe tulle and high-tack double-sided paper adhesive, I created a fancy trim around the edges.

 I brought out the Crop-A-Dile and a bag of eyelets.

This appears to be an intimidating tool, but it is a sweetheart when it comes to setting eyelets into paper, cloth, metal, or leather.

No, this is not a new toy.  I have had it for a couple of years.  I am obsessive about putting things back into the original package to store.

 I tried to get a clear photo of the eyelets, but the stamped design threw my camera into some kind of focus limbo.

So I labeled the front of an eyelet, the back of an eyelet, and an eyelet all by itself.

How interesting!

The Crop-A-Dile actually smashes the shank of the eyelet flat against the surface.

 Half of the tags I left in the black on gray.

Notice I added taupe French seam binding ribbons for ties.

The other half I lightly colored with pencils.

Here is the final product!  Yay!

I have been working on them for over a month.  

In between getting rid of some of my craft stash and organizing the rest.

I needed brief recesses to create something -

instead of destroying everything.




See y'all!








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