Autumnal Amber Decorative Tag

 Hello on this final day of September! Yes, I am completely in disbelief, yet here we are. I barely had time for one more challenge make before the deadline. SO many more I wanted to get to. Race begins again tomorrow, but here is my last one for this month, a decorative Fall tag for my art corner.

As is my usual custom, I decorated both sides. It's a #8 manilla shipping tag (6.25 x 3.125").

I cut a sheet of Seven Gypsies Avagnon book print collection paper and adhered it to the tag front, then sponged on Gathered Twigs, Rusty Hinge and Wild Honey Distress inks and blended them.

I did the same to the back of the tag after adhering a strip from a vintage dictionary page.

For the tag front, I printed out the uncoloured jar of leaves and 2 falling single leaves, and the pre-coloured acorn branch image and fussy cut them. I adhered the acorn branch with craft glue and a lipstick brush. I coloured the jar of leaves and 2 single leaves with my Promarkers. I took scrap strips of leaves paper and glued them down at the bottom to anchor the jar, then I glued the jar image. I added some yellow and some gold glitter enamel dots and the (the ancient package says Sticko Nostalgique) round FALL letter stickers. I tied the rest of my flaming orange fibers I had cut for my 8x8" Deco from a few days ago. I then noticed {SCORE!} that the leaves strips at bottom have a bit of the same hue, enough for the eye to pick up, and I was not even consciously aware of it while creating. LOVE when that happens! :-) I still remember Suzi Blu years ago giving that tip: when you use one color, try to use it at least once more on another part of the canvas...just enough of it for the eye to see. It's a dang good tip.

Okay for the other side, a slightly different process. I tore a column from a sheet of vintage dictionary paper and glued her down to the ink-blended tag back, then ink-blended that. Then I applied some gold leaves ElizabethCraft Peel-Offs cascading down the sides and into the center. I left open areas of all but one leaf to let the book print show through, but nothing more, pretty simple. I am now thinking I will fill in the others now that I see the bottom leaf looks the best! heehee

Thanks so much for stopping by to check out what I've been up to! Hope you are having a good week! Stay well! XOX

MY CHALLENGE PLAYLIST:

1.  Outlawz Sept. Progressive Freebie Challenge

2.  Rainbow Challenge #21: Autumnal Amber -- 3rd and final entry  

3.  Tag Tuesday: Book Print

4.  Jan's Digi Stamp Challenges: Sept. AAG -- I used images from Wisps of Autumn and Signs of Autumn

5.  ModSquad Challenge: Get Your Tag On!

6.  Creative Fingers #193: AG -- I used sponsor's Jan's images on the front of my tag. 3rd and final entry

7.  Try it on Tuesday: Autumn Colors

8.  Paperbabe Challenge #128: Dimension -- I used enamel dots for dimension

9.  Paper Funday #21: AG + Opt. Autumn/Fall

10. Colour Crazy Craft Challenge Week 37: AG w/Colouring -- Used Promarkers

11. Crafting Happiness #68: AAG

12. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #142: AG

13. The Creative Crafters #32: AG

14. TTCRD Week of Sept. 29 - Oct. 6: AAG

15. Passion for Promarkers Week 562: Anything But Christmas -- I used Promarkers

16. The Paper Girls #208: Pick 3 -- I picked Tag / Circles / Gold

17. Crafty Gals Corner #211: Fall Colours