Last week I did something I have been waiting to do: I made my first project using my own book. Six vintage collage tags, three large and three small, and every single piece on them was snipped straight out of Vintage Rose Garden, the first book in my Snip and Story series.
If you watched the video, you know we jump right into the middle, because I accidentally deleted the part where I cut and built the tag bases. The decorating is all here, and the bases will get their own video. Honestly, the decorating is the fun part anyway.
What I used
Pages from Vintage Rose Garden, some printed full size and some printed smaller (that is the joy of the digital edition: you choose the size, full page for a journal spread or small for tags and cards)
Tag bases, three large and three small
Roses, letters, lists and little pieces of ephemera cut from the book pages
Letter pages for the backs of the tags, so even the back is pretty and nothing goes to waste
Scissors and glue
Ribbon for the finished tags
How the tags came together
The tea party and baking tag came first, built up in layers from the cut pieces.
Then the watering can tag, roses tucked around it.
The butterfly tags, one with the big butterflies saved for the finishing touches near the end.
The bird tag, my quiet favorite.
Ribbons threaded through at the end, and the letter pages on the backs, so each tag is finished on both sides.
Every picture in Vintage Rose Garden is backed by a letter, a list or a note, so when you cut out a rose for the front of a tag, the back of that same page still gives you something lovely to work with. That is the whole idea behind Snip and Story: nothing wasted, everything made to be cut out and used in your own art and junk journals, collages and paper crafts.
Get the book
Paperback on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HNVSRZN2?tag=darlyssa05-20
Digital download in my shop: https://www.darlyssadesigns.net/shop/p/snip-story-vintage-rose-garden-digital-download
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This week in the studio
It is steampunk week here. Clockwork and Curiosity, the second Snip and Story book, has its launch week November 9 to 15, and code CLOCKWORK25 takes 25 percent off the digital download in my shop all week, so you pay $7.49 instead of $9.99.
Tell me in the comments: which tag would you make first, and what size would you print, full page or small?
