As always, let's begin with the background. For this tag, I took a piece of Distress Watercolor Paper and die cut it using the Yay Tag Die. The tag dies is 2.375 x 4.75 inches. I then embossed it using the Sunburst A2 Coverplate Die. If you didn't know, you can emboss with any die you have, you just need a silicone mat. I used this technique recently in a card I created using the new Lost Shadow Distress Ink. I share how to emboss with a die in this Blog Post or you can also watch this Video.

After I had embossed the tag, I did some ink smooshing with some Brushed Corduroy, Frayed Burlap and Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Ink, drying in between each color. Distress Oxide inks tend to build up layers of color instead of blending together which makes for a wonderful effect. Once dry, I inked the edges of the tag with Walnut Stain Distress Ink and set it to the side to work on the focal point.

I began by first embossing a piece of Black Kraft Stock using the Tim Holtz Woven 3D Texture Fade Embossing Folder. I then used this to die cut the top hat and jacket from the Tim Holtz Tailored Thinlits Die Set and the yay from the Yay Tag Die Set. I used a Distress Sanding Disk to gently sand off a bit of the black paper to reveal the kraft core. If you don't have one of these, you can use a piece of sand paper.

DESIGNER TIP: With the Tim Holtz Tailored Thinlits Die Set each piece is grouped together on one die. For example, all of the layers to create the top hat are on one die. To cut out the different layers from different papers, simply trim the paper close to the size of that part of the die and use a piece of Mint Tape to hold it in place as you run it through your die cutting machine. This will prevent you from wasting paper and die cutting some of the pieces that you won't use because of the color or type of paper.

Next, I used a piece of printer paper to cut out the shirt. I find this thinner paper folds nicely to create the shirt collar. Finally, I die cut the band on the hat, the tie and the hole reinforcer on the tag from a piece of paper from the Sunny Lane A2 Paper Pad. Once the die cutting was completed, I inked the edges with Walnut Distress Stain and adhered the layers together using Distress Collage Medium.

To finish off the sentiment, I cut the shadow layer from a piece of paper from the Playful A2 Paper Pad. I then adhered the yay sentiment to the shadow layer, and inked the edges with Walnut Distress Stain.

I then used double sided foam adhesive to adhere the die cuts to the tag to create some dimension. For the final touch, I added a bit of ribbon from my stash to the tag.

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