September 2014 tag swap

[SWLady]

Ok, I spaced it! My tag went out to the mailbox today! At least I remembered to take a picture, hehehe.

And I received Daniel's tag this weekend also. It is awesome!

[Craft Nerd]

Daniel - your tag went postal today.

[Looser]

Hi All!

Kathy. Glad the tag arrived. Answered your PM, but will add it here, too. Yes, please, on sending me pix so I can upload it.

Sarah. Great! I'll watch my mailbox.

[lovepug2]

Finally got a chance to upload the tag I sent to Heidi. I was going by memory what all I did so I think it's mostly correct!
Here it is
http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?pid=547

Looking forward or seeing everyone's!

[Looser]

SWLady (Kathy) provided me with great pix of my humble tag. Here's the front & back of the tag. There are also close-ups, but I figure y'all can find them without a link.

[Craft Nerd]

I received a wonderful tag from Kathy today, so you can go ahead and post the pic you remembered to take.    I really love the sparkle on it.

[Looser]

AND....I got a wonderful tag from Nerd! Sarah, I love it & the card! Please share your pix, too.

[SWLady]

Here is my harvesty September tag. I used my rec'd kit to make it so it will be posted in two places!

Harvest Tag

For the background I used crushed olive mowed lawn and antique linen distress inks. Then I inked an embossing folder with the crushed olive and ran it through the embosser. I sprayed it with lots of shimmer mist which you can't really see in my picture. I colored the images I got in my KIAE kit and mounted on patterned paper. I love these wooden dots!

[Looser]

Kathy. I read your 'shadow' comment. I thot it was a texture in the materials you used.  Looks great anyway!

[Craft Nerd]

I finally posted the tag I sent Daniel:

Pumpkin Tag Front

Pumpkin Tag Back

I used Distress Inks to color the image and the base of the tag was made from the paper towel I use to wipe Distress Inks off my craft mat. Whenever I color with Distress Inks, I smoosh them on my craft mat.  When I'm done, I spritz with water and wipe up what's left.  This sometimes results in some really pretty paper towels.  So I started saving them.  For the front, I applied a piece to cardstock with Mod Podge and I ran into some problems.  I wasn't getting the paper towel wet enough to glue down both layers of the 2 ply paper towel in one go.  So I had to go back and apply more glues in places.  For the back, I pulled the 2 plies apart and applied them to the cardstock individually.  The color wasn't bright enough if I just used one ply. 

Daniel may have recognized the wood veneer leaves I used on the tag because they were unused items from my kept kit from August. 

[Far North]

Hey Sarah-just wondering where do sign and date your tag when you create on both sides?  That's where I usually also attach the instructions so they are always with the tag...but I guess that is not essential.  Thanks for sharing your way.

[Craft Nerd]

Jan - I write it in at the bottom of what I consider the back of the tag, which is usually the less involved/ embellished side.   And I never remember to include the instructions.  But I always include them when I post the tag.  So I figure that covers it.

[lovepug2]

This months swap has probably got to be my favorite. I loved seeing everyone's tags and the use of the distress products. Great work everyone! I think I left praise for everyone but I will double check that later tonight.

[SWLady]

I think signing your tag on the bag might be a good idea. I have lots of tags and I've forgotten who made them!