A tag using book paper for the background. I just lightly dabbed it with white distress ink in order to mnake the color pop better.
Entering in:
Tag Tuesday: Use book paper
Creative Fingers: #215 AG
mostly paper crafts, occasionally other follies, as in: fun things
A tag using book paper for the background. I just lightly dabbed it with white distress ink in order to mnake the color pop better.
Entering in:
Tag Tuesday: Use book paper
Creative Fingers: #215 AG
This smart owl survived a meeting. Hooray to that!
Paperminutes: #706 Eulen / Owls
ATC around the world: #80 Alles geht / Anything goes
I love washi and own several. For this lovely challenge over at Simon Says I selected a few different ones. I aimed to make a group of three Skinny-sized cards.
I am entering my set into following challenges:
Simon Says Monday Challenge: Wild with Washi
Retro Rubber Challenge has a tic-tac-toe this week.
I added twine and hand stamped a wooden popsicle stick with the sentiment "It is time to..."
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Retro Rubber Challenge: #163 Tics and toes
Ally's Angels: #48 Anything goes
There is a lovely inspiration: Time has a wonderful way of showing what really matters. It's open to so many interpretations and the one I chose is Confidence. Confidence is something you acquire with time, as you grow and form and sort your experiences.
There was an exercise my yoga teacher used to make us do, sat nam - truth is your name. Repeating those words along with a certain breathing exercise made it sink in to this day.
I added a tea leaves sentiment to echo it: Recognize that you are the truth.
Entering in:
Frilly and Funkie Challenge: Time has wonderful way of showing us
The colors red, white and blue call aviation to mind. This is what I had on hand: a dapper, courteous crew, some destinations tags and an air mail stamp.
Entering in:
Simon says Wednesday challenge: Anything goes
I was inspired to stamp on different types of paper. They give the image some interest and texture.
I used several papers and stamps by Dina Wakeley (the girl). Stampers anonymous (butterfly) and tulip by Tin Can Mail. That one is ancient, but I love it to bits. Part of the background is a dictionary page that was used in gelli plate printing, but I also used 'store-bought' papers there to get a nice flow.
entering in:
Allsorts challenge: Use design paper
Sweet stamping: Something beginning with a B mine is Butterfly
MixitUp challenge: Anything goes with optional stamping
Taking part in More than Words mini challenge June. The word 'idol' has to appear on the atc.
In case you're wondering... Frida (or her lookalike) has been heavily photoshopped for luminosity. She was part of a digitally made collage that was printed and which I received as happy mail not long ago. I took it apart, added TimHoltz rose themed paper to the background, a stamped bird, a red rose for her head (in the collage there were black roses and skulls) and lastly the golden glittery glue dots for earrings.
A real photo of a long forgotten someone... I have no idea where it came from, I probably purchased it at a fleamarket as I often so.
Now it was time to let her shine a moment in the limelight. The background was first watercolored, then stamped with ancient writing. I added the sentiment 'tell your story' which seemed apt.
Entering her in:
Everybody Art Challenge: #493, Bingo. I was inspired by the row 'vintage-photo-flower'.
An old airmail envelope was used as the background for this tag.Onto it I added postage stamps and ephemera and a second tag as well as the text that I found in a book.
Entering this in:
Tag Tuesdays: Tag on tag
Simon Says Wednesday challenge: Red white and/or blue
Vacation time is upon us. Red, white and blue give this carefree, breezy summer feel.
I made a skinny-sized card (5" by 3") using a mix of elements: some stamping, a magazine cut-out, paper piecing and inks for the background and found a Tim Holtz saying that fits to a tee.
Entering this in: Simon Says Wednesday challenge Red /white and/or blue
Country View Challenges is celebrating its 100th challenge.
I am participating with this Skinny-sized card (5" by 3"). I was inspired by Corrie's beautiful background. I used a TH numbers stencil, but my numbers did not show as clearly, for whatever reason. So I added the number 100 with rub-on numbers.
linking to: Country View Challenges