Mixed media tag - Where is my mind?

Hi everyone,

Here's another project that I want to share with you. It's a softly colored tag with some vintage elements and Banksy stamps.

The background is a simple collage of torn old paper with a thin coat of heavy gesso. I used a stamping platform to stamp the jar on top, added a little more gesso to the inside of it and stamped it again to make the lines reappear that I accidentally painted over.
 

Then I stamped the girl on a swing in the jar and added some light touches of color and a shadow underneath the jar with some scribble sticks. I added the quote as well as some stamped numbers (barely visible as I used a very light ink) and darkened the edges with a blending tool. Then I finished the tag with some sewing accents and some ribbons.

 

Stamps used:
Bell Jar (19660)
Numbers Set (19659)
Banksy Swing Girl (19425)
Where Is My Mind? (19424)

Other material:
- tag 3.5 x 6 inch
- vintage paper
- heavy gesso
- archival ink (jet black, pebble beach)
- Dina Wakley scribble sticks
- sewing machine
- ribbon

See you soon!

You Had the Power All along...

Hi Guys, Karen here with you again.  Hope you've had a wonderful week so far.

 Its my turn to share with you a tag or two  using lots of different Viva Las VegaStamps!

 

You had the Power all along My Dear....

 

As soon as I saw the weathered tree on  plate 1444,

I had an idea floating around in my head..

 

 

  I knew I wanted to team it with the little witch silhouette from the 

 

Kids in Costume Silhouette stamp

 

 

 and the Spider on Web Line.

 

 

I started by choosing my base paper again from the Nature Walk collection by 7Dots Studio, and stamped the tree and spider... I just  love the look of the two of them together, extra spooky.. these would be perfect just like this for a Halloween project..

 

 

I then stamped the witch from the Kids in costumes silhouette. I did this by just applying ink to her silhouette on the stamp, then wiping off any ink that may have been in areas that I didn't want inked before I stamped.  I found this worked really well with this particular stamp. I then fussy cut the image and added in a bit of black cotton thread before sticking her down with foam mounting tape. ( the tape helps to secure the cotton thread as well )

 

I then stamped the

 

  Glinda the Good Witch saying

 

 

and arranged it on the right hand side of the witch silhouette, once again using foam mounting tape, to add some dimension.

 

 lastly I added in some UmWow Studio star confetti , some Tim Holtz Idea-ology,prima crystals and machine stitching  to finish it off.

 

 

 

 

and  Next up as a added little bonus : A Banksy inspired tag using images from Plate 1443.  Its full of lots of awesome goodness. I've used the Gas Mask flower Girl - love this stamp!, Rat walking chain, Shopping carts ( I've only inked up the area of the stamp with the large shopping cart) and Where is My mind saying.

 

 

I've also used a Tim Holtz layering Stencil and the waybill/invoice stamp to add a bit more to my background. The barcode is from the December Daily plate.

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.. I hope you're feeling a little inspired, until next time, Happy creating!

Karen xxx