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I am one of twenty designers lucky enough

to be designing with ImpressArt Metal Stamps today!

I've made a quick and easy Bag Tag

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Here are the supplies needed to make the Bag Tag:

ImpressArt Supplies:

-ImpressArt Alphabet Stamp Set, Ballroom Boogie (lowercase)

-ImpressArt Metal Stamping Blank, Flower

-ImpressArt Metal Stamping Hammer

-ImpressArt Steel Stamping Block

-ImpressArt Stamp Straight Tape

Other Supplies:

4" Wooden Tag; 2" Wood Bird Cutout; (5) 12ss Swarovski Crystals;

Black Feather; E6000 Adhesive; Acrylic Paints: Turquoise,

Marigold, White, Black, Extreme Glitter Hologram;

Sanding Block; Permanent Marker; Clean Rag; Ruler

First, I stamped the Flower blank.

Place the ImpressArt Metal Stamping Blank (Flower)

on the ImpressArt Steel Stamping Block.

Apply ImpressArt Stamp Straight Tape across the

flower and use the ruler to mark 1/8" guidelines.

 Place the ImpressArt Alphabet Stamp on the blank.

Lightly drag the stamp towards the center of the tape

until you feel the bottom of the stamp

catch the top of the tape.

Strike the top of the stamp with medium pressure;

if you've hit the stamp too lightly, you can

strike again as long as the stamp has not been moved.

Use the permanent marker to color the impression.

Without allowing the colored impression to sit too long,

use a clean rag to wipe off excess ink.

(I used E6000 adhesive to apply 

one Swarovski crystal

to each of the flower petals).

Use this same stamping technique to stamp the

entire name onto the wooden bird.

Paint the bird with Turquoise acrylic paint.

Sand lightly over the top of the painted bird;

this will remove some of the paint

leaving darker stamped impressions behind.

Paint the beak Marigold, and the eyes are

dip dots of white, and then black.

You could check out my tutorial 

on painting dip dots *here*

Paint the front, back, and sides of the wooden

tag Turquoise.  Allow to dry.

Use the sanding block to smooth

the paint on the top of the tag, and to

remove some of the paint along the edges.

Coat the entire tag with Extreme Glitter

Hologram to give the tag some shimmer.

I used E6000 adhesive to attach the feather

and the bird to the bottom of the tag.

Thread a 12" length of sheer black ribbon 

through the top of the tag.  Attach the 

Flower charm with a split ring.

I used the permanent marker to outline

the wooden bird.

There it is! It says "spring" with a little

"bling" and I hope you like it!!

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And because I couldn't resist ... something just for fun:

I just had to create this Santa 

from one of the fabulous 

ImpressArt Metal Stamping Blanks!!!

Peace and Bag Tags!!

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