TYIC71 - Hello Friend

My friend Lindsey is the Guest at this month's Tag You're It Challenge. Here's her inspiration tag:

I focused on Lindsey's:
-red flowers
-hello sentiment

I used a new die set from A Jillian Vance Design. It has a bookmark die, a tag die, a label die and a tassel-maker template die. Yes! I made that tassel with some embroidery thread and the template! (there's a how-to video at the AJVD shop).

I shortened the bookmark to make a tag to fit the front of my card. I did this by cutting a full-sized bookmark and then replacing my bookmark in the die, but with the end of the die closer to the top. I only ran through the very end of the die through my Big Shot - this made sure that my tag has the same scalloped corners that the bookmark has!

I stamped the sentiment first, in Versafine Onyx, and embossed it with clear ep. I then stamped the flowers in Memento (using my MISTI) before colouring with Copics (it's not good for your Copics to colour embossed images). When I was finished, I popped the tag back into my MISTI and restamped it with Versafine and embossed it to match the sentiment. The colours of my flowers were pretty intense, so I lightened it up a bit by adding some dots with a white gel pen.

To emphasize the pretty scalloped edges, I used a black gel pen to create little dots.

I used:

-A Jillian Vance Design Minnie Pearl Bookmark Die
-A Jillian Vance Design Well with my Soul
-A Jillian Vance Design Pretty Posies

COPIC Sketch Marker R32, Peach

COPIC Sketch Marker R35, Coral

COPIC Sketch Marker R37, Carmine

COPIC Sketch Marker R39, Garnet

COPIC Sketch Marker Y02, Canary Yellow

Memento Ink Pad, Tuxedo Black

VersaFine Ink Pad, Onyx Black

Ranger Embossing Powder, Clear

Uni-ball Impact Gel Pen, White

Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, Sparkling Clear Mix (4mm, 6mm, 8mm &10mm )

Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Heavyweight, Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb, 25 pk

Sizzix Big Shot White & Gray

My Sweet Petunia MISTI Laser Etched Stamping Tool