March 13, 2018

"Dreamroad" Tag by Karen Jiles



 

Hi there,
I’m Karen, one of the new Craftwell Design Team Members, sharing  this “Dreamroad” tag created with the Cabbage Rose embossing folder. I love the deep impressions of this pattern.  It provides just the right depth of texture for this project. I coordinated the Cabbage Rose embossing folder with some vibrant inks, flowers, pearls and dyed ribbon. I’m adding a tutorial below:

Supplies:

White Cardstock
Chipboard
Gesso
Ink Sprays
Flowers
Crocheted Doily
Pearls
Ribbon
Dreamroad Sign
Cropadile
Trimmer
Glue Gun
Mini Attacher


Tutorial:

 
Step 1: Spray inks onto 8 ½ x 11 sheet of white cardstock. Let dry.
 
 

Step 2: Place full sheet of inked cardstock into Cabbage Rose embossing folder. Close the folder and insert into Cut N Boss by Craftwell machine.
 
Step 3: Remove the embossed paper from the machine and the embossing folder. Notice the deep impression. The ink combo helps accent the detail in the embossed pattern well.
 
Step 4: Trim the embossed paper down to desired tag size.  I chose 3 ¼ x 6 ¾ as the size that I wanted to work with.


Step 5: Distress the embossed tag with vintage photo ink and layer the tag onto chipboard.
 
Step 6: Punch hole in the top center of tag using a Cropadile and attach ½ of a crocheted doily using a mini attacher.
 
Step 7: Adhere resin frame and flowers to tag.
 
Step 8: Add pearls, Dreamroad sign, butterfly, additional flowers and dyed ribbon.
 
Step 9: Tap gesso over the tag with a paintbrush and highlight the flowers and ribbon with gesso. Continue embellishing as desired.
 
Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope that this tag has inspired you!

4 comments:

  1. Great technique Karen. I love the resulting tag too. Tfs

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  2. What bright beautiful colors!! Orange seems like such an under-used color. Beautiful tag! Love this!

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