A little book of tags.

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics: Quiancridone Magenta, Gold Green, Carbon Black, Gold, Medium Grey, Cobalt Turquoise

Decoart Media Mediums: Modelling paste, Gesso, Tinting Base, Multi Medium

Tando Creative:  Tags, mini people, mini houses, washers

Stencils and stamps by Andy Skinner

Ahhh, tags! How do I love thee?!

Seriously I LOVE tags of all sizes and substrates. I'm not fussy - if it's tag shaped I love it. These gorgeous chunky little grey board tags and shapes are from Tando Creative, and are lovely and sturdy for painting and adding mixed media.

Here's a few step photos so you can see how I put it together. I'm using one of my favourite DecoArt colour combos. These paints are so, so heavily pigmented you can get outstanding colour, and colour makes me happy :-) 

I began by painting in patches, using the tinting base along with colour:

I used the Toxic stamp set and  the Bubbles stencil by Andy Skinner, to add pattern to the background:

And then some more, bold stamping using the Unexplained stamp set. I also used one of my favourite stencils by Kasia Avery - Corncob Etching, to add a touch of black:

I just adore the DecoArt Metallic gold. It has amazing coverage and really adds a touch of bling. I did some junk stamping, but also painted all the edges with gold, as well as adding a few splats with a fine brush. These paints splat particularly well because they are so fluid, and also because they are so pigmented:

I used Modelling paste on the washers with my fingers to give a rough texture and then painted them gold, before adding a few more cute little additions:

Weathered Wood medium over a base of Quinacridone Magenta, then a top of layer of Cobalt Turquoise gives this fabulous crackle effect:

And just a coup,e of close-ups of the texture and pattern I created. This little mini person has wings, which are really petals I took from a foliage set!

Byeeeee for now!