Thursday, 7 June 2012

Some Thursday Tags

Hi you all! We had a very wet and windy day yesterday, so I was pleased I didn't need to go anywhere. I stayed home, read, and did some crafting. I even did some H*******K - well, I switched on the dishwasher and put everything back into the cupboards again afterwards!

Here are my tags:

The first one is for the *Texture* Challenge at *Simon says stamp and show*. The tag has been made from a cardboard remnant covered with a piece of patterned paper, which I embossed with TH's clocks folder and distressed with vintage photo. The clock (LaBlanche) has been stamped onto a scrap of K&Co paper; the wings and flower have been made from cardboard using TH dies. The flower has been embossed with my *dirty-mix* EP, and tied together with some twine and glass bead. I added a TH stamped ticket, but altered the text on it, and tied on a *time* charm. The lovely glass flowers I have used on both tags were sent to me last week by Diane


The second tag I am entering into the *Frilly and Funky* Challenge, where this week the ladies want to see twine and craft paper. The background has been covered with some printed paper, which has been distressed and stamped in vintage photo and forest moss. I used TH's Sewing Room Die to cut the cardboard pieces, which I distressed using the same colours as before. I added twine to the *lady*, the button and the cotton reel. Before sticking them down I added some lace and some hessian to soften the background a bit. I used a mini-clothes-pin to add a ticket, and used some more of Diane's lovely glass flowers to give it more structure and depth.



Blogger has been playing up the past few days, putting the photos on the left of the column instead of in the middle, why I do not know....Hope you all have a good day, take care and thanks for coming by!

26 comments:

  1. Morning, morning. Valerie, Wow, these are stunning! So much detail. Love the layers. Again, have a wonderful day. I am catching up with all of your posts. Missed you this week. Take care.
    Regards Florence xx

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  2. Hi Val, lovely tags, it amazes me that you get something completely different done each time! Hugs. Sarah

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  3. Super textural (is that a real word?) tags. Have a nice day. Hugs. Suze xx

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  4. I don't know Suze, but it's a gorgeous word!

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  5. These are fabulous Valerie, love all of the texture, and those glass flowers are perfect x

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  6. Great tags, I like the vintage look to them both.

    x

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  7. Love these tags Valerie! There's so much to look at on each one..and great textures too.
    Hugs xx

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  8. Beautiful tags- I especially love the Time Flies one! I love ALL your tags but I think my favorites are the ones with the distressed cardboard!
    Hugs,
    Stephanie

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  9. Gorgeous tags Valerie! I love how you used the glass flowers (thanks for the shout out), I never would imagine to use them this way (till now lol). I love the quote on the Time flies one, how true. They are all gorgeous and as Suze said, super textural.

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  10. Cool tags. Love all the textures. x

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  11. hello sweet valerie,
    you are one crafty lady - love this!
    also, good for you for doing the housework....ugg, i don't like it!
    but it does feel good when its complete!
    have a great thursday

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  12. Wow, these two are awesome. Love the details and textures.
    Yvonne x

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  13. wonderful tags for the challenges!

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  14. Just look at all those yummy layers.. these look amazing..

    Hugs~

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  15. These are AMAZING!!! Gorgeous use of embellishments! Fabulous textures, too!!! :)

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  17. Sorry, I was so excited about seeing these that I suggested you join us at Frilly and Funkie and then realized you did! Thank you and these are fabulous!

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  18. Fabulous Art Tags, Valerie. I love all the elements especially the coordinated cardboard.
    :) Chris / CS Designs

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  19. cute tags, fit the themes perfectly! And yes, that does count as h.......k! lol

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  20. Oh Val, you know how much I adore your dimensional tags. These are dynamite! Just love them. t/c, gerri

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  21. Two wonderful tags just chocked full of texture and delightful embellishments. Really a feast for the eyes to take it all in. Love the monochromatic color palette you chose and the corrugated cardboard is always a winner in my book! So happy you joined in the fun with us this fortnight for our Kraft and Twine challenge!

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  22. great inspiration--hoping to get mine done today....

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  23. Your tags are awesome! So much gorgeous details! Thanks for sharing it with us at the Frilly and Funkie!

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