Well, it's day two of The Six Tags of Texas! This one is super easy and like all the others, this idea could be made into a card as well as a tag. But for now it's a tag so you'll need a ribbon for the top. I prefer a wide ribbon but it's not always easy to tie so I just threaded the ribbon through the hole and wrapped it with a small piece of wire. It's probably not quite as secure as it would be if you tied it but come on - who's gonna be tuggin' on the ribbon? And if they're a ribbon tugger, they don't deserve a tag!
Here are the various parts. The Texas shape for the background is stamped with Memento's Potter's Clay and just for fun I blotted the same color on top with a strategically wadded up paper towel. Then Rich Cocoa around the edges and colored pencils for the flag and lightly on the Alamo.
An open door is just a snip away with an Exacto knife. Be sure and color the inside of the doors and darken the interior. Add some foam tape for a little dimension. This would also be a great place for a tiny little picture of someone.
No way! Is that really shrink plastic?! Holy crap, it is! You would think that finding some Texas-themed dangly things would be easy but you'd be wrong. Normally I wouldn't be blowing my own horn about shrinkage but Deadbeat Designs stamps look great when shrunk! Stamp with Staz-On and add color with pencils (you have to sand the shrink plastic before coloring) or add color from behind with an alcohol marker. I used a red alcohol pen and stamped the Howdy stamp, punched it with an oval scallop and added some gold around the edges with a paint pen. You can heat shrink plastic in an oven but a heat gun is faster. Of course, there's more of a chance you'll burn yourself with the heat gun but everything is sweetened by risk, right? Go ahead - live on the edge!
I also have a shrunken boot but not surprisingly I've temporarily lost it. It's on my desk somewhere and when I have time to excavate, I'll add it to a card.
I know - a shrink plastic boot! Quite a cliffhanger!
More tomorrow!
Always gotta keep those "ribbon tuggers" in mind! Laughed out loud on that one! You are a hoot. Another great tag! Love the shrink charm you created. I bought some of that shrink stuff well over a year ago with the best intentions, but have never used it. Need to get it out and give it a try. Love that windmill stamp. You always use it so well. Can't wait to see tomorrow's tag! Best, Curt
Posted by: Curt OBrien | March 03, 2011 at 10:12 AM
Well you're right...t!m H. you're not, but then his tags are very labor intensive, and his posts don't make me LOL!
Great Alamo stamp!
Posted by: Gail L. | March 03, 2011 at 10:36 AM
What a great tag for our great state!! Love it!
Posted by: Dani C. | March 03, 2011 at 11:05 AM
Love the open door of the Alamo. Got to go hunt out my "Shrinky Dink" pages and make a bunch of little Texases. (or is it Texi?) Great tag today!
Posted by: Joan | March 03, 2011 at 02:55 PM