Distress Oxide Nordic Tags with Glitter Paste and Deer

It's time for a new challenge at Stamps and Stencils and our lovely hostess Cec has chosen the theme Pastels.  She says, "We have been treated to a riot of bright, warm colour since the spring bulbs made their appearance and continuing throughout summer and fall so let's go in the opposite direction and make a project with soft, pastel colours.  Don't forget to include some stamping or stenciling or both in your creation."

I was down to the wire with this one and really needed some inspiration, so I turned to the fun tag challenge at In My Creative Opinion.  I was inspired by the amazing color combo from Day One in Lin Brandyberry's beautiful tag.  I wanted a little more mixed media, so I also used THIS pin for inspiration.  I was happy to use my Distress Oxide pads to create a set of cards in Lin's color combo.  First I tapped my Cracked Pistachio pad on my craft mat and spritzed with water.  I've had a lot of questions about this process.  It's very simple and produces a vibrant effect.  You dip the panel into the pooled ink repeatedly and heat set between layers until you are happy with the result.

I picked out some favorite winter stencils and opened up a new bottle of BoBunny glitter paste.  I have never used this product before and was AMAZED by the result!  Oh how I love this and will be using again and again.  I had a die cut sentiment very similar to Lin's and used it at the bottom of my tag.

I used a purchased glittered snowflake, some die cut vellum leaves, a Prima marbled flower, bakers twine and a die cut deer head, which I embossed with transparent Psychedelic embossing powder.  I love this powder!

Here's the full view.  I added a loopy seam binding bow at the top.

Now to bring the pink into the mix.  I repeated the process above with Worn Lipstick DOX.

EEK!  I love how the silver glitter pops against the pink.  :)  I used the same elements and did a reverse of the first design.  My Prima flower wasn't quite vibrant enough, so I painted it with a watery mix of the Worn Lipstick DOX.  It looks orange in the photo, but not IRL.

I hope you're inspired to play along with our Pastels challenge at Stamps and Stencils!  Perhaps you'll make a few simple tags with your stamps or stencils.  :) 

Just in case you  need some more pastel inspiration, check out my Prima Sweet Peppermint hexagon mini album tutorial from yesterday HERE.

I'm sharing my tags with:

In My Creative Opinion: 25 Days of Christmas Tags

Simon Says Stamp: Christmas Gift Tags

Simon Says Stamp: All Creatures Great and Small

Wow! Embossing Powder: Christmas w/Embossing

Craft-Dee Bowz: Anything Goes w/Handmade Bow

Make My Monday: Anything But a Card

Crazy 4 Challenges: Pink