Blinged Out Tree

 

More mixed media tag fun.  For this one I already had a watercolor panel I used for the base on hand--just a coincidence that it had shadow trees (squee!).  I don't have any Brushos but I do have fabric dyes for scarf and yarn dyeing so I decided to see how those would react with paper.  I sprinkled shades of blue, green and yellow then misted with water.  Holy crap!  Love it so much!

I die cut the tree from that then added white acrylic paint along the raised portions of the tree that represent snow.  I then spread on glitter paste with a cotton swab.  I hadn't expected the white acrylic beneath to disappear so much when dry so I added more, this time above the glitter line.  While that was drying (way faster than the glass bead gel), I flicked water onto the tag panel for snow and cut out a hill of snow by hand.  I stamped the sentiment in VersaFine.

The Details:  Americana snow white acrylic paint, BoBunny sugar glitter paste, Q-tips, Tim Holtz watercolor paper and Distress Ink(s) for the tag base, Recollections 110lb white cardstock snow bank, Amy Tangerine ribbon, Jacquard Acid dyes, Memory Box Frosted Christmas Tree die, Impress sentiment (partial)

I'm adding this to Loll's 12 Tags of Christmas