Canvas Tile Tag Card

by Kris Hankins

Canvas Tiles – Tag Card

I was in a card making mood today, but wanted to do something a bit “different”. I decided to make a “tag card”. It is simply a card cut in the shape of a tag with ribbons/fibers attached only to the front of the card. The look of a tag with the versatility of a card.
Make sure you check out the embellishments I made with wood tiles and sticky canvas.

Materials

• Sticky Back Canvas ( RAN-CANV-8   $9.99)
• Prima Flowers – Favorite Vintage Style (eg. CanCan - Pink Raffle PRI-ME-539474   $3.99)
• Tim Holtz Stamps
• Mini Muse ( ST-CMS063   $29.95)
• Urban Chic ( ST-CMS086   $29.95)
• Fluid Chalk Ink
• Lime Pastel ( CLE-FCC-Lime   $1.95)
• Lime Pastel ( CLE-FCC-Lime   $1.95)
• Chestnut Roan ( CLE-FCC-Chestn   $1.95)
• Memories Black Ink ( STE-MP-black   $4.99)
• Blending tool (optional) ( RAN-TIM-Blend   $4.99)
• Mini Glue Dots ( GLUE-Mini   $3.99)
• Ribbon - May Arts, Square Stitch Green/Olive/Brown ( MA-AB-33   $0.59/yard)
• Tonic Distress Tool/Sandpaper ( TON-distress   $5.95)
• Trinket Pin - Green Leaves ( MR-PIN-TK1095   $3.79)
• Bazzil Singles Kraft Cardstock, Classic Texture ( BAZ-9-960   $0.59)
• Marvy Heat Gun ( Marvy Large heat gun   $32.95)
• Ribbon - Gathered Style
• Beads (3 misc.)
• Eyelet (1)
• Scrap of Torn Fabric/Muslin
• Vintage Style Printed Paper
• Wood Tiles (3) - (can use game tiles, scrabble tiles, dominoes, chipboard, etc)

Instructions

• Let’s start by making the Canvas Tiles used to embellish this card. These tiles can be made to embellish all sorts of art projects.


• Take 3 wood/game tiles and ink up the sides and front edges of the tiles with Fluid Chalk ink (Chestnut Roan). Set aside to dry.




• Cut (3) 2” squares of Ranger’s Sticky Back Canvas. Ink the canvas pieces with Fluid Chalk ink (Lime Pastel). Heat set with a heat gun.


• Using small images from Tim Holtz stamp sets, stamp the canvas pieces using Memories black ink. Heat set with a heat gun.




• Determine what part of the stamped images you want to the focal point of your canvas tiles. Trace around your tile with a pencil directly to the face of the inked canvas. Trim inside the trace lines.




• Once you know that the canvas will fit the tile properly (a little small is best) adhere the sticky canvas pieces to the tiles. Cover with a piece of paper and burnish well.


• Using a blending tool, lightly ink the edges of the small canvas pieces using the Chestnut Roan Fluid Chalk ink. Heat set with a heat gun.





• Now let's construct the tag card.


• For this card cut a 6” x 7” piece of Kraft cardstock. Fold in half to make a finished card (3.5” x 6”). At the top corners of card, angle cut the corners at ¾” from corner point.




• Take the vintage style printed papers you have chosen and cut a 1” x 6” strip and a 2.5” x 6”strip. Glue them to the card front. Trim any excess overhang.


• Distress the edges of the card using your Distress Tool and/or sandpaper.




• Attach your gathered ribbon piece vertically where the two printed papers match up. I used mini glue dots to attach this fluffy ribbon.


• Glue the three finished canvas tiles to the tag. Snug them up next to the ribbons edge.


• Add your favorite vintage style prima flowers at the base of the card.


• Embellish the ribbon/flowers with a trinket pin. Add a couple of glass beads to the pin and stick the pin into the ribbon so that the metal stem is hidden (and point ends up in a glue dot).




• Add the stamped word “family” to the card front.


• At the top front of card, punch a hole and add a matching eyelet. Thread the olive colored ribbon through it. Tie a bow around the ribbons using a scrap of fabric/muslin.

Your “canvas tile” tag card is now done. Enjoy!
Kris