Toilet Roll Tag Book

This is a fun upcycling project. Turn empty toilet rolls into a mini book with pull-out tags. They can be recipe cards, photo tags, favourite sayings, wish lists, anything you like!
I used First Edition Bird Song papers, embellishing using two Stampendous bird themed stamp sets.





The bird cage was stamped on acetate and attached using a piece of chain and a brad so it moves.

They are great fun to put together and don't take lots of reources - quite a bit of time though!





Paints, Inks and Stamps

I have been having a play session using Distress inks and Paperartsy Fresco Finish Chalk acrylic paints.

I used Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Distress ink to create a base background. I then added depth by inking through masks (sequin waste and a flourish). After drying thoroughly, I stamped and heat embossed in gold the mannequin. The labels and worshing were stamped on sepearte card and inked. The rose at the top of the tag was made using a Marianne spiral blossom die. the seam binding was dyed using Distress stain.

This one was put together in a similar way, but I started by covering the tag with some book paper - still find it hard to break into old books! All the stamps are from a Studio 490 set. I love the butterfly.

For this one, I stamped and heat embossed all the images first using Versafine Onyx Black ink and clear embossing powder. The stamps are from Paperartsy.I then created the backgroundusing paint and ink, with a Harlequin mask. The highlights were added using a white pen.
I was then inspired by some of the work of Jo Firth-Young and her design team and created this mini canvas using some of her new stamps and Fresco Finish paints.

The butterfly is from another Studio 490 set.
I was pleased with the results!
There are some brilliant video tutorials on the Paperartsy website (www.paperartsy.co.uk) on using the Fresco Finish paints. They got me hooked!