Tag a Day project #12

Hello everyone and welcome. I hope you are all having a good week!
Alright, so here we are, tag number 12....

This whole project has been a great process for me, and has been hugely helped by all your wonderful comments and support! Many of you kept saying that you didn't think I had lost my mojo, the thing is, I really did.... right now it comes and goes, but I think that's normal. You see I think the thing with mojo is, it's all about how you feel, and not about the outcome of your projects...

Anyway, part of this project was experimenting with colour and texture, in some of the tags it was more about texture, in this one it was more about colour.

The main stamp is the Blazing Poppies by Indigoblu. I first saw this stamp used on the blog of the wonderful Paula Whittaker, and was so inspired that it went straight to the top of my wishlist. She has made several other projects with it since, - check them out, they are amazing!!

Anyway, here is my play with it. The background was inked with Wild Honey, Bundled Sage and Crushed Olives Distress Inks. I used the Crafters Workshop Chicken Wire and Chicken Wire reversed stencil, because they remind me of honey combs. The bees stamps are from Tim Holtz and the little butterfly at the top is from a Just Rite set.  The emellishment at the top that was bright silver to start with was treated with numerous EPs and paints until it had a suitable rusty look, and the sentiment was computer generated.

Here are some close ups still:

 I stamped the flowers and leaves twice and fussy cut them to add more dimension. I also used some Adirondak ink in Coffee with a water brush to add a bit of shadow and make the flowers pop a bit more.

Well, there you have it. Again, thank you so much for all your support during this project. I still have a new cover to do, but think I will give this project a bit of a break for just now.

Here finally you can see a picture of all 12 tags together:

Thank you so much for visiting and have a great week!

Tag a Day project #11 and winner of Distress Paints giveaway

Hello everyone and welcome to followers and visitors old and new!! Two posts in one today.

First up Tag 11:

Those of you that have been here before know that this is the penultimate tag in this project. Just for a change, I'll give you a quick step by step so you can see a bit of how I got here (and my extremely well worn and dirty craft sheet lol)

I adhered some tissue paper and other scraps (lace, tissue tape, swirl die cuts, hessian, cheese cloth) to my size 10 tag using gel medium.

Next I added flowers and various metal embellishments (again using a ton of gel medium), and when it was dry (leaving it over night) covered it all with a thick layer of Gesso.

I then used several different sprays in soft pinky colours (some Tattered Angels and some home made with perfect pearls and Tattered Rose re-inker mixed with water in a mini mister) and sprayed it all over the tag, but slightly more concentrated over my embellishment clusters.

Next I added a little bit of Dylusions in Melted Chocolate and Black Marble carefully and toned it down with some White Linen. And finally I used a paint brush and some Tattered Angels Coffee, to darken around the embellishment and make them pop a bit more.

Here are some close ups:

 The final step was to add some chit chat stickers and shade around a bit with some charcoal pencil and some background stamping with a Prima stamp. I also added a few highlights with Treasure Gold White Fire.

Now to the winner of the Distress Paints Give Away: (details here)

Wendy L

Please be in touch Wendy with your address so I can send you your paints!

I am entering my tag to the following challenges:

Eclectic Paperie where the theme is Gel Medium

and the incredibly popular new Our Creative Corner where the theme is Anything Goes

Right, that's it for today, thank you for visiting and have a wonderful creative day!!

Go on, have a laugh....

Hello everyone, happy Saturday and thank you so much for dropping by here again!

If you have been here before you will know that for the last couple of weeks I have been working on my so called Tag a Day project: 12 tags in all. Well, I am almost done, two more to go, but today I wanted to show you the cover I have been working on, you see, I needed just a bit of a change from the tags, and so I thought I would do the cover.... well here it is:

I decided to create the cover around some of the wonderful papers I have been hoarding, - all of these are from Prima. There were several reasons for this: I felt like playing with papers for a change, but also because I wanted to participate in both the Prima PPP challenge this month as well as in the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge where the theme is "Small Papers" this week.

Ok, so what about the title of this post?? Well you see, I found that when I had done the covers and put them together with the tags created so far, - I could only fit about 6 of them in as they were far too bulky and even the biggest binding ring I have was not large enough to hold them all! So it looks as if I am going to have to use this cover for another project and I will have to think of a totally different binding system to hold my 12 tags when they are done.... Anyway, I'll keep you posted, meanwhile, here are some close up pictures of the front cover, all created with Prima goodies apart from the ribbon and the little bit of lace.

Well, there you have it, still two further tags to go, thank you for all of your lovely comments and I hope you all have a great weekend!!

Friday Freebie Vintage Paris

Hello and welcome to this week's freebie, another Paris themed one, though a bit on the dark side perhaps...
This time there are some 4 x 4" papers and some pennants which you could make into a banner.

