I’ve printed my tags to some heavy paper just using my home printer and cut them out. There are loads of ways you can decorate your tags. I’m working in batches and have started by adding some colour. I’ve used oil pastels to add a frame to the very edge of the tags.
The oil pastel will resist the watercolour spray paint and I just love the effect!
Now I’ll leave these to dry, paint the backs in the same way and I’ll be ready for the next stage. Hope you’re enjoying finding a bit of time each day to do something creative. I don’t know about you, but even just a few minutes of splashing colour around saves my sanity!
Bye for now,
Laura
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Next I’m adding more colour with some watercolour in spray bottles. I start with yellow first, but then build up other colours in layers allowing them to mix and merge on the tag. If you haven’t got watercolour in spray bottles, then just paint it on with a large brush keeping the washes intensely coloured, but quite fluid so they blend and move on the paper.
The paint looks so rich and luscious when it’s wet. It will dry much flatter, but we can always bring that shine and depth back with a varnish layer at the end.
More to enjoy
Christmas Decoration Card
We love the idea of sending and receiving greetings cards over the festive season, but we hate the idea of them all just being thrown away in the New Year. Instead, why not make a card that the recipient will keep and treasure for years? That’s the idea with this project. Learn how to sew a foundation pieced tree decoration mounted onto a greeting card, perfect to send to your friends and loved ones.
Foiling on Paper
Add metallic gleam to your sketchbook and other work on paper using foiling. Linda will demonstrate a number of ways to use the foil creatively to add shapes and painterly areas of metallic.
Embroidered Bauble
Make a beautiful embroidered bauble with Laura. She’ll show you how to use soluble fabric, free machine embroidery and embellishment with gems to make a fantastic festive addition to your tree decor this season.
