Peeking Through

How about a transparent challenge?  This week at  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge   we are showing off projects that are inspired by the idea of transparency.  I decided to play with a series of acetate tags.

My favorite was the tag with a coat of paint which I distressed and creating little windows into a second tag that was hidden behind the acetate tag.

I painted the surface of the acetate tag with a coat of white paper. I then distressed the surface to remove some of the white paint with a baby wipe.  I hen laid the honeycomb stencil over he surface and applied a coat of white embossing paste.  I left the stencil on and spritzed over the embossing paste with a hint of blue glimmer mist.

To add a hint of something underneath the tag I glimmer misted a piece of white cardstock and cut it to the shape of the acetate tag.  I stamped the sentiment on the misted background using brown ink.  I repeated until the surface was covered.

I attached the acetate tag to the cardstock. I then stamped the sentiment on acetate using black StazOn ink. I cut it out and attached it to the surface.

I spritzed tissue paper with glimmer mist to create my flowers.  I folded it like a fan and stapled the bottom together and spread out the top to create a fan effect. I then attached them to the tag with staples.  I gave them stems with brown hemp.

My next tag was a masculine version of the acetate tags:

Then I played with a text background to a flowery tag:

This next tag actually was a backing to an acetate tag and I loved the soft effect of the painted text:

I had fun trying all different kinds of effects using the acetate tags.  If you have any questions on any of the tags you can drop me a line and I will be happy to explain!

Here is the big list of products I used while playing with my tags:
Hero Arts Acetate Tags, Stampers Anonymous - Spring Sprung, Tim Holtz Stencils: Cargo, Honeycomb, Measured,  Memory Box Poppies, Hero Arts - Delicate Blossoms,  Stampers Anonymous Purely Random, Memento Blue Bahama, Fresco Finish - Snowflake Fresco Finish - Haystack,  Stampers Anonymous - Time Travelers, Ranger Distress Ink - Rusty Hinge Dye Ink, Ranger Distress Ink - Vintage Photo, Maya Road Bottle Cap, Artistic Outpost - Bloom and Grow, Prima Wooden Button, Bingo chip,   Wendy Vecchi White Embossing Paste, Stampers Anonymous - Reality,  Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Marmalade,  Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist -Patina,      Stampers Anonymous - Words for Thought ,  Stampers Anonymous -  Journey Text, Stampers Anonymous - Tiny Words

Come play along with us to have an opportunity  to win a   Simon Says Stamp $50 Gift Voucher.

Thanks for stopping by!


Suzz