{Mixed Media Tutorial} Create Magic by Monika

Hello Crafty Friends! It's Monika here today sharing how I created some magic on a die-cut luggage tag. Here is the finished project:

Interestingly, when I soft focus on the finished projects, I can see one of those old fashioned fairground attractions, I think they are called Helter Skelter, instead of a lighthouse. How did I make it:

• die cut the large tag from the CUTploratiosn Luggage Tag Nesting Dies
• stamp the large lighthouse in black Memento and add a little shading using alcohol markers
• add some yellow rays
• mask both the lighthouse and rays with a light coat of Mod Podge. When masking the rays, I pulled my brush strokes over the edge allowing the brush to become dry to achieve the effect you can see in the finished tag

•  once the Mod Podge is dry, blend with two shades of dye ink (I used tempting Turquoise and Pacific point)
• at this point you can wipe any of the blue off your mod-podged areas using a lightly damp tissue and gentle touch

•  using the Dots All Over ARTplorations stencil and a wet baby wipe, bleach out some dots

• stamp some script and lines (Mixed Media Elements) into the still damp ink, it will add some nice texture once dried
• use the line stamp and water to bleach out some lines for a dappled effect

•  stencil Some Birds using the darker blue of the inks you used
• apply Black Stars Sparkle Medium through the Foiled stencil towards the bottom of your tag

• add a partial cloud using Coconut Ice embossing powder and the Clouds stencil for some added texture which can be better seen in the photo below

•  die cut the CUTplorations Word Die Magical from matching card and snip off the 'al' to create your word 'Magic'

• Stamp the word 'Create' in black Memento Luxe ink and clear emboss to speed up drying on the non porous surfaces of your embossing and Mod Podge masking

• add some sparkly doodles with a gel pen which can be best seen when zooming in on the photo, but add real sparkle once they catch the light, just difficult to photograph
• add matching gems and fibers to finish

Here you can see the tag catching the sunlight with a little shimmer.

That's it from me for today. Hope I have inspired you to create your own magic. Have a lovely day!

hugs
Monika xxx

Here is what I used:
ARTplorations Stencils:
Dots All Over, Some Birds, Foiled, Clouds

STAMPlorations Stamps:
Mixed Media Elements, Bold Sentiments: Create

CUTplorations Dies:
Luggage Tags Nesting Dies, Magical Word Die