Materials…

• Raisin, Pesto and Latte Ranger Adirondack alcohol inks
• Alcohol ink blending solution
• Glossy cardstock
• Jet Black Archival ink
• Black Soot and Fired Brick Distress ink
• Cut n Dry foam
• Glossy Accents
• Sandal Adirondack dabber
• Crafty Individuals Birds (CI205) & Background (CI207) stamps
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Fragments – Ovals & charms and long brads
• 7Gypsies Savannah Collection papers: Troup, Warren, Telfair
• Paper mache tag
• Blending tool and felt

To create…

1 Paint one side of the tag with a Sandal Adirondack paint dabber. Leave to dry. Ink the background stamp with Jet Black Archival ink and stamp onto the tag.

2 Tear a piece of 7Gypsies Troup paper and ink the torn edge. Add to left-hand side of tag and trim. Sand all edges of tag and edge with Cut n Dry foam and black Soot Distress ink.

3 Ink the felt on a blending tool with Raisin, Pesto and Latte Alcohol inks and stamp over a piece of glossy cardstock. Add a drop of blending solution to the felt and re stamp over card to blend and soften. Ink Bird stamp with Archival Jet Black ink and stamp image onto background. Heat to dry and trim. Tear a piece of black card to fit behind the image. Attach to the centre of the tag.

4 Take three oval charm fragments and ink with Raisin alcohol ink. Turn over and stamp Fern images onto the back with Jet Black Archival ink. Add to the bottom of the tag with long brads.

5 Take a large oval fragment, apply a small amount of Glossy Accents around the edge. Place firmly over the Bird image and hold for ten seconds to adhere.

6 Decorate the back of the tags with 7Gypsies papers. Sans the edges and ink with Black Soot Distress ink.

Project by Dyan Reaveley. Originally published in Simply Cards & Papercraft issue 53.