Mixed Media Crates & Tags

Hello there! Here’s Riikka showing a couple of mixed media projects I made with the “Gypsy Moments” collection. Have you familiarized yourself with the collection already? It’s romantic, soft and full of fun details! The idea behind the collection is collecting and documenting those fleeting moments in life. So whether you are a scrapbooker, cardmaker or doing project Life, this collection has something to offer! Besides the projects in today’s post, I also have another post coming with a mini-album I made using the File Folders!

The collection has different kinds of tags, folders and cards to make it easy for you to capture those little moments that count. But it’s not only about paper! There’s also two sizes of lovely little crates in the collection. Those can be used in a variety of ways – like collecting ephemera. I received two of these crates to play with and decorated the other one simply with a few tags and a canvas pendant and for the other one I used more mediums.

I’m going to use the white, bigger crate, to store some of my crafting supplies. It’s just the right size – fits my table easily but is still big enough to actually store something. As the crate is made of slats, I’m able to see even what’s underneath the top layer of products!

The little tags are from the “Gypsy Moments” collection and I decorated them with stamping and also a few embellishments. Then I gathered all the tags together in a binding ring and then attached the ring around the handle of the crate. Quick and easy! Think about the possibilities when gifts are concerned! Like filling the crate with some home made cookies and attaching the card with a binding ring.

The smaller crate I got is going to store some of my swapped ATCs. I’ve been thinking how to have them at hand to browse through, but still nicely in one place. The little crate is perfect for this!

I love to use different mediums in my own ATCs and that together with the dark color of the crate inspired me to decorate the crate using Tattered Angels mediums. First I added some ephemera to the side of the crate using gel medium and the colored the embellishments with High Impact paints. Some of the metals used in the crate are from 7Gypsies – please check the products list at the end of this post for further details.

I did something using the papers, too! These little ATCs are made using the ATC sized printed File Folders and the tags. They don’t capture the little moments as such, but instead represent the three corner stones: faith, hope and love. For the colors I used the three primaries – yellow, blue and red. Well, to tell you the truth it’s more like yellow, turquoise and pink, but you’ll get my idea.

First I cut the folders in half and trimmed them to the 2½” x 3½” size. Even though this size isn’t a must, I somehow always do my ATCs using those measurements. On top of the background piece I then layered two tags on top of each other. The words in the cards are made using a stamp set by Unity Stamp which also was in my DT pack. I fist stamped the words with Versamark to a piece of “Gypsy Moments” paper and embossed it with clear powder. Then I colored the piece. The clear embossing created a resist so the word stayed in it’s original color and the area around it was toned with the primary I chose to use. I then cut the word out and finally traced around the letters with a sharp black felt pen. Lastly I added some more painty touches with Tattered Angels media – I said I like to use mixed media in my cards, didn’t I?

I hope I have inspired you to browse through the “Gypsy Moments” collection and think what you could do with it! Thank you for your visit, I hope to see you again!