Making a Point

Thought I would share what I am playing around with while working on my DLP Journal travel theme pages. 

Since I am combining three weeks into one spread, I wanted some tags or something to explain each week.  I love tags, but come on, how many tags can you use before you bore yourself!  (Okay, I never get tired of tags, but anyway...)

I decided to try out some arrow tags.  I took regular tags, using one for a template.  I marked the center point on the bottom (the end opposite the string).  I drew diagonal lines from that center point to both sides, then trimmed to a point.  Since the other end is shorter (where the angle cut is), I used that short width as a guide to draw a cutting line to the other end.

It is way simpler to show in person than trying to write out an explanation of what I did, but I'm sure you can figure it out yourselves.  Kind of a unique way to use a tag, I think.

In the end, though, I may use a cardstock with a grid print for my arrows (still debating whether to make them look tag-like). 

So, that's what I've been playing with.  Yesterday was 1 minute shorter than the day before.. school here starts in two weeks.  Summer is sneaking away right under my nose!!

Makin' Labels

Well, I've seen other artists doing it.  Whether it is printing a journal page onto a sheet of labels or making art directly on labels, it looks like fun.

I have labels in sheets that are meant to be used in an ink jet printer.  The two sizes I used were 1-1/3 x 4 (14 per sheet) and 2 x 2 (12 per sheet).  I copied some awesome collage sheets onto them (made by my friend, artist Gaye Medbury.)  Now, the thing about printing on labels is, you have to let go of what you want to be on any given label.  When you use them, you will have parts of things on each label, which really challenges you on what to do with them.

A few weeks ago, I had brayered acrylic paint onto tags.  They were just the thing for adding labels, then adding doodles, marks, and washi tape.  It was such a simple fun thing to do, and I am chomping at the bit to do more!

Here are some of my tags and printed labels.

 

I also used circle punches to punch out parts, and used them on my goals envelopes that are in my DLP 2015 journal. 

I think I could easily get addicted to making more of these tags and labels!

Gifting Ideas

I mentioned in the last post that I helped my friend Gaye celebrate her birthday (late as it was).  I thought I'd show one of the gifts I made for her, and some fun tags that are easy to make.

This is a zippered pouch for her politically incorrect smoking sticks
 :-)
I used olive green fabric to try to match her latest handmade purse/backpack  This really doesn't have a front or back because both sides are fun to look at (if I do say so myself!)

At the last minute, I decided these gifts needed some tags.  These were done fairly quickly, using purchased tags with mostly washi tapes and stamping.

Happy Monday everyone!