Memento Mori

Hello, it's Monique here on the blog, showing you a tag.

For this tag I tried to make a clean an simple look, but it is hard for me to know when to stop adding more. So it might be a bit too much to be a real clean and simple tag, but I did like the result. The use of the words Memento Mori on the edge was something that really finished the tag for me. Of course the words and the skulls are a perfect match.

Supply list:

Blank Page Muse Stamp sets used:

Art Journalling SC 0021 by Terri Sproul

Stitches Word Art Stitches Memento by Stephanie Eaton

Dri bonez Skulls & Bones Borders by Rick St.dennis RSD SCRD 003

Watercolor paper

Archival ink in Jet Black and Dusty Concord

Distress inks in Vintage Photo, Faded Jeans, Black Soot, Dusty Concord

Masking paper

Spray bottle with water

Intense Pencil in purple

Fan Brush

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Skully Tags..

Hi Everyone!!

How are you all enjoying this month of Halloween????

Even though we really don't celebrate Halloween here in Australia I just LOVE creating spooky Halloween themed things!!!

I just love tag art and these are really quick and easy to make - so if you are running behind with your Halloween decoration you can whip these up in no time!

You may have seen another of my Blog posts using these collage labels and the skulls - I've used the same elements.

I was so lucky to have these collage labels made especially for me to use with this fantastic skull set - Sandy at Art Tea Life @ Etsy customised the labels with the skull/bone theme I wanted!

You really need to grab this set from the store "Dribonez Skulls & Bones Borders" - a great set by artist Rick St Dennis and beautifully made by Sin City!!

All you need to do to create these tags is print your labels on kraft paper and tear out and layer and adhere over a base tag - a glue stick works perfectly and is quick to dry. Trim around the edge to remove the over hanging bits. Re-punch the hole at the top and add some string.

Stamp the large skulls onto kraft paper and fussy cut and adhere to the front of the tag with a piece of muslin cloth which has been sponged with Distress ink to give an aged look.

To finish sponge all around the edge of the tag to age as well.

All done - perfect & easy!!

Have fun!

Happy Halloween!

Sharon



Altered Day of the Dead Tag

 

 Hello all

Check out this sugar skull tag created using Sin City Stamps. 

Sin City Stamps Day of the Dead stamp set

Red Acrylic paint

Blue Acrylic paint

White pearl paint

Gesso

White card

Shrine Tag

Flowers

Colored inks

Black archive ink

Coat the tag with gesso and then glue together.

Paint red and light blue with acrylic paint and then stamp around the top using the flourish stamp.

Stamp our the Sugar skull and flowers onto a white card and color in with inks before cutting out.

Glue the flowers around the sugar skull and then glue the stamped flowers around the frame.

Paint a large flower with acrylic paint and dry brush with pearl white paint. Glue to top of tag.

Dry brush whole tag with pearl white paint.

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Skully Tea Bag Gift Holders....

Hi Spooky Sin City Fans!!

Today I'm sharing another creation for this month of Halloween!

I've created some fun "tea bag" gift holders - hope you enjoy the process!

 

Supplies:

• Sin City Stamp Set: Dribonez Skulls & Bones Borders
• Collage Labels: Custom Labels used for this project by Art Tea Life@Etsy
• Black Card 10cm x 25.5cm folded into 3
• Black Archival Ink
• Kraft Paper
• Muslin Cloth
• Distress Inks: Brushed Corduroy & Tea Dye (any aged/brown colours will work)
• Cobweb Stencil or your favourite Halloween style stencil
• White Paint or Texture Paste
• General supplies: scissors, glue, double sided tape, spatula, sponge

Instructions:

First step is to cut your base holder to size using the black card. For this tutorial the cut size is 10cm height by 25.5cm width - folded into 3 (each third 8.5cm). As shown in picture below diagonally cut the last panel to make the flap for the tea bag to slip in. Note: you can make any size folder to fit any size teabag or even a gift card!



Next step is to use your stencil and white paint or texture paste and sponge over the facing side of the black card. This cobweb stencil is a Silhouette File cut on a Cameo Silhouette from Acetate. Any style of spooky stencil will have the effect! Set aside to dry. Once dry fold into three and glue the flap over. 

Next stamp your skulls and bones from the "Dribonez Skulls & Bones Border Set" with black Archival Ink onto Kraft paper. Stamp a range of the designs - they all work perfectly with this little project!

