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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stunning!
Gorgeous tags. Love the flowers.
The tags are gorgeous. So inspiring. Hope the strike is over soon, so the goodies can get delivered. Keep the beautiful ideas coming.
Beautiful tags. I love all the texture and dimension.
The butterfly tag is stunning. A hint of color. I love everything butterfly
Prettiest tags I’ve ever seen!
Gorgeous tags! Thanks for the great tutorial using Prima products.
The butterflies took my breath away, so gorgeous!
Julie’s new tags are a must have!! The decorated tags shown here are stunning!
Stunningly gorgeous feminine creations! LOVE these–thanks for the instructions!
Just beautiful…!!!! Thanks so much for the inspirations!
WOW! These are all so goreous! Lots to look at!
Beautiful tags! Love your stamping and stencil ideas!! Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Love these tags! So stunning!
WOWZERS, Gorgeous tags, I love the subtle paste with sparkles!
These tags are gorgeous! I can’t wait to create with all the new Julie Nutting and Prima products!
Oh dear!! My “never ever gonna end” wish list is growing faster than ever!! These Prima products have now joined all of the other gorgeoulicious goodies that are impatiently, (or should I say) I am waiting impatiently to be able to buy them and get them in my hot not so little hands!! These tags are just gorgeousness!!
Oh my, these tags are so soft and pretty. Love them.
Amazing! The new Prima products are gorgeous, something else I “need!”
Beautiful tags. I like really like the texture, flowers, wooden words, etc. I really like everything about the tag.
Fabulous tags! Great use of stencils, stamps & flowers!
Just adore Prima and love these gorgeous tags too.
So pretty! Exited for some new stencils!
beautiful! :)
Such gorgeous tags! Tfs
beautiful flowers.. awesome creation!!!
Love the flowers!
Absolutely incredible!!!! So in love with the shabby chic look of these tags!
Sharon, truly stunning tags!!
Candy for the eye, such gorgeous colors!
One word: SPECTACULAR!
Wow the tags are all gorgeous. Very nice.
Stunning!!! Love these super gorgeous tags :)
Wow, what amazing tags!!! I love the use of the micro beads with the embossing paste.
Very creative!!
These tags are awesome!!!!
I love these tags. I love looking at mixed media art. As to making them, still too intimidated. Haha.
Very pretty. The tags are quite lovely.
Great tags. They look so vintage.
Love these tags!
Who do I need to talk to to get these Docks working again? ;)
Love those stencils and Prima flowers on your beautiful tags, so rich with texture!
Sharon, your butterfly tags are as sweet as you are! SSS I am so sorry to hear of your dilemma about the docks and hope for them to be up working soon!!!! God bless you!
You are teasing. These products are stunning. I love the stencils and the paper and the flowers!!
Gorgeous tags! Haven’t done a tag in awhile.
Those pesky strikers. How dare they curb our creativity! Love these pretty dimensional tags.
Oh my goodness! Love all the detail and texture. love how you add the layers! BEautiful use of these products!
True works of art!! And I do know about the dock strikes…keeping me from getting quite of few things.
Gorgeous tags
Oh, just fabulous!!! The canvas are really stunning, thanks for sharing them!! Love these flowers tags!!!