FabScraps Wild At Heart Collection
Here are two projects using this bold new collection.
Guitar Hero Tag
This is a tag I made for my husband. He is a musician and has playing since he was in grade school. He also actually likes tags so I made him one that is just perfect for him. It even includes a little piece of him - the used guitar strings. He saves the strings when he puts new ones on and he rolls them on a coil. I just love using them on pieces for him.
FabScraps has included some large chipboard tags in this collection. Wild At Heart Die cut chipboard Tags (7.75”x4”) DC59 007 They are absolutely the perfect size and have the great sturdy thickness of the chipboard so that you can include some heavier embellishments if you desire. Maybe even use for a cool Christmas ornament.
The yellow sticker....that is also from this bold amazing collection. Wild At Heart Stickers – ST59 001. I adhere the stickers to white cardstock first because they are clear stickers and I find that the white cardstock backing really makes them pop. I also add a little to the back of the sticker.
Now for the guitar chipboard piece Wild At Heart DC59 003, I tried really hard to make this piece look like my husband's guitar with some inking and then darkening around the edges.
The t
ickets are FabScraps Wild At Heart Precut project die cuts – MC59 001A . They are also important here because he dreams of playing in a big venue to a sold out crowd. The tickets symbolize that sold out event.
I used a Prima Music stamp for extra accent on the tag and to finish it off.
Scroll down for instructions and supply list for this tag.
FabScraps Wild At Heart -Evening In Paradise layout
This is a photo I took at sunset in Sarasota Florida, June 2013. We were staying at a beautiful hotel on the beach with a pool overlooking the ocean. It was a wonderful evening and we were the only people enjoying the pool so I took advantage of the serenity and perfection.
I decided to expand the landscape of the photo onto my page and make the serenity spill over onto my piece.
Here are a few photos to show what I did:
I started with FabScraps Wild At Heart Surfing Wild 1 C59001 is the background piece.
I painted gel medium on the page. The gel medium keeps paint and
mist from soaking into the paper so that it is more workable and blends better – creating a flowing look.
While the gel medium
is wet, use a sea sponge to add some
black acrylic paint or black gesso in
the center of the page and extending out
to the sides of the page. The sea sponge will make the black a little wispy and softer.
I set my photo on the page for a look at my progress and a feel for what I need to add.
Now I can embellish and complete!
I painted the Wild At Heart chipboard Wire Border DC59 004 piece black and added glossy Shimmerz Dazzlers in Licorice Stick - this is a nice thick dimensional paint. I thought it would add some texture to the black landscape I painted.
Then I started my floral clusters with some metal Adornments and Prima flowers : Serenity 5 Collection 571368.
Here is my original photo.
Thanks for looking. Below are some simple instructions for each of the projects along with supply list and suggestions of where you can purchase some of the supplies. The Flying Unicorns carries the FabScraps Wild At Heart Collection as well as many other FabScraps collections. Check them out
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Instructions for the Tag:
FabScraps – Wild At Heart – Guitar Hero Tag
For This Project You Will Need
Instructions
1.
Background Chipboard Tag Preparation:
2.
Start with FabScraps Wild at Heart Collection –Die Cut Chipboard Tags DC59 007 sized 7.75”x4”. Cover with FabScraps Wild At Heart precut project die cuts – MC59
001A. The project die selected will
match Wild Tunes1 paper C59 007.
3.
Cut a piece of
FabScraps Wild Tunes1 paper C59 007 to the size of 3’x5’. Distress the edges of your paper with the
edge of your scissors.
4.
Cut a piece of
chocolate colored cardstock slightly bigger than 3”x5” so that the Wild at
Heart -Wild Tunes 1 has a nice chocolate
mat.
5.
Rip a piece of black
cardstock even bigger yet to be a mat layer under the chocolate cardstock.
6.
Glue the layers
together and then glue to the tag on a slight diagonal.
7.
Stamp music notes on
the top layer.
8.
Wrap a small piece of
black cheesecloth around the tag starting about halfway down the tag and tying
on an angle.
9.
Chipboard Guitar Preparation:
10.
Using the Wild At Heart Guitar chipboard DC59 003, you
are going to ink the guitar in a gradient fashion – lighter in the center and
darker at the outside edges. Ink the
inside of the guitar with yellow ink. The continue around the yellow ink with
an orange ink. Finally ink the edges
with brown ink.
11.
Glue the guitar on the
tag ( over the black cheesecloth). The
neck of the guitar will point up and to the right.
12. Finishing Touches:
13.
Make some large
circles out of wire and attach to the back of the tag. I used old guitar strings and wound them
up. Glue a piece of cardboard over the
back of the wire strings to keep them in place and be more durable.
14.
Take the Wild At Heart ticket stickers ST59 001 and adhere to white
cardstock. They show up much better on projects when adhered to cardstock first
before using on a project. Tuck the
ticket stickers to the top of the tag.
15.
Take the Wild At Heart music
stickers ST59 001 and gently ink
the back of the sticker with yellow ink and then brown near the edges. Adhere to white cardstock. Tuck the music sticker slightly under the
guitar.
16.
Add some black
cheesecloth and ribbon to the top of the tag.
17.
Enjoy.
FabScraps – Wild At Heart – Evening in
Paradise Layout
For This Project You Will Need
Instructions
1.
Background Preparation:
2.
Start with FabScraps
Wild At Heart Surfing Wild 1 C59001 paper as the background piece.
3.
Paint gel medium in
the center of the page and let dry. The gel medium keeps paint and mist from soaking into the
paper so that it is more workable and
blends better – creating a flowing look. DO NOT LET DRY.
4.
While the gel medium
is wet, use a sea sponge to add some black acrylic paint or black gesso in the
center of the page and extending out to
the sides of the page.
5.
Use a mask and
deep blue acrylic paint to create the illusion of water under the area
where your photo will be placed. Let
dry.
6.
Time to create some
wispy puffy clouds – add a little gel medium to the sea
sponge and a few drops of blue paint.
Dab onto the page lightly where the clouds should go. If too dark, add more gel medium to your
sponge and dab on to page to thin out and
lighten. Let dry.
7.
Add a little black cheese
cloth to both sides of the black painted background. Add a little piece of
cheesecloth to the bottom of the page as well.
8.
Back the photo with
cardboard or dimensional tape and adhere to page above the water.
9.
Chipboard Wire Border Preparation:
10.
Cut two thin strips of Wild At Heart Wire Border
chipboard DC59 001.
11.
Paint the Wild At
Heart Wire Border chipboard DC59 001 with black acrylic and top with black
dimensional paint, to add extra texture to the chipboard piece.
12.
Position each piece of the chipboard on the
sides of the photo over the black painted background. .
13. Finishing Touches:
14.
Using metal flower shapes
( you can substitute with chipboard
flowers or die cut flower)s , paint two
flowers with black dimensional paint and
two flowers with dark teal blue dimensional paint. While the paint is wet, pour some micro beads
in the center of the flower. You can let
air dry or dry with heat gun. Glue flowers to the page : two flowers on left bottom corner near
photo and two on top right corner for the start of clusters.
15.
Add additional flowers
in the cluster.
16.
Enjoy
