Tag it On - Birds - as you will

This tag was made for Tag it On where the theme is birds. (To the 9 people who left comments on my tag yesterday that I had mislabeled "tag it on" instead of "tag tuesday" I thank you for your patience and politeness.) The birds tag background was a shiny card that came with our Twinings - Keurig tea. You may be able to read some of the words beneath the gesso. I first sprayed with Alcohol Inks. That didn't work well so I dropped drops of AI and spread it around. Then came the gesso. The bird stamp is by Hampton Arts, Studio G.

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Tag Tuesday - Easter

I made this tag/bookmark for TagTuesday in a form that it could be mailed as an Easter greetings. The flowers are Fiskar punches. The leaves are heart punchouts. The background was made on a piece of watercolors. I put  down some distress inks on my craft sheet, spritzed them with water. Then I took my background stamp and wiggled it through the different soupy inks.

Take a Word - Travel

For the challenge Take a Word (Travel), I have used a photo of a city on the Italian riviera (background). The small inset is actually a collage made up of various parts of a travel brochure sent to my house. I digitally reduced it in size in order to fit it onto the larger picture. The woman in the upper right looked like she could be contemplating a trip to me so I borrowed her from Dover.

One of the most enjoyable trips my dh and I made was to Italy and did include San Remo and the beautiful Italian riviera.

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Song Title - Easter Parade

Sunday Postcard Art's challenge is to use a song title. My title is "Easter Parade" by Irving Berlin.

My background is the collage I made last night from bits of painted and stamped scraps of papers. I took a picture of it and kept it on my computer where I captured it for the background of this piece. The ladies in the hats are from Dover Publications freebies. I printed this 4x6 piece out and colored the ladies and hats with my Prismacolor pencils (not really my expertise).

Springtime Rock and Roll!

What I like best about the Art Cards challenge is that I get to learn new techniques. This week it is "rock and roll". Obviously, my abilities are not what they should be or will be with more practice. I just had to try this, but I forgot to use the "position-er tool".  Cynthia has given us Springtime as the theme for Rainbow Lady's Challenge, so I am combining the 2 challenges.

Oops! I went back and noticed I was not supposed to stamp twice. I was supposed to put two different colors on the same stamp.  I'll do better next time.

Another rock and roll example that I made is on my other blog.

Tag it On - A Tag of Any Other Shape

Frankie of Tag it On has us stretching our minds this week to come up with a tag that is not the normal tag shape. I have used the Fiskar's template and cutter to cut out this shape. The paper is from a stack of cardstock called Old World Stack. I can't find a maker on it, but the barcode company is 92251.

The stamps are from Stampin' Up and are used with Archival black ink.

TMTA - Trees

The theme for Think Monday Think ATCs is trees. I made this background last night using some Bombay india inks that I sprayed with water. This didn't work very well since I now know that india inks are pigment inks. Still I like the result I got when I laid the cardstock flat into the soupy inks. The trees are stamped in Distress Inks of China Blue, Frayed Burlap, and Peeled Paint.

Take a Word - Lace

When I think of lace, I visualize a beautiful bride such as this gorgeous lady from Dover Publications. I have set her in front of some alcohol ink backgrounds I made with a lace-edged piece of satin. June, who has given us this Take a Word theme for the week, let me use a number of her lace pieces.