My Cards and Tags: Travel Tags made from Postcards

This week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme is, "Cityscape."  I decided to make tags out of some landscape postcards.

I started with a set of postcards that came with Altenew's Reflections Scrapbook Kit and some tag dies from the Sizzix Tag Collection.

I cut some tag shapes out like so...

I wanted to add some different colors into the mix, so I painted over some sections with white Gesso and added some scraps of patterned paper.

I brightened them back up by coloring/smudging Prima Oil Pastel Crayons on them.  These crayons are a favorite tool of mine because while they are oil pastels, they're water-soluble so you can blend them nicely with just a touch of water.  I also stamped along the horizon line with some border stamps by AALL & Create.

I typed some travel sentiments, "wander on" and "adventurer" and added those.  I smudged some black and grey oil pastels around the edges and gave the tags a pop of color with some neon pink ink.

On this tag, I also added a squiggly circle stamp by Dina Wakley to the background.

I couldn't decide whether to go vertical or horizontal with these and think they look cool either way.  This also inspired me to see what else I could cut tags shapes out of.  :)

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

Altenew Reflection Scrapbook Kit	Prima Flowers ARTIST QUALITY OIL PASTEL CRAYONS	Prima White Heavy Gesso	/AALL-and-Create-BORDER-26	Dina Wakley For the Love of Circles stamp set
We R Memory Keepers Mint Typewriter	Hero Arts Neon Pink Ink Pad	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad	Fiskars Acrylic Blocks	Ranger Non Stick Craft Sheet
Tim Holtz Sizzix Tag Collection	Sizzix Big Shot

I'm excited to see how you interpret our Cityscape theme this week!  Be sure to upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!