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Tag Art with Prima

Hello artists and crafters.  Happy Friday!  Today I have a floral tag to share.  The rose pattern by Prima in their 6x6 Paintables paper pad reminds me very much of a tapestry.   The flower background, tag and each of the smaller images which embellish the tag are by Prima and you can find them all at Altered Pages .  I also used three of their gorgeous acrylic paints.  These paints have a wonderful shimmer.  And when you use them lightly or thinned with water they dry quickly. I began by adding paint to the floral watercolor paper using a baby wipe.  I wanted to keep the paint thin enough for the black lines of the flowers to show clearly.  When that was done, I  went back and darkened in the green leaves and painted the roses with more of the copper paint.  Then I used the white paint to tone down the green leaves.  Confused?  The white paint is thin enough to let the color through but added more sheen to th...

My Dear Grandma

I always love being able to say this...Happy Friday Friends!   Thanks for stopping by today.   For today's project working with Altered Pages products and my versatile Stencil 1 Mum stencil I have made a giant tag.  This is a more special than average tag you see.  I created this tag to send to my dear, dear Grandmother, my Mema, who will be 85 years young in June!  We may live on opposite sides of the US, but we are close in each others hearts and I am very lucky to still have her in my life.  She is a hoot...seriously, you would love her.  This tag will be part of her Mother's Day goodies this year.  I hope you enjoy.  I will include a supply list at the end of the post.     I started this by using my Dylusions journal as my work surface.  I knew I would get some Gelatos and acrylic paint all over the place and this could very well be the base to a great journal page.  I already used this once befo...