I have an ever growing stash of 'cast aside with the intention to use later' backgrounds so with time being short I thought this would be a good opportunity to rummage through them and select one to use for this tag. 

I chose one that I created at the same time I created the background for my 'Moon Burst' project that I shared here and here at the start of this year. 

Guess this one got lucky as some of the stash have been there for years!! 

 

It's a gel print created with a gel plate and just a few of Dina Wakley heavy body acrylics: Lemon, Turquoise, Night. 

I simply applied drops of the paint to the plate, brayered then out across the horizontal, laid a piece of white card on top, rubbed over the card lightly and then lifted the card to reveal the print.

I cut a piece from the print to roughly fit a That's Crafty! #8 White/ Greyboard tag and adhered it in place cutting and sanding back any overhang/ excess. 

The focal words 'Live Your Art' were stenciled with Deco Art black modelling paste. 

This stencil is one designed by Donna Downey and comes from a larger stencil that is made up of 4  stencil designs- 2 quotes, 1 letters, 1 numbers so a great mix.  The four stencils can be kept and used as is or they can be cut away from teach other for ease of use. 

For some background detail I added some open white circles using a white pen and That's Crafty! dinky 'Bubbles' stencil  some jet black archival ink stamping using Tracy Evans AALL & Create 'Reckoner Digits' stamp and some splatters of black and white paint. 

A couple of Tim Holtz Halloween trim tapes helped frame the focal words and add a touch more detail and interest along the top and bottom and down the sides of the tag.

Just a touch of white pen mark making on the plain black jagged tape and the tag was ready for its hanging ribbon.