Creative Gift by Lauren Hender

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Scrapping Clearly blog.

Do you have a friend that is ready to make to mixed media jump? Who has dabbled a bit but is still not sure? Well I do. She is an amazing scrapper but it was only recently that she made the jump and has added a touch of mixed media to her layouts. A little excited about this I want to give her a gift of a ranger art journal. As I was sitting at my desk I thought I would create her a mixed media tag that she could keep to accompany the gift and maybe inspire her to be brave and add some of the elements I use into her new art journal.

So what do you think? Would you like a scrappy gift like this?

Ok, so as you can see I have a used a few goodies featured above to make this tag but there have also been a few things you don't know I have used.

So here it is. The shopping list all linked up and ready for you to click on and go straight to the Scrapping Clearly store.

Ranger Tag

Gesso

Distress Oxide Ink

Acetate

Paper Pad

Cork

Stencils

I started by using the distress oxides and some gesso on the tag. I then applied some texture using a stencil and the whipped spackle.

I then hand cut a couple of tags and added the hole reinforcers in coordinating cardstock. I just love this punch and know it will be used many times especially in my planner.

 I found this cute acetate 'thankful' wreath and new it would be perfect to place on top of the tags.

I layered the cork behind the 'thankful' to make it pop and give it some dimension.

I hope my little gift tag has inspired you to make a creative gift for someone special.

Lauren xo