Friday, April 11, 2025

Flowers in bloom tags


Happy Spring creatives!

April showers bring May flower tags and these were simply a joy to create using Vintage Thicket S976  and Travel Note M102 both designed  by Rae Missigman.

What I love about this 6x6 stencil is the assortment of floral blooms that one can incorporate in their artwork.
The Travel note mini stencil is one I tend to reach for time and time again. I find it the perfect companion for art-journal pages and tags. It’s design is perfect for backgrounds and bits of it can be used for mark making as I did here.

The Process:


Cut your paper to preferred size ( I am using watercolour paper.
Create a flowing background first by applying water to the paper and then follow with acrylic ink or watered down paint.


Add the flower of your choice.


I wanted a flower that had more petals and to achieve this I simply flipped, turned the stencil upside down and added paint with my sponge.


With the Travel Note stencil apply sections to different pints of the tag with a contrasting colour.


To add dimension and softness to the petals I am using an Aquarell pencil which is water soluble. Simply trace the area with the pencil and with a wet brush trace the pencil lines to generate movement . See picture below.



For the final steps, punch a hole in each tag, add pieces of old book pages and bits of fabric.

Take the time to enjoy your garden and it’s spring awakening.
Hope you enjoyed the tutorial.





Supplies:

Watercolor paper
Acrylic inks
Aquarell pencil
Fine paint brush 
Water 
Hole punch 
Ribbon 




Tina




2 comments:

  1. Just beautiful Tina! Love your color choices…exudes Spring and happiness. Thanks for sharing your talent.

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  2. Thank you so much Tracy ~

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