These tags were cut using the Art Impressions Tag Stitched dies set. It's is a great set with the large tag and several other smaller tags and decorative shapes. I also cut tag hole reinforcement donuts from the set. I suggest a good strong 110# card stock for large tags like these. I used Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110# from CutCardStock.
Before cutting the tags, I inked up two A2 sized white cardstock panels using a Hero Arts stencil called Swirl Stencil and a multi-colored ink pad. I used a pad that came in a Hero Arts My Monthly kit called Summer Twilight. Unfortunately it's not available in their store. An alternative would be their Ombre Autumn pad but any multi-color ink pad in the colors you like would work. In the tag on the left I swiped the ink pad vertically so that the ink would deposit in the blank areas of the stencil in color stripes. Then I took the inked up stencil and flipped it on top of another blank piece of white cardstock. My brayer was used to apply pressure over the top to get a sort of letter press image from the stencil. This resulted in a reverse and lighter imprint you see on the right tag. Doing it this way made the most of the stencil and the ink I had used.
For these tags, I selected images from the Feast Mode Set. I stamped the fox, squirrel and flower sprays on marker paper and colored them with Copic markers. I fussy cut all the images except the squirrel and arranged the fox on a tag, placing foam tape behind the main fox image. I glued the loose leaves around the fox similar to how the leaves are shown in the stamped image. Last, two of the flower sprays were arranged together at the top.
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