Yesterday was a great mail day.  I received Quietfire Design's brand new dies and their newest stamps!!!  Woo-hoo!!!  The dies cut fabulously!!!!!!!  I have a Vagabond and I'm using the Sizzix magnetic platform and a pair of cutting plates to do my cutting.  Just like the QF stamps, the dies are created from Suzanne's hand lettered work, NOT fonts.  Her calligraphy is so beautiful!!!

This is a simple tag.  I first cut the word thanks from a Tim Holtz Idea-ology mask sheet.  I took a Ranger #8 manila tag and went over it lightly with Distress Ink - broken china, faded jeans, and pine needles.  I dried it well and stuck on the mask.  I then went back over it with the same colors to darken things up, proceeded to add some stenciling (Dylusions) and  random stamping (Studio 490) with either Distress ink or Archival ink.... Flicked it with water and blotted it....  Stamped another image (PaperArtsy) with Ranger's white pigment ink....  Removed the mask.... and stamped "for all you do" with Archival Ink jet black.  I decided to add some shadow to thanks with a weathered wood Distress marker and then opted to go completely around the letters.  If I had known I was going to do that I would have left the mask on but I managed to not get off too much, lol.  Finished it off with a piece of ribbon from my stash.

Now I'm going to go cut the other new dies!!! Posted by Wanda Hentges at 1:10 PM Froggietalks said...

Lovely tag!

March 17, 2015 at 1:33 PM Quietfire said...

Gorgeous Wanda, simply gorgeous! And masking! I hadn't gotten there yet, thanks for taking care of it so beautifully!! <3

March 17, 2015 at 1:34 PM What a great idea to utilize the masking technique, thanks Wanda!

March 17, 2015 at 2:39 PM Anita Houston said...

Stunning! LOVE the background and the 'thanks'!!!

March 17, 2015 at 8:29 PM Turid said...

Great penmanships setts this die above the others out there. Love it and what you did with it! Thanks! Good idea to pair with the stamp.

March 18, 2015 at 6:20 AM Gorgeous tag, I love the layers.
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