A Little Bit of Luck Tag with Tim Holtz

by Adrienne Boese - 9:00:00 PM

I pulled out all of my green and gold goodies for this tag!

St. Patrick's Day Luck Tag created with: Tim Holtz backdrops, crinkle ribbon, expedition ephemera, collector layers, black soot archival ink, flickering candle mica spray stain, entomology stamp; Prima Marketing miel bee charm; Scrapbook.com pops of color gold glitter; bold caps outline alpha stamp; Ranger super fine embossing powder gold

I love a little bit of gold mixed with green and St. Patrick’s Day is a good excuse to combine the two colors (other than around Christmas, obviously). This tag was a ton of fun to create and super simple! So let’s jump right into it.

I started by choosing the backdrop with a fun organic green pattern that reminds me of alcohol ink. I cut it into the shape of a tag and punched a hole and set an eyelet with my Crop-a-dile tool. Using Scrapbook.com’s Bold Caps Outline stamps, I stamped the word luck in the bottom right corner of the tag using embossing ink. I embossed the stamped sentiment with Ranger’s Super Fine Embossing Powder in gold.

I then chose a tag from some Tim Holtz Expedition Ephemera set as well as a green piece from his Collector Layers set. I distressed the ephemera tag by adding some stamped script and crinkling the edges and corners. I punched a hole in the top of the ephemera tag and then sewed it onto the main green tag with a bit of black and gold lace.

I added the green layers piece on top of the lace and ephemera tag with a bit of foam adhesive. Next I tinted a bit of crinkle ribbon with a gold Color Bloom spray from Prima and some flecks of Distress Mica Stain in flickering candle. I set this aside to dry then added a few splatters of flickering candle to the tag.

I chose a bee charm from Prima’s Miel collection and added a bit of gold glitter Pops of Color to the recesses of the honeycomb. I did this technique with the champagne glitter on another tag and loved it so much I had to try it again!

Once the crinkle ribbon was dry, I added a loop to the hole in the tag, tied a triple bow and sewed it onto the loop. To finish it off, I added a few gold pearls from Pinkfresh. I just love how quickly this tag came together thanks to the amazing backdrop paper! Until next time, happy crafting!

Adrienne

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