Copic Plaid on Parcel Tags

Oh, come to mama. Look what I found on the news stand at Walmart. Country Home is back in publication. Be still my heart. Look at the lovely colors on the magazine cover. I was so tickled to see these colors. I had just gotten all my PTI projects done for the month and then saw this magazine. It's using the same colors.

Lately I have been inspired by the shabby colors of Aqua Mist, Chartreuse, Melon Berry and the new Harvest Gold (Papertrey Colors). The peachy pink/salmon color is going to be hot so you better shop your stash! I pulled color combos from these colors for almost all of my Papertrey projects this month. You can see them in the Papertrey gallery and I'll be posting those projects here too over the course of the month.

I purchased some spray paint in a few of these yummy colors. Stay tuned for some new Etsy shop items using these colors soon. :)

For today though, I have a fun collage card to show you. I saw a similar card layout featuring a giant shipping tag on the Crate Paper website. I had to dig out a Large Manila Parcel Tag and try out my own version.
This week, I want to show you a few ways that you can use your Copic Sketch markers in applications other than just coloring a stamped image. Today I took three colors and a made a whimsical plaid design on my parcel tag. I used both ends of the marker colors, not worrying if my lines were straight or not. This plaid tag became the base for a collage of embellishments. Check out the top of my card. I used a scrap of negative die cut felt with a Vintage Button in the center for a quirky embellishment. Felt is another hot item. Did you see Pine's post for today? Go ahead....buy the felt. You know you want to.
For the rest of my tag, I added Vintage Buttons tied with Chocolate Baker's Twine. I was SOO, so0 happy when Nichole took me up on the idea of adding twine to the Papertrey shop. It's another hot item. Love. Thanks Nichole!!

For the sentiment on the card front, I used the *hey there* sentiment from Pine's new Fillable Frames #6 stamp set, introduced this month. Love. These little sets are just gems that you need to add to your collections along with the dies. Go ahead and put 'em on your list. Another of Mishie's faves.

By the way, did you see my new avatar? I thought you might like to be able to recognize me if you are at CHA. :)

The background piece underneath the tag is fun too. I used the Sunshine Impression Plate on Rustic Cream cardstock. Love the circles. Heck, go ahead and add that to your list too.
The rest of my card is filled up with all kinds of Papertrey goodies....like the Polka Dot stamped background, and Green Tea Leaves patterned paper. There's some Wrinkle Ribbon from my Etsy shop and a homemade doodad that was cluttering up my stamp table too. Hope you enjoy!

I was up with Eric this morning at 5:30. Decided to get up and get the day going before we totally melt away this afternoon. I'm headed off to dump some goodies into my new compost bin. Wait til you see it, you will love the story. I know, I know. Only I could be interested in piles of leftovers. It's a good thing. I'll save that story for another day.