Hello Friends. We’re getting so close to Halloween that I need to double up on my blog posts! It’s a non stop blogging over here and I really appreciate all the kind comments you’ve been leaving. Today I’m sharing a tag I made for the LIVE launch of the moody and positively wicked new distress family member, Villainous Potion. You can catch up on all the fun over on Tim Holtz Blog.
If you watched the LIVE launch you will remember Villainous Potion appearing from behind a cloud of smoke, thanks to the movie effects by Mario, definitely check out the replay over on Tim’s blog, it’s so much fun.
Speaking of smoke… this tag is a little smoke and mirrors. Do you recognize the tag background? It’s made a previous appearance during a LIVE earlier this year… (see varsity moth post).
I often reuse backgrounds or pieces from other makes, sometimes because I really liked them and sometimes because I’m short on time. But in the interest of keeping it very real, here’s what I did….
Removed all of the die cuts using a kraft knife. Covered in a layer of gesso, added some distress crackle texture paste through a stencil and added distress crayon. Finally spraying some villainous potion distress spray stain down the side. It really is all perspective! 😉
I added a leaf from the AWESOME leaf fragment die set. I spritzed with villainous potion spray stain and oxide spray and blended in walnut stain to the edges. In the background you can see the distress crackle texture paste through the digits stencil THS145 and rubbed with walnut stain distress crayon. I have so many fall making plans, I’m really excited to play more with the leaf fragment die set.
I wanted a really deep color for the October which I die cut from the alphanumeric tiny type upper thinlits set. I covered distress watercolor cardstock with villainous potion distress paint and dried before die cutting. The paint is permanent when dry so it won’t bleed when you add collage medium and glue the letters to your tag. I added a sticker from the idea-ology curiosities stickers to add a little fun and an idea-ology hardware head.
You can see where I used my kraft knife to remove some of the tape that was originally underneath and had the “perspective” on when it was the varsity moth tag.
Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your October.
Zoe
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Love it Zoe, I really have to get my hands on that colour and that die set is amazing too, but hard to find up here. They come in stock and then they disappear! Thanks for sharing!!!
It’s fabulous! Love everything about it 💜!
This is an absolutely beautiful tag. It makes me feel sad, and wistful, and yearning for something, though I don’t quite know what. Provoking an emotional response… that’s art, that is!!
Alison x
Zoe, your beautiful OCTOBER tag. I love the simplicity and colors.
Beautiful… and thanks for sharing that you sometimes reuse stuff! Me too though in my case it’s usually something that didn’t turn out well
Beautiful
simply gorgeous Zoe!
Love this, I finally was able to get the leaf die so I am all excited to use them, great inspiration!
I love your October tag!
I love everything you make. You are so creative.
I mean, the texture is just a whole other thing to bend my brain around. Love it!
Totally love the tag Zoe, great idea to reuse some.
What a great colour is the new Villainous Potion.
I hope mine will come end of the next week.
Thank you so much for sharing, stay safe and
have a wonderful weekend.