Layers of ink: Alphabet Tag

Hello and welcome to my blog today! I have a tag to share with an alphabet/typography theme and an interactive pocket element.

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Layers of ink - Alphabet tag by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I love letters. Not only can you create words, text and stories with them, but they are also great as design elements. Here I used a bunch of letter-based products, with the inspiration coming from the new Simon Says Stamp Mixed Alphas background stamp.

Start by die cutting the pocket from Tim Holtz Sizzix Collector set from heavystock paper. Die cut one of the labels and four rings from Halloween Backdrops paper and kraft paper. I ended up not using the ticket.

Stamp the cool Mixed Alphas background stamp with red ink. I made sure to get most of the letter 'A' onto the pocket.

Layers of ink - Alphabet tag by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Ink with Distress Ink.

Ink with Distress Ink. Glue two kraft circles together to make them sturdier. Attach with brads and wrap twine around them to hold the pocket closed.

I cut a piece of Halloween Backdrops paper and glued it to a tag. Trim the edges. Sand the edges and stamp. I also stamped tickets from Simon Says Stamp Mixed Labels with red ink on the background. The numbers and the star were die cut with the Collector set from woodgrain Backdrops paper.

Wrap the twine around the closure before you press the brad too hard, to make sure there is a bit of space left. 'Date' comes from Simon Says Stamp Mixed Labels.

The pocket can hold messages, a gift card or ephemera.

I stamped a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Document It with red ink and added a Design Tape Trims piece.

For the inside flap, I die cut one of the smaller labels from Collector from Halloween Backdrops paper, inked the edges and stamped a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Anna's Flowers. The second sentiment comes from Mixed Labels.

Another sentiment stamp from Mixed Labels, a piece of Design Tape and a Pen Nib. White paint was rubbed into the word to make it more visible and I dripped some black alcohol ink on the tip of the nib.