Sunday, April 24, 2011

Herb sticks and a card by tanjaak

Hello and happy Easter! I wanted to show you a little and quick project fitted for this spring. I have tried some gardening... well not really yet gardening but I did plant some herb seed so that I can spice up my cooking with fresh herbs whenever I wish. So here's a tut on how to embellish your pots filled with herbs...or flowers for that matter.


So for this project you will need:
cardstock, wire, pliers, ink, sentiment stamp, tag die, crackle paint and of course some adhesive.


First cut the tag with your WoJ Sweet Tags with hearts.


Then stamp a sentiment onto some scrap cardstock and add some distress ink to the sides. I have ripped the other side and cut the other straight.


Now I have glued the sentiment into the tag and cut the excess off with scissors. I have also added some distress crackle paint onto the borders.


The tags would have been gorgeous as such but I decided to add a flower into them...so I stamped a flower with some brown ink and coloured with Promarkers. Then I cut the out and attached to the tags.


The tags needed a stick to hold them in the air so next twist your wire as you will.


Here are my herbs with their sticks. I have to confess I have cheated a bit and bought my rosemary from the shop...but small ones are basil and chives I have grown from seeds. It is interesting to follow the growth of something and it has actually become a sort of a play with me and my daughter to go check if there is any progress.

I also made a card to go with this project as I had this great gift idea...it would need a folder card though, but I thought some seeds and herb sticks would be a nice gift for just about anyone.



Here was the card alone. The image is from the 2010 February Stamp Kit - Birdie Love. Hope you liked my project.

Thanks for looking!

xxxTanja

7 comments :

  1. Very Good idée! Love your tags, I should do some to my mother!
    Thanks
    Annacarin

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  2. Adorables réalisations. Bravo Bises

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  3. lovely project and matching card Tanja
    xxx Margreet

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  4. WoW great idea Tanja!
    Tanks for your time in this tutorial:)

    hugs
    sonja

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  5. Beautiful tags and card! You did a fabulous job!

    *Hugs*
    ~Andrea

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  6. How awesome....love these tags...and what a grand idea....thank you for sharing....This is way I come here....for all the great idea and wonderful projects....and beautiful images...

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  7. Love it Tanja!!! Great idea.
    Katharina x

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