[Challenge win: Top rocker at 613 Avenue Create challenge]
[Challenge win: Winner at A Bit More Time To Craft challenge]
Here’s a mixed media tag I made recently –

I used parts of packaging cardboard for the tag. I made a tag hole using a punch. I then used a circular tag diecut for the eyelet, which I stuck to the background.
I added a coat of gesso over the background. I added texture to the background using modeling paste over a stencil. I then used regular and metallic acrylics with some water spritzing to drive the color into the nooks and crannies of the textured area.

Meanwhile, I used polymer clay with molds to make some components, which I baked, and then brushed gesso over. I used regular acrylics for an undercoat, and then topped it up with a combination of pink, orange, and blue metallic acrylics for that extra sparkly shine.
I created the composition on the background by adhering the components with glossy soft gel. I then used orange and gold metallic waxes on the components as well as on the eyelet. I then again made use of darker regular acrylics with water spritzing for additional shadowed depth. Ta da!

Though I have a long way to go in mixed media assemblage, I no longer feel overwhelmed by the process, and am much more at ease piling on components on top of one another. That’s progress, right? 🙂 (Check out my first assemblage project for comparison! 😉 I’ve reused one of the components from that project here – did you notice which one it is?)
With this tag, I’m joining these challenges –
Omg that looks lovely!💕
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Thank you Nabeeha! ❤️
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It looks amazing, Anita. A steampunk cherubim ^^
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Thank you for the lovely compliment, Francis! 🙂
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That is so beautiful! Every time I look at your art I want to do something also very creative. You are very inspirational, Anita.
All the best to you from me.
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Your comment makes me happy, Kaya – thank you very much! Your beautiful photographs have the same effect on me, and I’m glad whenever a post of yours pops up in my feed.
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Fascinating! I love this tag! Thanks for a beautiful submission to our challenge at 613 Avenue Create!
Hugz,
Chana Malkah, Owner
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Thank you very much, Chana! 🙂
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Congratulations, you were selected as a TOP ROCKER for the week of July 4th-10th at 613 Avenue Create! Thanks so much for your amazing submission to our challenge. We appreciate your support and look forward to seeing more of your work this month. Please stop by our blog and grab your badge!
THE RESIDENT DESIGN TEAM
613 Avenue Create Challenge Blog
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Thank you very much for the honor, Chana – I’m delighted! 🙂
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Wow! This tag is so awesome! I love it! You really do such an awesome job with your art. The circular burst piece under the face looks like the re-use. It is so perfect under that face.
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You’re right about the reused piece, Ginny! When things click, it’s a joy to see the finished item. I feel the same way when I see the perfect knit for a skein of yarn too! Your current shawl seems to be one such knit. 🙂
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What an interesting and fabulous design .. Love all the little details. Thank you for playing along with us @ 613 Avenue Create AJ DT @ APtS
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Thank you very much, AJ! ☺
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Beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing you Art with us over at the Mixed Media Place!!
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Thank you very much, Lanette!
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stunning!
Thanks for joining us at 613 Avenue Create.
xx
Vivi
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Thank you, Viviane! 🙂
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Wow. Beautiful project. Thank you for participating in the Mixed Media Place Challenge
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Thank you very much, Yulia!
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Awesome tag!
Thank you for sharing with Happy Little Stampers!
Susan
DT for Stencil Challenge
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Thank you very much, Susan! ☺
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A gorgeous creation, Anita! I love the soft colors. And the stenciling looks amazing. Great to see you in the HLS Stencils Challenge. Hope you will join us this month too! Nandini, DT
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Thank you very much, Nandini! ☺
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