Guest Artist: Clay Heart Tags by Monica Sabolla Gruppo

We are excited to welcome guest artist Monica Sabolla Gruppo to Somerset Place! Today, she teaches us how to create bright handmade clay tags to tie together your gift bags and packaging projects.

 

Materials

White clay

Rolling pin

Chopping board

Cookie cutters

Barbecue skewer

Acrylic paint (red and white)

Heart- shaped rubber stamp

Divine Twine (Cherry)

 

Instructions

1. Manipulate the clay for 5 minutes, and then flatten it with a rolling pin. Add texture to the surface by placing it on a textured plastic chopping board.

2. Cut shapes with cookie cutters. Here I opted for a plain, circular shape.

3. Make a hole in the tags with a barbeque skewer.

4. Allow a couple of days for air drying.

5. When completely dry, paint over tags with two coats of red acrylic paint. Dry with a hairdryer.

6. When the red paint is dry, stamp a heart onto tags with white paint. Dry again.

7. Add a piece of Divine Twine to tie the tags to your gifts.

 

Voilà! Easy peasy, yet eye-catching. You can add one to a peat pot filled with chocolates or a bouquet of flowers, use one to embellish a book wrapped in old maps, or leave it plain, wrapped with Divine Twine. The possibilities are endless!

 

A big “thank you” to Monica for sharing this stunning project idea with us! Monica has been featured in many Stampington & Company publications, including Somerset Home, Prims, GreenCraft, Artful Blogging, Altered Couture, and Somerset Life. Please visit Monica’s blog The White Bench to see more of her beautiful mixed-media projects.

 


Posted: Monday, January 30th, 2012 @ 9:09 am
Categories: Uncategorized.
Tags: , .
Subscribe to the comments feed if you like. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

10 Responses to “Guest Artist: Clay Heart Tags by Monica Sabolla Gruppo”

  1. libbyQ says:

    cute and i LOVE the idea of filling peat pots with a few chocolates~!!!!~ with maybe an additional pack of flower seeds as a bonus . . .
    oooooohhhh~!~wonderful idea

    :-)
    libbyQ

  2. Lisa M says:

    So simple and yet so cute and eye-catching! What a great idea.

  3. Monique says:

    Never thought of adding texture..I have added sharks teeth..initials..letters..words..to my clay but never texture!Thank you!

  4. Lisa Super says:

    This looks so fun and I’ve really enjoyed the times I’ve worked with clay. I also like that you can do a little one night and work on them the next.

  5. Jessica says:

    These are so fun! A perfect embellishment for Valentine’s Day..well done!

  6. Sharon says:

    Beautiful and such a lovely addition to ones gifts. Thanks for sharing!

  7. What a delightful idea!

  8. Beautiful idea. Lovely photos.

  9. Red Wine and the bottles they come in are quite intriguing.

  10. […] DIY Clay Heart Tag by { Somerset Place […]

Jordan Uncategorized ,

We are excited to welcome guest artist Monica Sabolla Gruppo to Somerset Place! Today, she teaches us how to create bright handmade clay tags to tie together your gift bags and packaging projects.

 

Materials

White clay

Rolling pin

Chopping board

Cookie cutters

Barbecue skewer

Acrylic paint (red and white)

Heart- shaped rubber stamp

Divine Twine (Cherry)

 

Instructions

1. Manipulate the clay for 5 minutes, and then flatten it with a rolling pin. Add texture to the surface by placing it on a textured plastic chopping board.

2. Cut shapes with cookie cutters. Here I opted for a plain, circular shape.

3. Make a hole in the tags with a barbeque skewer.

4. Allow a couple of days for air drying.

5. When completely dry, paint over tags with two coats of red acrylic paint. Dry with a hairdryer.

6. When the red paint is dry, stamp a heart onto tags with white paint. Dry again.

7. Add a piece of Divine Twine to tie the tags to your gifts.

 

Voilà! Easy peasy, yet eye-catching. You can add one to a peat pot filled with chocolates or a bouquet of flowers, use one to embellish a book wrapped in old maps, or leave it plain, wrapped with Divine Twine. The possibilities are endless!

 

A big “thank you” to Monica for sharing this stunning project idea with us! Monica has been featured in many Stampington & Company publications, including Somerset Home, Prims, GreenCraft, Artful Blogging, Altered Couture, and Somerset Life. Please visit Monica’s blog The White Bench to see more of her beautiful mixed-media projects.