"An Evening in Paris" Tags with Altered Pages Stamps

Hello crafty friends....I have a confession to make. I'm deathly afraid of ruining a nearly completed project by smearing or otherwise messing up a stamped image! Does that make me a stampophobe??

I wanted to make the stamped images dimensional on these tags so stamping on separate paper and cutting them out worked perfectly These stamps from Altered Pages were so great to use that I actually DID stamp one small one directly onto my tag!!

I used Gypsy Soul's  Large Decorative tags as a base and covered them with patterned paper.

The stamps have so much detail and stamp really clearly. I love the little table with the wine and glasses.! I just coloured the images with markers. The Eiffel tower chipboard piece was run through an embossing folder with a checkerboard pattern then heat-embossed in gold.

For the second tag I fussy cut the stamped tower and coloured it with a gold metallic marker the heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. The Gypsy soul cameo was painted with acrylic paint then also heat-embossed with clear. I ran the middle layer through an embossing folder first.

These tags were so much fun to make. As always, I loved working with the Gypsy Soul pieces. The stamps were also a pleasure to use and just may have helped me get over my stampophobia!!

Thanks a bunch for stopping by and Vive La France!!

Gypsy Soul Items Used
Chipboard Tags Decorative Large
Eiffel Tower 6 inch
Fashion Cameos

Other Items Used
Altered Pages stamps

K & Co paper
Recollections ink and flowers
Tombow markers
Lindy's embossing powder (gold)
Stampendous embossing powder (clear)

Steampunk Tag by Dianna

Hi
Everyone, Dianna here with a Valentine with a Steampunk Twist.  I
really could not help myself as soon as I seen the Bo-Bunny Paper
"Star-Crossed" line, I just knew that it would look wonderful with
Gina's Designs Eiffel Tower and Clockwork Penny Farthing.  I also wanted
to include a heart for the Gina's Designs February Craft Group
Challenge, so of course I went with a Steampunk heart.

I
covered a Gina's Designs X-Large Chipboard Tag with the Bo-Bunny Paper,
used Vintage Photo and Black Soot to distress the edges.  I
used Black Soot on the Eiffel Tower as a base coat and then used
Stickles in three different colors to give it dimension.  The card stock doilies were spritzed with Ranger Sparkling H20's in a spritzer with a
lot of water.  I have having a heck of a time with clogging of the
normal Ranger Sprays so I made my own.  I will let you know on my next
blog update if it worked or if that clogged too.   The Steampunk Heart
and Clockwork Penny Farthing were "painted" with chalk ink in a bronze
color, then distressed and Stickled.

The
Julie Nutting Media Doll was colored with Copic Markers and Bo-Bunny
paper was used for her dress.  The underdress was spritzed with water
and folded a couple of times (fan like) to get the ruffled effect.  I
created a sleeve out of left over paper from the underskirt.  The
opposite side of the striped paper is hearts (which is really cute).  I
used red Stickles and dotted the hearts for extra sparkle. The
suitecases are from a really cute Stamping Bella Stamp that I stamped,
colored with Copic and cut out.  The Gina's Designs Art Deco Border was
painted with gold chalk ink and spritzed and Stickled to create a
tarinshed look.

Sparkling
H20 was used on the Balloon and then brushed corduroy Stickles was used
to create a rope look.  I Stickled the teal paper to give more depth to
the balloon.  I included a couple of pictures of the balloon because
you really cannot see it well in the overall photo.

 Finally, I stamped the RubberNecker Stamps on plain cardstock and distressed the edges with bronze chalk ink.

 Gina's Designs Products Used:

Cardstock Doily Set Intricates 

Eiffel Tower 6 inch

Clockwork Penny Farthing

Steampunk Hearts

Chipboard Decorative Tags X Large

Art Deco Boarder & Corners

Hot Air Balloon Shape Set