Tag Art
Materials:
Tags
Cardstock
Vellum paper (blue)
Several stamps
Foil
Paper Cords and/or ribbon
Metallic Pen
Several small pigment ink pads
Instructions:
Begin by stamping card.  I used Direct-to-Paper technique first with several blue and purple pigment inks, and then layered with a large Chinese stamp in black pigment ink and small dragonfly in silver pigment ink.  Make an envelope out of vellum and stamp with the large Chinese stamp.  Fold and insert foil.  Punch hole, and then string the tag on with ribbon or paper cording.  Layer on cardstock decorated with metallic pen.
Press black and gold pigment ink pads onto the small metal tag, and then heat set with embossing gun.  Beware - the metal will stay hot for several minutes.  Stamp with small symbols in the opposite color of the tag.  Make the envelope out of cardstock (parchment) and stamp with the Mayan block in black pigment ink.  Stamp block on black paper in gold pigment ink and layer inside.
Stamp two large tags using Direct-to-Paper technique.  Stamp one with large Italian poem in dark green pigment ink, the other with the tree in gold pigment ink.  Layer onto card, prestamped with Italian poem in black pigment/dye ink.
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