I am so excited to be showing you my process on this page for Make it Sunday! Elle’s tags are just too much fun to layer! My name is Allison Waken and I’m a wife and mom to 2 boys (9 and 7) 2 dogs, 3 snakes (plus 4 snake eggs), and 2 fish. This is pared down from when my husband and I first got married! We live in the desert of AZ and try to travel to our family in Southern California often!
You can find me at allisonwaken.com and allfortheboys.com
Let’s get started! I tend to start with a photo and a basic idea of design.
I add on some layers from here – this is a great way to use up scraps! Then I choose and place my favorite Elle’s tags (Allison used our Collected Cutouts, Collected Note Tags, Noted Journaling tags and our Pennants – brights):
Once I have most of what I’m using where I want it I move it off my background paper and splatter it with some ink.
Before placing my piece back on I like to distress a bit. I’ll distress the edges with scissors, a nail file, or just my finger nail.
Or I’ll get crazy and crumple it up! I love the dimension and character distressing gives.
I trim off the parts of my Elle’s tags that aren’t showing so I can use them again!
I place everything back on my page and maybe adjust a bit to my liking.
To stick everything down I just lift up the edges and apply some glue. This way I don’t forget where something goes.
I’ll apply a bit of journaling and/or a title. Then, a bit of sewing and that’s it!
Here’s some closer peeks:
Our Make It Sunday blog series has been taken over by past members of our design team! We are so excited to see their work featured again, here at our site! Look for a different past design team member each week.
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