Print labels onto Kraft Paper. I was very lucky to have the lovely lady from ArtTeaLife make me some custom labels especially for these creations because I couldn't find the exact wording I wanted on any collage labels!!!

Fussy cut your stamped images and tear the labels from the collage sheet to give an aged worn look.

Use a sponge to "stain" the scraps of muslin cloth to age them and start to arrange the cloth, labels and stamped images on the front of the folded holders.

 Glue everything to the front of the folder and you have some cute spooky and gruesome little gifts!!!

Thanks for joining me again!

Hope you keep popping back each day for more Halloween inspired creativity by the DT!!

Remember to join us at our Facebook Group for more fun and sharing!

Sharon



Skull Gift Card Holder

Friends, it will soon be time to start thinking about Halloween treats and gifts for those special goblins in your life.  I have designed a gift card holder using Sin City Stamps.

Supplies:  

  Sin City Stamps: DriBonez Skulls and Bones

                            Background Grunge

  Splat stamp

  Embossing Powders: iron and green

  Brown Ink

  Die cut of gift card holder

  Foam tape

  Craft card stock

Step 1:  Die cut gift card holder out of craft card stock.  Emboss skull and bones image using iron colored embossing powder at bottom.

Step 2:  Using the Grunge Background stamp set emboss boarder with green embossing powder.

Step 3:  Emboss the skull with iron embossing powder.

Step 4:  Cut out Skull.

Step 5:  Using splatter stamps, distress entire holder. 

Step 6:  Assemble gift card holder.

Step 7:  Using foam tape, pop up the skull to holder front.

We hope you enjoy making this quick and easy Halloween project.  Please share your creations with us on Sin City Stamps fan group Facebook page.

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The "3"Evils...

Hi Everyone!

Today I am sharing a really quick multiple tag creation - great for Halloween next month!!

Hope you enjoy the process!

Supplies:

• Sin City Stamp Set: DriBonez Skulls & Bones Borders (Rick St Dennis)
• Pre Printed/Painted Set of 3 Packing Tags (Gelli Plate Printed Tags used here)
• Black Archival Ink Pad
• Kraft Coloured Paper/Card
• Collage Witch's Hats (Lisa's Altered Art Collage Sheet used here)
• Sewing Machine
• String
• Muslin Cloth
• General supplies: scissors, glue, printer & spare kraft colored paper

Instructions:

Firstly Stamp the larger set of "See No Evil, Hear No Evil & Speak No Evil" Skulls from the set with Black Archival Ink onto Kraft colored paper or card and fussy cut.

Fussy cut three collage witch's hats from the collage sheet and adhere to the skulls. Don't they look cute LOL!!!

Use a set of 3 packing tags/manila tags which have been pre printed with acrylic paint. I used a Gelli Print - if you don't have anything on hand grab some paint and a brayer and cover the tags!

Use your sewing machine to "zigzag" a border around the edge of the tags to give a finished look.

Add some string/twine to the top of each tag as shown below. Using some scrap Kraft paper and your computer print the "see no evil", "hear no evil" & "speak no evil" phrases and then tear around them ready to adhere to the tag. Cut 3 pieces of scrap muslin cloth.

Arrange all of your elements onto the set of 3 tags in order - layer the muslin cloth, skulls and wording to complete and glue everything to the background.

I love how this turned out and hop you might give it a go with some of your Sin City Stamps!!

With the little Witch's hats you can make any image a spooky Halloween themed creation!

Hope to see some of your creations at our Sin City Fans Facebook Group soon!!

Happy stamping!

Sharon





More Skull tags by Monique- Quick Idea's

I had a play with the 3 new stamp sets and my own :-)   I just mixed them and this came out

Sin City stamp sets used: Background Grunge set  , Wildflower Yikes and DriBonez 

 All backgrounds are Distress ink in various colors.

Next I used a waterproof black stamp ink and mixed and matched the sets.

 On this one I added some red glitter paint around the edges of the tag and in the flourish behind the skull (the flourish is also on the Grunge background set)

 Around the edges are the bones border stamps and on the bottom a nice pair of skulls and bones.

 On the pic below you can see the flourish stamp in the background and the glitter.......

The last tag, is just the Dribonez set and a splatter stamp from my stash.

It was fun to have a play with the sets and see what you can do combining them.

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