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Wet Marker Technique

This technique is perfect for creating unique, colorful tags with a dreamy, artistic feel.

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Creating a tag with the wet marker technique adds a beautifully blended, watercolor-like effect to your project. Start by coloring directly onto a clear surface (like a plastic sheet) with water-based markers. Then, lightly spritz the area with water to activate the ink. Press your tag or cardstock onto the wet ink, allowing the colors to mix and create a soft, diffused pattern. Once dry, you can add stamps, lettering, or other embellishments to enhance the design. This technique is perfect for creating unique, colorful tags with a dreamy, artistic feel.

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Gesso and Watercolor Tag

This week’s tags are a set of mini tags.

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This week’s tags are a set of mini tags. Creating tags using watercolor and clear gesso adds a beautiful, artistic touch to your projects. Start by applying a light coat of clear gesso to your paper tags, which helps the watercolor stay vibrant and blend smoothly. Once dry, paint with your favorite watercolor techniques, allowing the colors to flow naturally. The gesso creates a slightly textured surface, giving your tags interesting depth. You can layer colors, add splatters, or even sketch designs on top once the paint dries, making each tag a unique, personalized piece.

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How to Blend Stamping

Learn how to blend ink on your stamps for multicolor stamping.

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This week’s Tag It Tuesday tutorial shows you how to blend ink on your stamps for a stunning, multi-tonal effect. Learn step-by-step techniques to create smooth transitions between colors, adding depth and dimension to your stamped images. Whether you’re making tags, cards, or other paper crafts, this tutorial will help you elevate your designs with vibrant, blended ink effects. Perfect for beginners and seasoned crafters alike!

Adding multiple colors on one stamp is easy when you use juicy stamp pads and ink blenders.

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Stamp, Emboss, And Spray – Get Creative With Paper Crafting!

A handcrafted tag created with stamping, embossing, and vibrant spray oxides for a textured and dynamic finish.

This week’s tag shares a trio of techniques that work so well together: stamping, embossing, and spraying. This effect can be subtle or pronounced depending on the stamp you choose. Most of the products I am using today are from the Dollar Tree. Crafting doesn’t have to be expensive.

I also used a trio of Distress Oxide Sprays: pink flamingo, spiced marmalade, and fossilized amber.

If you are interested in the tutorial for the watercolor butterfly I used on the tag, you can view it here: [watercolor butterflies]

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Make Your Own Pad Tag!

This week’s tag it Tuesday tutorial is for a pad tag. It includes a free printable.

This week’s tag is a little different. It is a tag and a pad of paper with a fall theme. There is no glue holding it together, just an eyelet. The cover is a free printable.

The free printable image I used for the cover of the tag can be used for a variety of different paper craft projects grab it here: [pumpkin pdf]

I used a variety of materials this week. Links will be provided at the bottom of this post for your convenience.

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I wanted to share a close-up image of the top of the tag so you can see how the eyelets are placed and the cute sunflower button.

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Tag It Tuesday Birthday Edition

Inspired by a sticker, make a Birthday Tag for Tag it Tuesday.

A sticker inspired this week’s tag tutorial. I chose materials that matched the color scheme to build the tag. Open the tag to write a special greeting.

The tag was made using a variety of materials. I will add them at the bottom of the page. The stamp was from a kitchen stamp set provided by Kokorosa:

Birthday Stamp:
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Here’s a little hint to how the tag can open so you can write inside.

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Discover The Magic Of Distress Oxide Wiping!

Learn about Distress Oxide wiping.

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This week’s tag tutorial is more about the technique than the final tag. The results are always amazing but often surprising. This is one of my favorite techniques. Today we are using it on photo paper.

You probably already know that Distress Oxides react with water. However, the results can be different when using a wet baby wipe.

Here you can see the finished technique before I cut it into a tag.

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Try this technique on different paper surfaces to get different results. They will all be interesting. I find the soap in the baby wipes creates color shifts that plain water doesn’t.

Accordion Fold Tag

Make an accordion fold tag for Tag it Tuesday with a free printable.

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This week’s tag is a bit different. Based on a free printable, I cut them out and joined them together for an accordion-folded tag. These tags don’t have to be used for this project, they are great for tag-making and ephemera.

Grab your free PDF printable here: [printable tags PDF]

The eight tags are cut out and the additional materials I used are a corner rounder, Distress Oxide, cellophane tape, scissors, bakery twine, and white glue.

The back side of the attached tags is shown above.

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Emboss, Distress, Spritz! Tag It Tuesday Fun!

A variety of paper crafting techniques combine for tag it Tuesday.

This week’s tag for Tag it Tuesday uses various paper crafting techniques. The result is quite pretty. I like the bold blue and duller green variations working together with the white embossed image.

Using lots of materials this week. A stamp from AALL & Create, a white ink pad, clear embossing powder, and Distress Oxide inks.

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Even in the close-up image, it is difficult to see the water drops and silver spray. It just doesn’t photograph well but in person, it is quite stunning.

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Tuesday Tag – Collage Edition

This was a fun collage tag to create.

This week’s tag was a fun one to create. I used a variety of leftover pieces and added layer upon layer to build up the tag. Finishing it off by adding a die-cut word and a few gems.

Here are the paper parts that were used to create this collage. Leftover from another project, I just couldn’t bear to throw these pieces away. I am glad to have the opportunity to craft with them this week.

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In the image above, you can see the detail and built-up layers. I think all the parts work together so well.