These are brand new but made/designed to look as old as the hills. I painted the images with acrylic on to used tea bag paper and adhered them to coasters. Then I gouged them mercilessly with a knife; then sanded, holding nothing back, with grit paper. They looked 'beat up' enough by then.
Then I added glitter snow, and a few words that I'd typed on to an old book page. Then Tim Holtz came in to play. These tags got the real treatment. Smudged to within an inch of their lives with brown. Then I re-coated some plastic branches with glitter and after tying them on to the coaster, gave the whole edge their coat of glitter.
I think they would decorate a gift marvelously, don't you think?
Oh, these are wonderfull! Oh, my heart sings when I see this, really nice!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun these are!!
ReplyDeleteFantastic tags, really happy tags and look great fun to create, Love them, May x
ReplyDeletethey are wonderful , love your painting and roughing up techniques....
ReplyDeleteFabulous tags, very pretty!
ReplyDeleteI could not have given them away! Thanks for letting us enjoy them, too.
ReplyDeleteHow very kind of you to say so! You painted a big smile on my mug with this comment! N, xo
ReplyDeleteSuch a great idea!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely amazing, love all the little details ... not sure how you could give them away! thanks for sharing them
ReplyDeleteI LOVE these tags and their battered up look. Well done!
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