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Wednesday, 7 May 2025

Squirrel tag

Good Morning everyone

Its not often I make a tag but I decided to join in with the first challenge over at  Tag along & atc


I used these fun squirrels from aall&create and built up a little scene.
Tag size approx A6 (6x4")  I die cut the largest die from cream cardstock and then the next size down from white card I'd sprayed with blue and green inks, the blue one is pearlised, keeping it more blue at the top for the sky and green at the bottom for grass.  Once dry I stenciled a little detail with stormy sky distress ink and stamped some text with forest moss distress ink.

I stamped the branch direct onto the tag, stamping one side and then the opposite.  I stamped the squirrels, leaves & acorns onto white card, watercoloured with inktense pencils and cut out.  I then got arranging it all, adding the squirrels and acorns with pinflair glue gel.  To give the squirrels some ground to stand on, I added a scrap of the inked card to the bottom of the tag with foam pads, inking all the edges with stormy sky distress ink.

I stamped the quotes from the set onto off cuts of cream card, cut out and adhered to the front. 

Raiding the ribbon box I found a satin orange ribbon, gold organza and blue lace which matched the colours perfectly.  I punched a hole in the top of the tag and added an eyelet and then threaded my ribbons.

I have a bottle of range matt accents - had it for over 10yrs, so trying to use it - i usually use glossy accents.  Anyway this matt accents is weird as it does leave a shine once dry but its matt - difficult to explain and even more difficult to photograph😁.  Anyway I added that to the acorns to finish.

Items Used
aall&create stamps #290 'squeaky friends' #851 'rise&shine'
aall&create stencil #167 Organic orbs
Stitched tag dies
Derwent Inktense pencils
TH Distress Inks 'stormy sky, forest moss'
Cosmic shimmer airless misters 
Ranger matt accents


 

14 comments:

  1. A fun tag with a fabulous sentiment Emma,these squirrels look excited to have found some acorns, beautiful colours in the background and on the critters

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  2. Brilliant use of the stamps on this tag. Thanks for joining us at Tag-along (and ATCs).

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  3. They are having a great time gathering acorns Emma lol. Such a fun tag. Thanks for playing along with us at Tag-along (and ATC's).
    Pinky

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  4. I just LOVE these squirrels. And the quote with those wily rodents trying to get the acorns works perfect. What a super tag. Thanks for joining us at Try It on Tuesday Emma. hugs-Erika

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  5. That's a great tag and those squirrels seem to be having fun xx

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  6. Fab tag Emma, I love the images and all the detail xx

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  7. Great fun tag and love all the cute squirrels.
    Carol x

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  8. Here eventually Emma, thanks so much for sharing this real fun tag with us at Tag-Along (and ATC's) first challenge.

    Been the week we want to forget, apart from the scheduled hospital stay, lost our Poppy as well.

    B x

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  9. So cute!!! Thanks so much for participating in my PINSPIRATIONAL challenge!!! I appreciate that you play along and I enjoy visiting your blog!! Have a happy crafty day!! Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper

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  10. fabulous tag Emma
    Kate x

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  11. Oh my, what a fun and fabulous make! I love those squirrels with those acorns, they are super cute and really made me smile - perfect for our forest challenge ☺️. Thanks so much for joining in the fun at Try it on Tuesday! Hugs, Jo x

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  12. What a super fun tag. Made me smile. X

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  13. Brilliant Emma, this is so fun with the cheeky squirrels, love it. Big hugs Kirsty. Xx

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