Like so often, many of the images are courtesy of the Graphics Fairy, - what would we all do without her? Even some very well reputed paper companies use her images in their paper collections, I think we all owe her a huge vote of thanks!!

Thank you for visiting and if you make something with my images, I always love to hear about it, so just email me, oh and thank you to those of you who do!!

Mixed Media Canvas number two

Hello and welcome visitors and followers old and new, lovely to have you here!
Today it's my turn to show my second project for Snazzys where we are featuring the Gallerie Wrap Canvas Kit this month.

Rather a different perhaps more grungy version and maybe not quite so complex, but great fun to do even so. Full details of this project can be found here if you want to take a look. I would also like to take this opportunity to say thanks for all the lovely comments you left me for the last canvas, I really appreciate you all so much! So thanks for visiting again!!

Tag a Day project 10

Happy Wednesday everyone and welcome to the next installment of the Tag a Day project, - no 10 so after this one only two more to go!
For those who visited yesterday, thanks so much for your encouragement, I guess likes and dislikes are rather subjective.
Well here is the next one, and I like it better:

Another tag and pocket one, for a little bit of journaling. This one used my favourite colours of the moment, Antique Linen, Bundled Sage and Brushed Corduroy. A few Prima stamps (I adore that heart and wing one, have had it for ages and never used it before, expect to see more of it from now on)

 ... the wonderful Butterfly is from Nicecrane Designs, the flowers are Prima again and the pocket is a Memory Box index card die and matching stamp. Here are some close ups still:

Tim Holtz remnant rubs

more rubs

tag cut with a Spellbinders die

Well that's it, at the moment I am working on the covers waiting for ideas to hit for the last two tags.
Thank you for visiting and all your support. I don't always manage to visit you back, partly also because sometimes I cannot find any links to your blogs, but please know I appreciate you all and will try and visit if and when I can!

Tag a Day project 9

Hello everyone, welcome and I hope you are having a good week so far!

My Tag a Day project is slowly reaching it's conclusion and I want to say again how much I have appreciated all of your support during the last couple of weeks. I am starting to feel much happier in my crafting again and if ever your mojo is low, I highly recommend something like this, just let go and play!
Now onto my tag, to be honest, I really don't like this one, and almost did not show it at all, for some reason it was also really hard to photograph, something kept going wrong with the colours...But then for me this whole project was about the process, not the result, so here you are, warts and all so to speak....

It's another one with a little pocket. Background like usual a mix of Distress Paints and Inks. Stamp is from Indigo Blue. I stamped it several times and fussy cut the flowers and butterfly to add more dimension and also to decorate the pocket.
The leaves are from the Tim Holtz  Autumn Gatherings die which has been on my wish list for ages and I finally went ahead and got it. I added the embossed bits with a stylus. The little tag was cut with an ancient old Cuttlebug die and enhanced with a Tim Holtz ticket. Here are some more detailed photos and I do hope you are not getting too bored with these tags, - 3 more to go....

Oh and just in case you have not seen this, I am hosting a little giveaway over at The Artistic Stamper, all you need to do is leave a comment there and here and you could win three colours of Distress Paints.

Thank you for visiting and have a good week

I am adding this to the Indigoblu challenge where the theme is Flowers

Gypsy Soul Canvas Wrap

Hello, hello everyone, hope the start of the new week is going well for you. My turn this week to show projects over on the Snazzys DT Blog
This month we are showcasing a very interesting product, that I certainly had never heard of before, a Gallerie Wrap Canvas Kit.
Here is a little sneak peek of what I did with it...

If you are curious and want to find out more, please head over to the Snazzys blog. I had so much fun with this!!

Thanks so much for visiting and of course I would love it if you leave me a comment over at Snazzys and tell me what you think of it.

Have a super creative week

Inspired by Nature and a giveaway

Hello everyone, happy Sunday and welcome to you all!
Today it is my turn to show a project over at the Artistic Stamper.

I decided to make an accordion booklet, inspired by images of nature. I am so longing for Spring to arrive properly at last and I totally love some of the nature inspired stamps that are being stocked in The Artistic Stamper shop

Here are a couple of sneaky peeks, to see the full project and description of how I made it, please click here.

And now for the best bit: I have 3 colours of Distress Paint to give away: Weathered Wood, Salty Ocean and Wild Honey. To be eligible to win all you need to do it leave a comment both here and on the Artistic Stamper Creative Team blog.

I will pick a random winner next Sunday and will announce the winner over at the Artistic Stamper blog

Have a creative day and see you next time

I am going to add this to the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge where the theme is Inspired By