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Friday, 28 March 2014

french butterfly tag


I so appreciate being on the Stampotique Designers' team; it gets me making something every week!  I ReaLLY enjoyed making this tag :)  I got some happy post this week and some of the stamps I used were in it...


When I ordered the stamps I had the idea of combining both Papillon stamps to form the background but changed my mind after stamping the script version.


I folded some paper over the base of the tag to mask the bottom inch or so then repeatedly stamped Papillon Script with a black ink pad.


I'm afraid this is as far as I got with the step by step photos so I'll just have to describe it to you!  I stamped the large butterfly on some pre-sprayed paper, and stamped the centre of it (inking it up first then masking the wings with post-its) onto the tag so that I kept the detail of the antennae after cutting out the butterfly.



After spraying some dylusions slate grey ink onto a strip of plastic (acting as a palette) I tried stamping with this and got a lovely effect which I then stamped row of numbers onto.


A few scraps of stamped and sprayed paper collaged onto the edges and my tag was done.  Hope you like it!!

Stampotique stamps used:
Papillon script by Jo Capper-Sandon
Large Butterfly by Jo Capper-Sandon
Row of Numbers by Amy Wilson Wellenstein
Time Square by Amy Wilson Wellenstein

11 comments:

  1. Really love the butterfly!! Using the text stamp as the background like that really works, too!

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  2. Looks great. Totally lovely. Suzanne

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  3. Beautiful Tag Sarah, gorgeous colours and fab script stamp:-)

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  4. What a great idea using the one stamp and making a background !
    Beautiful tag Sarah I just love the colours you choose.... Well just love it all!
    And I agree with what you say about being on the team really makes us create more and gives us the drive !

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  5. This is gorgeous Sarah - and my favourite colours too. I have to admit that I find some of the Stampotique stamps a little too strange for my taste, but these are all lovely!
    Have a nice time at Port Sunlight tomorrow if you're going. I won't be there unfortunately - sad face!

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  6. This is one awesome tag !
    COrrie x

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  7. I haven't used my Stampotique stamps for ages Sarah - think you can reach overload with a certain style sometimes, but your gorgeous tag is making me itch to get them out again. Jo created some lovely stamps.

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  8. An absolutely beautiful tag, Sarah! Love your repeated use of the script stamp for your background. Your butterfly is brilliant--totally so!

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  9. The butterfly is just gorgeous on your tag.

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  10. This is SO effective, Sarah - looks brilliantly dramatic! Lovely x

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  11. Lovly and beautiful!!! Groetjes, Anja

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