True love double tag

This tag was made for our SNR magazine newsletter- we send those newsletters for all our mail subscribers during this Valentine week and mine is just a last one on the way.
True Love Tags Tutorial


Supply list:Cardstock:Pink Paslee;Embossing plates:Tim Holtz for Sizzix;Fabric border:Pink Paislee;Journaling tag:Pink Paislee;Die:Cheery Lynn Designs;Tickets:Tim Holtz;Ink:Ranger;Artisan element:Pink Paislee;Button:Tim Holtz;Embossing powder:Ranger;Other:ribbons, lace,kraft cardstock,metal flower, brad
Step 1:Hand cut 2 tags from Kraft cardstock and from Pink Paislee Sweetheart patterned cardstock.

Step 2:Emboss the kraft cardstock tag with Tim Holtz Notes embossing plate and the patterned paper one with Post cards embossing plate.

Step 3:Distress both embossed tags and ink them with Tea Die distress ink.

Step 4:Adhere a piece of fabric border as shown over your kraft tag, add the Artizan elements bracket and ink all of them with Tea Die ink.

Step 5:Die cut a TRUE LOVE sentiment from your journaling card.

Step 6:Ink it all over with the same distress ink and heat emboss with some clear embossing powder.
Glue the embossed die cut shape with 3d foam glue as shown, add the metal flower with a brad over it.

Step 7:Ink 3 tickets with Tea Die ink and staple them over your second tag as shown.
Step 8 and the last:Tie some ribbons over both tags together and add a metal button over a hole.

Enjoy your vintage Valentine tag without hearts and with a lot of TRUE LOVE

Resist mosaic technique tutorial for SNR weekly blogger

This post here was made for our SNR magazine staffers blog spotlighting and after you read this post you are very welcome to jump to SNR Magazine and to see all the rest of goodies we have for you on boards and in the our very new ( on line today) September issue of a magazine. Any kind of inspiration you need- scrapbooking pages, cards, mixed media, altered, tutorials- we have it for you there
And now for my new (3 rd) Fall tag I made just to show you the use of plain white office store A4 stickers with stamping and re-arrangement of them on the tag for your very own unique background

Step one: Take the background clear stamps you want to use and arrange them on the block or just pull your favorite rubber ones
I used here a half of this stickers piece- but if you can do all A4 and to keep it for the future projects- you are welcome to use the whole A4 piece
Stamp with a white pigment ink all over your stickers. Heat emboss it with a clear embossing powder- don't overheat here as we want our stickers be sticky after all and not a hot mess. Let it cool a bit

Step 2:Ink the embossed piece with distress inks as much as you want- do not use more than 3-4 shades unless you want it to be a mud
Cut the A2 piece into 3 thirds- we are going to use one third here and to keep the rest for the future

Step 3: Cut your chosen third into a half , take a tag your want to alter (I did my own one from orange AC cardstock ) and begin to stick your stamped and embossed stickers all over your tag- make it as some kind of mosaic and cut your pieces as mush as you need to cover the tag completely with some pattern
Ink the finished background with a bit of brown distress ink and wipe the ink from the embossed pieces. Your own background is done now

Step 4: Collage your tag pieces. This is usually a part I skip in my tutorials
as it's up to you to decide what do you want to add to your tag
I used some 7Gypsies ATC tag stapled with the matching transparency, added an eyelet and some twine, some leaves, a flower, some blings and an inked AC alphas- but it's you decision how much to add and where
Now just pull this stickers we all have and begin to play with them
And don't forget to jump to SNR magazine

My 4 pages in SMR 1/24 issue

My 4 los were published in new Scrapbooking news and review January issue-

all of them on the Shabby chick section.I am sorry that I can't link it here as this web magazine is a paid one- but if you have a subscription- you can see my work here together with hundreds of great pages, cards and altered items too.

All these lo-s were out of the blog and will be back in a month.