Mixed Media Floral Tags + News
Hi readers! Happy Monday to you! I’m pleased to be back with some gorgeous Prima inspired tags by the fantastic and talented Sharon Laakkonen! Have you seen her work? It is consistently AMAZING!
This post is a bit of a tease as we have LOTS of Prima coming very soon! Be sure to check back to see what’s new often!! Did you know that there is currently a dock strike going on in the USA? It’s causing lots of delays in getting these new goodies to us so that we can get them to YOU! We hope that this will be settled soon so that we can get all of these great products that are held up IN STOCK!
Tags are a wonderful, and very FORGIVING, canvas for trying new art techniques! If you mess up, or don’t like the look, just cover with an embellishment and move on! (Or flip the tag over and start again!) I love to add a touch of mixed-media to my papercrafts and hope this post encourages you to try it too!
I mixed a few of my favorite NEW Prima products together on Julie Nutting’s Armoire tags to see how they would look and was so excited with the results!
Of course I had to showcase some of Prima’s brand-new flowers, wood words (with gold foil!), mixed-media stamps and stencils… along with the gorgeous flowers and Valentina heart sticks (which are so fun for DIY crafts!) So here’s how I created the tags!
Beauty Tag: Step 1: Mix 3D Gloss Gel with Art Sugar and Micro-Beads together (I just use the lid of my gel and wash it out afterward.) Step 2: Dab mixture over Bloom stencil of choice on all three tags. (I used the circle stencil on tag 1, 6×6 stencil on tag 2, and chevron stencil on tag 3.) Step 3: Dry and decorate! Tip: Sprinkle more beads on top of design before gel dries for extra sparkles.
Step 4: Stamp on your tag with a mixed-media stamp and Archival ink. The MM stamp gives a trendy, layered look with just one stamp.
Step 5: Add a square of cheesecloth, a wood icon, and a few flowers to start giving your tag dimension and shape. Finish with small flowers, leaves, lace, and tulle. Loop tulle and lace through tag top.
Love Tag:
Tag 2 shows off the 6×6 stencil and dress-form mixed-media stamp!
Once the gel mixture is dry randomly stamp on tag with black Archival ink and the dress-form MM stamp by Prima! Add a large ribbon bow to the center. Glue on Valentina heart picks. Add flowers, leaves, and top off with a wood icon saying! Loop twine through tag top.
Butterfly Tag:
This tag is bright and cheery! Instead of stamping glue a piece of frilly new Memory Hardware ribbon down the right side as shown. Next add flowers, starting with the largest flowers and tucking in smaller ones to create a vine effect. (Save room for three vellum butterflies.)
Add pink tulle bow 1/3 up from bottom. Attach butterflies with foam squares for extra lift! Finish with a quote cut from the Bella Rouge journaling card. Loop tulle through tag top.
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Wow just beautiful!
WOW! Those tags are beautiful!!!
Oh, these are just breathtakingly gorgeous!!!! So beautiful and romantic with all the lovely flowers.
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Great tags! ;-)
Love the tags. Thanks too for the heads up on the dock strike – I’ve noticed a lot of thing out of stock. It is a lot easier to be patient when you know the reason behind things.
Thank you for sharing Sharon. Your tags are beautiful.
Fab tags! Thanks for the 3d mini tutorial!!
Great tags. It’s giving me some idea. Thanks
These are beaautiful. Such talent….Love the dimension on them. They are too pretty to give away! ha…Great job, Sharon. TFS
Beautiful work
Beautiful tags.
These are beautiful!
Can’t wait for the new products. That looks nice.
Those Prima flowers are the BEST!
Love tags! My favorite. These are beautiful and so inspiring!
So very pretty and delicate! Anita :)
Stunning tags. TFS
Oh my! Those tags are stunning!
THANK YOU all so much for your sweet words!!! And THANK YOU, SSS for the invitation! It is always a HUGE honor!
<3 :)
oh, these tags are so beautiful – love how all the gorgeous prima flowers make them become pieces or ‘art’. Thanks for sharing these ideas:)
Wow, these tags are beautiful!
Lovely!
Wow! These tags are fabulous! I love all the details you used in them.
I do hope that strike resolves quickly!
BEAUTIFUL trio of Tags!! ;) I LOVE the Sweet Layers and the Soft Colors!! THANKS for sharing and have a Fabulous Week!! ;)
Gorgeous tags!!
Cool tags – love the dimension and the mixed media.
Interesting
These tags are fabulous! I can’t wait to get the new Prima products.
A dock strike ! The nerve ! Don’t they know we need our crafty supplies.
So Pretty!
Love these beautiful creations! Prima is a fabulous company – love their stuff!
Lovely tags!
Gorgeous tags! Hope this strike is over soon so we can get some of these!
wow… these tags are absolutely GORGEOUS!
Beautiful tags, love the colors.
Beautiful tags, Sharon. I so agree with you about how good tags are for trying new ideas!
I can’t wait for SSS to get new Prima goodies!
So nice. Thanks for sharing photos of the process too.
Very pretty tags!
I always think that Prima means romance and beauty. These tags are just goreous.
Wow, these tags are gorgeous! I love the flowers.
Beautiful work! Love the pretty, delicate flowers!
Gorgeous! I so admire the work of the mixed media artists!
How lovely! I wish it wasn’t bedtime because I want to create!
Beautiful tags! Thanks for sharing!
pretty in pink. . .
Wow!! What gorgeous tags!!!
All 3 tags are stunning!! Don’t think I could pick a favorite, love them all. :)
3 beautiful tags! Wow, I’m so inspired!!
Beautiful tags! Tfs