Saturday StepXStep

Hi everyone,  Linda here with this week's StepXStep.  I have a very easy tag to share with you this week.  I still have a couple of Apocathary sets from Artistic Outpost left in the boutique so I thought I would make something using it.  Being so busy with the boutique move this week I didn't have a lot of time to play so the result is a tag.  

I started with a jumbo manila tag and painted it black with an acrylic paint dabber.  I deliberately didn't apply it heavy - I liked how the streaks of manila showed through.

Next it was stamped with white craft ink and the text stamp from Paper Boy set.

Then I stamped several other stamps from the set with Fired Brick distress paint to finish creating the background of the tag.

The prescription sheet and the tonic bottle were both stamped with Jet Black archival ink on white card stock and trimmed out.  Then I used Vermillion archival ink to stamp a sentiment fem the Chalkboard Wisdom set as well as the little stamps from the Apothecary set.  I wanted to make them dimensional but different heights so I used craft foam on the back of the bottle to give it the most dimension and several layers of scrap card stock on the prescription sheet for just a little lift.  

Since I already had introduced a splash of red, I carried it through by adding red glittered accents - a heart and Rx.  

I cut the accents from plain gray chipboard and stained them red with Barn Door distress stain (since I don't have Festive Berries distress stain).  When using the distress glitter, you should stain/paint/ink the substrate the same color as the glitter.  

Next I laid down a good layer of Glossy Accents and sprinkled on Festive Berries Distress Glitter.  

Don't press the glitter down into the Glossy Accents.  Let it sit of for a few minutes and then tap off the excess glitter.

My little tag was topped off with red dyed seam binding.  

I hope you are having a great weekend!

These products used to make this tag are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique at 20% off MSRP.  PLUS there is a coupon this week - use the coupon code stockup4summer when you check out for an extra 10% off.

50 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	25 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Pad #3	Ranger Archival Ink - Vermillion
Ranger Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber - Pitch Black	Artistic Outpost Paper Boy Unmounted Rubber Stamps	Artistic Outpost Apothecary Unmounted Rubber Stamps	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Fired Brick	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Festive Berries
Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents	Artistic Outpost Chalkboard Wisdom Unmounted Rubber Stamps	Rayon Seam Binding