Paste medium and a stencil were used to create this tag but it fought me every inch of the way!
The stencil was hand-made and the paste emphasized the space between the bars and gave it a funny dimension.
So I scraped off most of the paste and re-inked the bars by hand.
Thank goodness I coated both sides of the tag with gesso before I started, otherwise, it would never have held up to the abuse.
I plan to make another bird cage stencil (this one's worse for the wear) and I'll post the steps I take so you can see my approach.
I'm linking this tag to the Monday blog challenge at Simon Says Stamp where the theme is Paste. The background is Idea-ology tissue paper and the birds were made with a stamp from Stamping Bella.