Happy New Years! I hope you have been enjoying all the new incredible releases. It’s Ronda here to share some design tips for you.
It’s no secret I love creating tags. It’s an easy way for me to jumpstart my creativity. The one question I am always asked is what I do with all the tags I create.
There are lots of ways to use tags: gifts, mini albums, on the front of a card. I’m going to give you a peek into my process and then offer you another way to use tags.\
The first thing I always do when creating a tag is decide on a color story. Here I drew inspiration from The Sweetest Thing Honey. I loved the grey, yellow, pink, & black color combo. I used both paints and spray inks on the background of my tag.
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always love adding black to my tags. It really grounds the design.
Stamps are a great way to add in those black elements. If you aren’t
sure where to place the image, you can use the packaging image to see
where it might look best.
I love the brads in The Sweetest Thing.The cool thing about them is you can take them apart to mix and match the colors and/or designs to meet your needs. Here I also added a bit of black ink around the edge to make it pop.
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added a few splatters of black paint along with the beautiful black
doily from The Sweetest Thing-Honey 'Love' stickers. To finish the tag, I
used the 'One of a Kind' layered stickers and some bakers twine.
Repeating design elements in odd numbers is always a good thing. On this tag it’s the black doily design. This tag is so pretty and would be great on a gift.
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have you ever thought about using your tags on a layout? It’s a great way
to add layers to any page.
I had this photo on my desk for a while waiting on the perfect color story. Once I completed the tag I noticed how well the photo & tag went together. I pulled out The Sweetest Thing Honey 'Love' Bouquet patterned paper and started layering elements starting with my tag.
To
make the tag stand out a bit more, I added some yellow ink on the
background. I am so happy I left long tails on my bow because they look
so cute looped around the page.
I added a few enamel dots on both the tag & layout along with a few chipboard hexagons.
I wanted a strip of patterned paper to anchor the tag to the page so I decided to use the grey stripes of the Lost & Found 3 Ruby Doily paper.
The Sweetest Thing Honey journal card, brads and stickers look so good tucked underneath the stripes. I inked all edges with black ink to make them stand out a bit more.
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repeated elements from the tag onto my layout like the black splatters,
the enamel dots, and the black doily design found in both the brad and
chipboard piece.
To give the brad element a little more texture, I pulled up the edges to make it look more like a flower.
I hope today's post helped you find another use for your tag creations. Thanks for joining me today!
Supplies: The Sweetest Thing-Honey: ‘Love’ Bouquet patterned paper,stickers,enamel dots, ‘Simply Lovely’ brads,‘Happiness” stamps,‘Perfect’ chipboard elements,journal card.‘One of a Kind’ layered sticker; Lost & Found 3-Ruby: Doily patterned paper,Misc:BasicGreey alphabet stickers, adhesive, ink, paint, spray ink, stencil, twine
