Special Woman at Sweet Stampin' Challenge.

 Hi there - It's our latest challenge at Sweet Stampin' Challenge.   The theme is "Special Woman" 

For my project today, I've made a mixed media tag. 

I started by cutting a large tag.  I used a Spellbinders large rectangle die to cut the fancy top.  I stamped Kate - a Julie Nutting Doll.  I paper pieced the dress from some patterned paper.  My background then started to evolve.  I added some 49 and Market rub ons.   I added a few layers of green ink blending.  I used Altenew inks starting with a light colour and going onto a darker green around the edges.  I used my computer to make my words - did them in Pic Monkey and trimmed.  Added some white paint pen around the edges.   Used the paint pen to add splatters and blobs.  Added a twine bow to the top.   

Do come and join our challenge at Sweet Stampin' Challenge.  

Make your own background

That's the latest Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.  Well my order from SSS arrived in the courier yesterday morning so I had a play last night.  In my order were: Tim Holtz stencils, a Prima Doll, a watercolour tag pad, a Hero Arts stamp set amongst a few other bits and pieces.  I decided to use these items to make a tag with my own background.

I started with the Prima watercolour paper tag and I sponged it with Peeled Paint distress ink.  While the ink was still a bit damp I used some Ranger Texture paste through the Holly Bough stencil.  The paste soaked up the ink colour, but once it dried I enhanced it with Pine Needles ink and some Festive Berries ink.  I distressed the edges with some of the red and green inks mixed together.   I stamped the Prima doll stamp onto white card and some PP by Kaisercraft so I could paper piece the dress.  Sundresses are the order of the day here in NZ for Christmas Day as it is mid summer.  I then used the sentiment from the Hero Arts set trimmed up and distressed with black ink.

As I used some Patterned Paper I am entering this into the challenge at Virginia's View.
And as I used texture paste and made a tag, I am entering this into the Textured Tag at Beyond Grey Challenge

Hoping to get a few more cards and tags done this weekend.   Hope you do to!