‘Dream Catcher Tags’ by Amy C

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make mixed media tags.

This demonstrates the use of several techniques. I love the transformation from plain white paper to an amazing piece of art!

First, as this project uses a lot of water and spray liquid, it is ideal to use either watercolour cardstock or to use a heavy-duty piece.

Using a spray bottle, I sprayed the paper with water completely. Using Rainforest, Sunset, Violet, and Sapphire Colour Sprays, I sprayed randomly around the page and then set aside to dry.

After it dried, I sprinkled water around the page to create a water droplet look – love it!

Once all dried again, I trimmed down to tag size. If you have a ‘tag-shaped’ die… go for it!

Using background stamps of my choice, and a permanent ink, I stamped over the tags to my liking.

To tone the background down a bit, I rubbed 'White Heavy Gesso' lightly over the surface, using a baby wipe.

To create the circle for the dream catchers, I used a large stitched circle stamp from my stash. If you don’t have one you can simply trace a circle using a craft marker.

I stamped some feathers onto the catcher, and around the page.

Next, using Stormy Weather  Colour Paste and a star stencil from D-Lish Scraps, I applied the paste over the tags.

To create a border, I ran the stalk of the Roadbase  Colour Spray loosely around the border. Before it dried, I sprayed it with water and left it to drain in the vertical position, as pictured.

Once I was happy with the effect, I dried it with a heat gun.

The tag was looking a bit dark at this point, so I added some white splatters. This also served to create a ‘starry night sky’ effect.

The combination of water and 'White Heavy Gesso', mixed on a stampers block, worked well to achieve this splattered look.

Finally, it was time to embellish – and complete the tags – with feathers!

This was absolute fun to create!

Here are some more close ups – take a look!

Thank you for stopping by!

Ciao, Amy