Saturday, May 18, 2013

Seahorse tag... a step-by-step

 
Today a step-by-step to make this tag.
As you will see the tag has been created in a process. Trial and error, and go with the flow.
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Apply gesso randomly to a tag. Leave to dry.

Sponge over it with the shown colors of Adirondack inks. Splatter with water, and dab with a dry cloth. 

 


Stamp some shells and text with the colors Pool and Citrus. Heat emboss it with clear embossing. I had a happy accident here, part of the sponging wasn't dry yet, so it gives part of the tag some shimmer. 

 
Heat emboss the seahorse with black embossing powder. Do some black stamping ( text and branches). As you can see in the next picture I took the black stamped shell away with some Stazon cleaner. (Luckily this was not a problem because this part of the tag was covered with clear embossing). 

 
At this stage I decided the tag needed a bottom, so I tore it and adhered it again to show the torn edge, Stamp shells onto seperate paper, color and cut it out. I made some bubbles by circling some of the white dots from the water splatters with a greyish watercolor-pencil. 

 
Adhere the shells to the tag, color some thread. Finish the tag off as shown. 

 
A close-up.



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STAMPS USED: (click on picture)

13 comments:

  1. Wat een prachtige tag, ontzettend mooie stempelset.

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  2. Beautiful colours and effects Ellie.
    hugs {brenda} x0x

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  3. Fabulous tag Ellie - thank-you for sharing details. Nicola x

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  4. Heel heel mooi Elie en bedankt voor de duidelijk step by step.
    Groetjes Janny

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  5. Prachtig Elie en bedankt voor de duidelijke uitleg!!
    Groetjes
    Maria

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  6. So sweet, Ellie! Love that color combo and the water spots are such a great touch.

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  7. Wonderful!
    Many thanks for the step by step process.

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  8. Mooie fleurige tag en goede uitleg erbij Ellie. Ik gebruik deze kleuren ook heel veel.

    groetjes Bianca

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  9. Mooie tag Ellie en heel duidelijk de uitleg zo!(ps. heb je stempels en mask van Magenta.....nu nog tijd om er iets mee te doen)
    groetjes Miranda

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  10. Je tag is supermooi geworden en vind het ontzettend leuk, dat je precies laat zien, hoe je tot dit mooie resultaat bent gekomen.
    Dankjewel Gery

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  11. This is so brilliant, Ellie! Love those Adirondack colours (never used those inks... now tempted!), and the step by step is a wonderful insight to your process... thank you so much for sharing!
    Alison xx

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  12. Heel mooie tag!! En dankjewel voor de bijhorende uitleg!

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  13. Ellie, this is one gorgeous tag! Love the background and thank you for sharing the steps! The seashells and seahorse look amazing! Beautiful!

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