{Things with Wings} Wing-Themed Cards and Tags by Jane and Tanja

Hey, STAMPlorations friends! On the heels of our belated 6th birthday celebration is yet another brand new feature here on the blog: Things with Wings. On the 3rd Monday of October, December, February, and April, STAMPgirls Jane and Tanja will be sharing wing-themed projects. And every other month, we'll draw one lucky crafter to win a $15 gift code -- randomly drawn from all comments left on the Things with Wings post for the month, as well as from the featured designers' blogs.

  

  

Here's a more detailed look at Jane's and Tanja's projects:

JANE'S THINGS WITH WINGS

Hello and welcome to a STAMPlorations special of which I will be a part of for the coming year. For the October special I decided to make one project using some autumnal images and as most people are now getting into full swing Christmas card making I thought the other project should be Christmas related.

So here is my autumnal things with wings card.

I got inky using the awesome Autumn Falling stencil, my favourite Trendy Birds 2 stamp set, a sentiment from the brilliant Wanderlust Expressions 1, and the lovely perched birds from the For the Birds die set.

      

Here is a close up:

My Christmas things with wings make is this one:

I used the fab Holly Background stencil for the glitter hill background with the delightful Christmas angel die, the Stitched Winter Landscape die (which is one of my favourite dies), and a couple of sentiments from the lovely Homespun Christmas stamp set.
    

Here is a little close up of my card:

You may also notice the gorgeous flat sequins I have used. These are the ShakerBlends made for shaker cards but I love them just as flat sequins stuck onto my cards. There are lots of colours and I used the sparkly green and mocha swirl mixes. Do check them out they are only $4 a bag too!

If you would like to see my step by step of how I made my cards do check out my own blog, Jane's Journal here. I would love to see you stop by.

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TANJA'S THINGS WITH WINGS

Hi there, it's Tanja. This is my first Things with Wings Special Feature Project Post for STAMPlorations and I created these two tags for you:

• cut out one of the Manila Tags dies from watercolor paper
• apply Glitter Paint through the Lattice stencil
• while this is drying stamp three butterflies and the beautiful rose from the Brave One set with My Favorite Things Extreme Black Ink
• color the images with Delta, Touch Twin Brush and Copic Marker and add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils
• spray the tag with Heidi Swapp Color Shine Tinsel spray
• dye a piece of seam binding with Distress Ink Dusty Concord and thread it through the hole of the tag

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• cut out a Manila Tag from watercolor paper
• stamp the large cupcake from the Happy Everything set
• stamp the butterfly from the same set with Versamark and heat-emboss it with WOW! Platinum embossing powder
• color the image and the background with Derwent Inktense pencils and a damp watercolor brush
• add Nuvo Crystal Drops Gloss White to the sprinkles
• the sentiment is from the Hey Sunshine clear stickers
• dye a piece of seam binding with Distress Ink Spun Sugar and thread it through the hole of the tag

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Jane and Tanja made lovely wing-themed projects, didn't they? For a chance to win a $15 gift code to the STAMPlorations store, leave a comment here and on the designers' blogs by November 8. We'll announce the winner in the October winners post on November 10.

Did you enjoy today's featured post? Jane and Tanja will be back in December for more gorgeous wing-themed creations. Next month, however, we've got another brand new feature so keep your eyes peeled!

And...this month, did you know that our dies, clear stickers, stencils, and select clear stamps are 25% to 30% off? Check out our current promotions page here.