My Cards and Tags: Flying Books Tag

"Take Flight" is this week's intriguing theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.  You know I'm a literature nerd of the highest order, so I made a little fleet of flying books to represent how reading can take us anywhere.

I started with Strathmore Mixed Media paper cut into a tag shape.  I glued on some text paper then stenciled white paint through a polka dot stencil.

I colored the tag with some white and lavender acrylic paint.  Next I went to town with Infusions!  This is colored powder stuff that you spray with water for all sorts of cool speckly-effects.  I also added Distress Stain around the edges so the whole tag surface was colored with the Infusions and the Distress Stain.

While that was drying, I cut and folded some "books."  I sewed down the middle of them with my trusty sewing machine.

I wanted to add some black into my tag, so I did some scribbling with a black Prima Oil Pastel crayon, then smudged it with my finger and a bit of water.

I found a "by the book" sentiment and glued it to a piece of diagonally-stripped paper, then added a plus sign (also cut from patterned paper).  I glued it onto my tag and surrounded it with my flying books.  I used Dina Wakley's Ultra Thick Gel, which does a great job of adhering things to a paper surface.

Here are the supplies I used, which you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

Strathmore Mixed Media Paper	Tim Holtz Sizzix Tag Collection	Sizzix Big Shot	Scrapberry′s Dotted Pattern Stencil	Paper Artsy SLIME Infusions Colored Stain
Paper Artsy VIOLET STORMS Infusions Colored Stain	Paper Artsy RUSTY CAR Infusions Colored Stain CS17	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley Ranger ULTRA THICK GEL MEDIUM mdm62349	Prima Impasto paint, Lavender
Shabby Shutters - Distress Stains	Salty Ocean Distress Stain	Distress Stains - Gathered Twigs	Prima Flowers ARTIST QUALITY OIL PASTEL CRAYONS	Echo Park, I′d Rather be Crafting 12x12 paper
Jane Davenport Happy Little Unicorn die	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad WILTED VIOLET

I'm excited to see what your interpretation of our theme is!  Upload your masterpiece to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to a win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.