Thursday, December 23, 2010

It's almost Christmas

And I am on to Valentine's Day!
For this fun tag, I used a variety of Dream Weaver Stencils, Ranger Distress Ink, Merc Art Pewter and assorted red ribbons. The tag is from American Tag and is a pre-printed postcard tag. These are the most fun! All of these items are available at Guadalupe's Fun Rubber Stamps and we ship.

First I ran the heart stencil through my new Vagabond die cut machine with Dream Weaver Stencil LL567. Be sure to use a cushion in your sandwich to keep the metal from being squished into bits. I used an older rubber cushion I had from a different die cut machine. Trim the heart and apply adhesive to the back. I used  a sheet of red tape or Wonder tape by Ranger so I could trim it to size and get good coverage.

On the tag use Dream Weaver Stencil LJ905, rain drops. Brush in one color then rotate the stencil about 45 degrees and brush on a second color. Use flourish LJ896 in the corner of the tag. For Valentine, I used stencil LM276, taping over the words I did not want to use.

Wrap a red ribbon around the tag, add the heart and ribbon at the top. There you are! The first Valentine's of the season!

8 comments:

  1. I'm loving these cards where the stencils are metal embossed. I can't believe the stencil isn't ruined!

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  2. Thanks for sharing using this material in the new Vagabond. I really do love the pewter heart Lee! So classy!!!

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  3. Oh YUM...LOVIN' that metal embossing!! GORGEOUS!!

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  4. Love the metal embossing Lee and I'm thinking I may want to get that Vagabond machine.

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  5. Love it and love the meatl look...awesome

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  6. That's cool how you used the rain stencil in two directions. Almost looks woven. Love the embossed heart!

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  7. The Merc Art metal is perfect for embossing. Great thinking. It really molds into the stencil so much better than the metal I've been using. Gorgeous!!!

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