Hi , this week I have step by step on how I made this Positive Times tag , combining elements from the newly released collection and the Doodle Art ladybird stamps .
First I chose a catalyst card from set #3 , I find it really hard when choosing which to use as I often think they would all work for every project ! But I hoped the colours on this one would complement my ladybird, which I knew I would colour red this time .
I tore it in half and stuck down on to my tag with a good sized white area left in the middle .
Next I filled the gap , I had left , with some stenciling through this inkable from Tags set 1 . I used distress inks Picked Raspberry and Spiced Marmalade ,adding some Picked Raspberry all around the edge to blend everything together .
To add more detail to my background I used some of the smaller stamps from the Doodle Art ladybird, bending this boarder to create a wavy line. These were stamped in distress ink Mowed Lawn randomly over the tag .
Then I stamped out the ladybird and 3 sets of leaves on to water colour card and coloured with my Ecoline water colour pens .
While these dried I returned to my tag to add a faux stitched boarder in black pen and a little more stamping with these numbers from the Journal Art Elements 3 set .
When dry I cut out my ladybird and leaves and added some fine details with a white gel pen , I then placed them on my tag but decided that I needed something more .
Reaching again for my clock stamps I stamped this large clock from the Wasted Time set , onto an old book page and cut out .
I played around for a bit with all of my stamped and coloured elements until I was happy with the layout and then glued everything down and adding a sentiment from The Best Things Take Time transparencies, just adding glue on the back to the solid black areas .
I hope you like my finished tag , thank you for taking a look .
Happy crafting
Calee
For this tag I used-
Ecoline water colour pens , a white gel pen and black fine liner pen on a white tag .
