megs garden

Vintage Flower tags 

By Sue Smyth 

Hi Bloggers

I love a sampler, and this time I wanted to use shipping tags,

along with the Forgotten Meadows papers.

A sampler is a great way of making a lot of

mis matched and left over papers 

work together. It is also a good 

way to use up left overs or card packs. 

The pink rose tag did not need too much to embellish,  I have 

added Dimensional magic to the edges of the rose petals

and sprinkled over with white glitter to frost the edges.

I always adhere my paper butterflies to white cardstock

for strength and this time I have added a little glitter to the wings.

Trim the extra leaves off the lacy flower, ( use on another tag)  and adhere tiny

adhesive pearls to the stamens in the centre for 

a little depth and shine.

To get nice colour on the Azalea, simply draw a line

down each petal and spots around the petals with a Tombow or water

soluble pen, then spritz with water and dry off with 

a heat gun.

Of course I have added a faux cameo, by die cutting a 

gorgeous vintage lady, cupping it over a mouse pad

with a stylus and adhering to a glittered scalloped 

oval with 3 D foam tape. Add small pearls one at

a time to achieve that gentle oval curve.

These tags are large shipping tags I have

 cut down to fit on the page nicely.

And I have inked all of the edges with Distress ink.

Apply a small amount of white gesso over the 

silver plastic trim to soften the harsh silver sheen.

It looks way more vintage then too.

Again add a little gesso to the bracket and trim for 

an aged vintage look.

Add pearls and bling for shine.

Adhere each tag to the background with 3 D foam tape.

Or like me use scraps of chipboard to raise them 

up nicely.

Add a small rhinestone to the centres of the 

silver plastic trim, after you have added

a little gesso. It looks just like a mini

brooch then.

Add some fussy cut flowers, again cup the centres for a 

dimensional look and add small 2mm rhinestones for 

the centres.

Rub gesso over the wings of the blue bird to pick up the 

detail.

Megs Garden Materials 

Megs Garden Forgotten meadows collection

Megs Garden Forgotten Meadows mini pack

Megs Garden paper Azalea and roses

Megs Garden velvet dusty pink flower

Megs Garden metal blue bird

Megs Garden metal bee

Megs Garden Key and trinkets

Megs Garden tassel trim

Megs Garden organza lace flower

Megs Garden lace

Happy Crafting