"Little Things" Tag

My first real tag creation was inspired by an upcoming baby-arrival gift. The gift looked so lonely in its envelope that I decided a fancy tag needed to keep it company during its U.S. Postal Service journey.

• The tag started with a base made from recycled manila folders, sent to me in a care package made from a friend's craft stash.
• I sponged tea dye and vintage photo Distress inks alternately all over the tag, edging it with the vintage photo ink, then flicking a bit of water to get the water-distressed spots.
• I stamped two alternating corners with a Flonzcraft art nouveau stamp in tea dye Distress ink.
• The sentiment stamps are in vintage photo Distress ink and from KaiserCraft "Furry Friends" set, which I cut in half to make stamping individual definitions easier.
• The edges needed an extra something, so I pulled out my gold metallic Gelato and rubbed some along the tag edges.
• The cloudy texture behind the main sentiment journal card is actually a twice-used dryer sheet, folded in half and with the top and bottom edges hand-ripped.
• The journal card is from the Authentique "Durable" stack, die cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Five, and edge-inked with vintage photo Distress ink.
• Finishing touches: a strip of Little B gold metallic rose washi tape under the bottom left side of the dryer sheet, a glittered gold star on the die cut journal card, and a strip of cotton ribbon through the tag hole.

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