10.27.2010

BEWARE!

Our theme this month is all about tags! We were asked to create 2 of them: one with a Halloween theme and another with a Fall theme. The other part of our assignment was to try to do the following things while creating our tags:
  1. Think outside of the box
  2. Use the Chip Art tool
  3. Add texture
  4. Put a lot of fun surprises on them
I tried my best to accomplish all that was asked! As for thinking outside of the box, I feel I went more than just a little bit outside of the it! Instead of using just 1 tag, I used 3 and I created what is commonly called a triptych. A triptych is a work of art which is divided into three sections, which are usually hinged together and folded. Mine are not hinged, but they do have the 3 sections. By doing this, it allowed me to create a little scene which was perfect for my Halloween tags.
Here I used the Chip Art tool to create the little sign and mixed 2 of the alphabets to give it a fun and slightly spooky feel.
This is the back side of the tags to give you a better feel for how I put things together.
And here is a close up of the layering of the crow and the fence.
Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Artsy Urban/Black Floral, Postcard One and Lydia/Petit Floral, Dark Floral
Chip Art Chipboard Shapes: Tags and Basic Shapes - Small
Chip Art Alphabet Stamps: Bluebird Uppercase, Sparrow Uppercase

Other:
Cricut Die Cut Machine by Provo Craft
Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels
Gold Leafing Pen by Krylon

For my Fall tag I went chose a sunflower for the focal image and then sprayed, misted, gold leafed and beaded the various chipboard pieces to create my flower and leaves.
Here is a close up of the texture I added to create the sunflower.
Here is a view of the back side of this triptych.
This is another image to show you some of the dimension and more of the fun embellishments I added to my tags.
Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Homespun Chic/Vintage Audrey and Lydia/Diamonds
Chip Art Chipboard Shapes: Tags and Flowers
Glitter Die-Cut Borders: Artsy Urban
Word Strips: Homespun Chic
Vintage Brads: Artsy Urban

Other:
Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels
Gold Leafing Pen by Krylon
Small beads unknown

So now your challenge is pull out your Chip Art tags and create your own little outside of the box set of tags!

Happy crafting with lots of hugs!
Juliana

3 comments:

  1. These are awesome! You're so creative with these tags.

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  2. I absolutely love these!! I love all the layers and 3D effect!! Awsome Juliana :O)

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