Wings Tag

The current challenge over on Tag Tuesday is Wings and this tag fits the bill well.

I received some amazing mop up pieces and happy mail from Liz Berlinger all the way from Canada a while back.  When they arrived, even the envelope had been decorated and I kept it to cut up and use as backgrounds.  It was just right for a quick project.  I added a section to a #8 manilla tag, sealed it with distress collage medium, dried and trimmed.

As the background itself was already perfect, I took colours and themes that had been used on it already and created a flag topper using the three largest Stitched Flag dies by Sue Wilson in black, rose gold and white.  I used all the teeny weenie bird stamps that I could find from various Claritystamp sets (Family Miniatures, Woodland Miniatures, Garden Miniatures, Nativity Miniatures and Whimsical Miniatures) and stamped them onto the white tag using Onyx Black Versafine ink, then went over with some Antique Linen Distress Oxide to better match the background of the tag.

This was added to the tag and the top trimmed level.

The final touch was to add a couple of the Small Talk stickers by Tim Holtz idea-ology.

Farewell Colleague: A Leaver's Card

I used one of my favourite stencils for this card.  It allowed me to add a pun to this card for a colleague who was leaving.  I worked on an 8" x 8" white card blank to allow space for everyone to sign.

Fancy Envelope Tag

As I wasn't well yesterday and needed a quick piece to share this morning, I decided to work on a tag and use a piece of a ready decorated envelope as the background.

Musical Masculine Gatefold Card

I am always being asked for masculine cards so here's one which I worked on recently.  It was inspired by a card designed by Sara Rayner which can be found HERE.

Happy 6th Birthday

I created this card for my Great Niece's 6th birthday.  She is a creative person like her Grandmother and Great Aunt and I always look forward to sending her some additions to her crafty stash at this time of year! 

Bleeding Tissue Background

Having used this method of creating a background for a previous art journal layout, I decided to try it again; this time as a background for a card.

Driving Test Congratulations

There is nothing that makes you feel quite so old as one of your children taking their first driving test.  Mind you, once number two son gets his own car, he will be able to start chauffeuring me around for a change. Unfortunately he takes after me and managed to fail his test right at the end!  I only hope that getting this card ready in advance wasn't a jinx.  He's already booked the next one, so better luck next time.