The Hen's Den Valentine Blog Hop

BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO JEAN MARMO FOR WINNING THE BLOG HOP PRIZE!
Enjoy your goodies!! xoxoxox

 Valentine's Tags

Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe

Created By: Nicolle Kramer

Hi all!

          Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you are spending it with the one's you love. Welcome to The Hen's Den Valentine's Blog Hop.It's also The Hen's Den 3 year Anniversary. What an exciting month it has been. The design team is sharing their favorite techniques with you today.  I am a lover of adding lots of layers to your project and making your own handmade flowers. 

For some extra fun there is a big prize that Charlie is giving away on The Hen's Den Blog. All you have to do is leave a comment on each of  my super talented fellow design team members blogs to get a sense of what the big prize one lucky winner could score. I would also love it if you followed my blog as well. Below is one of the goodies included in the big prize.

 

The winner will be posted on The Hen's Den blog Sunday night.

Make sure to stop by all these blogs:

• Anita Mulcahey
• Carolyn Lontin
• Janet Bagnall
• Lori McClellan
• Nicolle Kramer <<<< You are Here 
• Moriah Macdonald
• Stephanie Wagner
• Charlie Labonte

First I would like to share a photo of the products I used on my tags.

Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe Collection

I made 3 tags total. One being a non- traditional Valentine's tag and the other two being traditional Valentine's tags.

I started with a #8 Manila tag measuring 6 1/4" x 3 1/8". I rubbed the mustard seed distress ink directly on the tag and then mist with water. I used a heat gun to quickly dry. Around the edged of the tag I applied the black soot distress ink.

Below are the supplies I used to make MY HONEY tag. It's a non- traditional tag but I thought it would be fun to step outside the box a bit. I also used the tear technique throughout on this tag.

As you can see I use many layers on my tag.

For my handmade flowers I used 2 different size punches of the same type of flower. Punch 2 large and 1 small individual flower. I used a tooth pick to curl each petal inward on 1 large and 1 small flower and the opposite way on the remaining flower. Glued all pieces together to make 1 flower. Loving the layers.

The flower punch I used for this flower is made by Marvy.

Here's what the flowers look like with different punches.

The top punch was a snowflake style punch. I think the next time I make that flower I will punch a couple more larger snowflakes to get more of a chrysanthemum like look.

The bottom flower is a retro flower punch.

Here's a picture of all 3 tags completed.

Thanks for stopping by the hop. Sending Lots of Love and Hugs!!

  Supplies used and found at The Hen's Den Store:

Graphic 45- Olde Curiosity Shoppe- Butterfly Specifics
Graphic 45- Olde Curiosity Shoppe- Cardstock Stickers
Graphic 45- Olde Curiosity Shoppe- Counting Down
Graphic 45- Olde Curiosity Shoppe- Genuine Article
Graphic 45- Olde Curiosity Shoppe- Mercurial Masterpiece
Graphic 45- Olde Curiosity Shoppe-Optical Oddities
Graphic 45- Olde Curiosity Shoppe- Tags 1
Graphic 45- Olde Curiosity Shoppe- Tags 2
Graphic 45- Staples- Ornate Metal Keys
Graphic 45- Staples- Chipboard Buttons
May Arts- Ribbon- Crochet Black 1.5
May Arts-Sheer Woven Rosettes- Burgundy
Petaloo- Velvet Wild Roses- Cream
My Minds Eye- All is Bright- Christmas Twine
Tim Holtz - Distress Ink- Festive Berries
Tim Holtz - Distress Ink- Black Soot
Tim Holtz- Distress Ink- Mustard Seed
Tim Holts- Idea-ology- Corked Vials