Dreams

This background on this tag is alcohol inks on Yupo paper. The flourish is painted watercolor paper and cut with a long sizzix die. The silhouettes are a TH die and cut from heavy textured felt. The saying is stamped on deli paper and one I haven't used yet.



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Smile

This tag uses chipboard and diecuts. I made a doily stencil with one of my diecuts. Used it in the background with spray ink and then used the aluminum foil piece to put on the tag under the saying. The key is made from a recycled cardboard piece that my 18 m/o grandson painted, and then cut with TH die. The stamp saying was stamped on deli paper and was one I hadn't used yet.



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Art Lives

Tag background is alcohol ink on Yupo paper. Art Lives is a stamp that I haven't used in a very long time. Stamped houses and then distressed with pen work. I had a real shaky hand when I did the pen work but really liked the outcome.




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Documented Life week three

January 12 Challenge (Week Three) - Add an envelope from your mailbox. Get creative and add the whole envelope or parts of the envelope. Journal on it, write notes on it or use it as a pocket!








This is the final page. The orchid watercolor is a tag. It pulls out from the top. I inserted it into an envelope that had a clear place for an address. Then I used mixed media to make mail art out of the envelope.






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Tags

Thanks to Lindsay the FrugalCrafter for this idea. I painted watercolor tags to attach to gifts for friends. They can use them as ornaments or bookmarks after they open their gifts.






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Colorful Tag

Challenge for this was to make something colorful. Use the neons if possible. I love birds so I decided on this colorful little tag.




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Findings and Trinkets Challenge

Marianne from PAO inspired me to try a Finnabair technique. So I looked at her tag video again and attempted to make a tag sort of like hers. Learned a few things that would make it better next time. First picture is how it looked before the spray, spray, spray process. I should have let the spray layers dry a little more before adding more. Oh well.







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Penelope and Petunia

I created these mom and daughter tag dolls to hang out at my art table and keep me company. They are supposed to keep me from getting into trouble but don't think they're doing a very good job.

I was influenced by the doll swap and the April TIME lottery theme to create these dolls. The mom is Penelope and the daughter is Petunia. The tag bodies are gelli prints. I used the glittered glass technique on the body parts.



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February tag

I made two versions of the Tim Holtz February tag. I didn't have all the items he used so I made my version. I also made two different size tags. The first one is the smaller tag which I've opted to do for the 2013 tags. I actually like it the best. They're fun to do and don't take a long time to do.


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January tag

I didn't have all the things necessary to make the January 2013 tag inspired by Tim Holtz. So I decided to make a tag substituting the things I had in my stash. I was well pleased with the result.
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AJ page

This is an Art Journal page in my altered book journal.  The bird is a watercolor I did of the Painted Bunting.  I used inktense blocks, inks, stencil and molding paste and tags.  On the tag on the left, I did a distressed techniques to age the edges.  It was a lot of fun to make.

Peacock Tag

                                                  Peacock tag for a swap lottery over at PAO.

Bird Tag

I made this tag based on a tag made by Maria McGuire over at Donna Downey's studio.  I didn't have the stamps she had nor did I want to take time to make the flowers.  Besides, I wanted to it be my own just using some of the techniques she used.

Valentine Fairy Princess

I think she has a sassy attitude.

I was playing with some inks and paints and made this cute little Valentine Fairy Princess to celebrate Valentine's Day.  I'm trying to use up my scraps.  The skirt is made of a scrap of shear paper I found somewhere.  It was perfect for the skirt.

12 Tags displayed

                                These are the 12 tags I posted earlier this week, all displayed together. 

My version of Tim Holtz tag #10

My version of Tim Holtz tag #9

My version of Tim Holtz tag #8

My version of Tim Holtz tag #7

My version of Tim Holtz tag #5