I’ve been having some fun of Swap-bot lately and I wanted to share an art tag I made for a heart theme tag swap for one of the Aussie groups I’m in.
I love making tags, they are just the right size that you can let your artist flair loose without being overwhelmed by a big blank canvas or page – which happens a lot to me. Genius idea using tags, thanks Tim Holtz. I used distress inks, rub-ons, stamping, pen, paint dabbers, chipboard, crackle paint and glossy accents and I’m so happy with how it turned out.
Here’s a close up of the heart chipboard I made. I inked it with Fired Brick distress ink first then covered it in Rock Candy distress crackle paint. Once it was thoroughly dry and super crackled I rubbed some Black Soot distress ink over the top and really squished it into the cracks to bring out the contrast with the red. It’s such an awesome technique that needs very little skill to achieve great results.
I made some fat polka dots with Copper paint dabber – I love the metallic paint dabbers, the never seem to dry out and add so much interest to whatever you’re working on. The pearl one is a favorite of mine!
I like to put a little extra in my swaps so I well and truly got stuck into the heart theme. I think my swap partner appreciated it as she gave me a 5 (top rating) plus a heart, yay.
Do you part take in any art or craft swaps?
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