Hello Tag - Start to Finish

Recently, I got to send some happy mail to a scrappy friend. I just love doing this! I also love making fun little tags to dress up the package. We are working on texture in my class with May Flaum, so what better way to play than on some tags to send off with the happy mail?

One thing May mentioned in our recent course materials was to dry emboss tags. Such an easy and fun idea - why didn't I ever think of that??? Because I am not May Flaum, that's why! So, here we have a couple of tags and embossing folders. Let's get started, shall we?

After running them through my Sizzix...this is what we have. So pretty :)

Let's spruce them up a bit with some inking....

A little rubbing and splattering....

How about some Stickles?

Sticker time!

Since the sticker goes off of the sides, we need to cut some paper to adhere to the back:

And dress that up a bit:

Now for our greeting:

Back to the smaller tag - this birdy needs a home. Oh, how I love the birdies from this Basic Grey collection!

Ah yes, Washi tape makes a lovely little abode for him!

These two tags will layer together nicely, I think...

A bit more washi and some stickles add to the greeting:

Some pen work makes it's way to the birdy tag and banner piece:

Time to get our UTEE on:

smoosh:

coat:

Melt.
OOOOOOOH, FUN!

Gotta love a nice glossy heart!

But, I will love it more with a shiny brad on top!

Yes indeedy!

That birdy needed a bit more pizazz. After adding in a fun flower sticker, I stitched over to add a bit of texture; and of course, a shiny heart helps too:

These are coming together, I would say...

Time to try another technique May showed us... Heat embossing the edges of something. I am going to go for silver:

Well, that's kinda fun, isn't it???

Time for some more pen work:

Ok, I am liking this, but that "Hi" is just bugging me. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's just a bit too bold?

Perhaps layering some other alphas on top? Ah, yes... much better!

After tinkering a bit more with some green mist, more pen work, and extra splatterings, I call it done!

I don't think I have ever done so many texture techniques on one tiny thing before!

A little siggy on the back:

There it is, tied onto some happy mail and ready to go...

I had so much fun playing (without too much thinking) on this fun little tag. It is so fun to explore different textures. There are several ideas that I tried on this tag that I know I will repeat in future projects: UTEE, Heat Embossing the edges, and Dry Embossing tags. I love the added dimension and shine these add. What are some of your favorite ways to add texture to your projects?