Metal Tag and Alcohol Inks

Hello crafty friends!
Today I'm showing you something a little
different.  I was wandering around in Michael's one
day and happened to see some metal tags on clearance.
They were only $6.00 for a pack of 24, so I
picked up a pack and figured I'd think of something
to do with them.

This is what they look like right out of the package.
I decided that I should use some alcohol inks on
one and see what I got.

I used a few different colors of purple and just
pounced them on with a ink blending tool and a
felt applicator.  I thought it turned out pretty nice.
Now what to do with it?

My next step was to use some
Alcohol Lift Ink.
I found several different floral stamps and used them
to lift the alcohol ink off the tag.
I love how this turned out,
I'm not sure exactly what I will use it for,
but it sure was fun playing with the inks and
experimenting.
I think these could make nice bookmarks or little art
pieces to just hang somewhere.
Or even to just use as gift tags with the persons name
lifted from the surface.
At the price I got them for, how can I go wrong?

Thanks for spending time at my blog today,
I hope you've been inspired in some way
and maybe will give some alcohol ink
a try.
Until next time,
try something new and different.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Tags - Flowers

Welcome to Kristie Kreates!
Here are a couple more tags that I made
for my tag swap.

These were very simple to make.

I stamped a 2 layer image of the flowers

 onto white card stock,

with Distress Inks and fussy cut them.

As you can see, one of them I stamped polka dots,

I used a background stamp for this.

One of the flowers is adhered directly to the tag,

the other is adhered with foam tape to give a little

dimension to the tag.

Last I stamped the sentiment.

2 quick and easy tags, ready for use.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

See you again soon!

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Tags - Stars

Hi All.
It's tag series day.

These tags were made with white card stock
cut to size then stamped with
stars from a Dyan Reaveley stamp set.
(I can't find this set to link online, but
any set would do.)
I used VersaFine Crimsom Red Ink to stamp the stars
on the tag. I stamped and heat embossed the small
stars with silver embossing powder, then fussy cut them.

I used red metallic thread to make a little
nest of thread, glued it to the tag and topped it
with the silver star using foam tape.

I hope you have enjoyed your visit with me
and were inspired in some way.
Come again soon,
until then
bring a smile to someone's face

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Black Friday Goodies

Hello and welcome!

Yesterday was my annual 

Black Friday Crop.

This is my favorite crop of the year.

I always have a "goodie bag" for the scrappers,

and this is one of the things I included in their goodies

this year.

I made little gift boxes for each scrapper.

They were inspired by this post from one of my 

favorite blogs.  I just adjusted the dimensions to what

I needed for the tags.
If you have never visited Pootles.co.uk, give it a try,

she has some wonderful projects.

Inside were 6 handmade gift tags.

I made all of them and love how they turned out.

Do you make your own gift tags for Christmas and/or

other occasions?
Thanks for stopping by today.  

I hope you've been inspired in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then,

Happy Crafting!