All the Ts for Tuesday

Hi Everybody!

There's lots going on again today. It's Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday;

it's time to remind you that you still have a week to 

join in the 'hearts and flowers' challenge at TIOT ,

and at Tag Tuesday we are starting again

as a challenge blog, where everybody is welcome to join

in. Our first theme is 'Bookworm', chosen by Chrissie.

The first challenge will hopefully go live on Tuesday at 6 am GMT.

My tag is a little book-tag, 4"x3". The front and back were made 

with images from a collage sheet - sorry, 

don't know who they were from -, 

and glued together to make a cover. I added some Frantage 

distressed copper EP to make them look nice and sort of oldy-moldy.

The inside covers were covered with DP, and the pages were cut from 

an 18th century book. I was once given a huge box of rather moldy 

religious books from this time, complete with 

worm holes, corners nibbled by mice and lots of moldy pages. 

I threw out the bits that were too ghastly to use, had the rest

treated to make them hygienic

and now have a life-long supply of  18th century pages....

I sewed the book together and wrote a quote on each

page, adding a couple of vintage images from CI. I rubbed 

some cream coloured soft paint from Pentart 

onto the pages with a soft cloth, to give a 

usable surface. I sewed in a bookmark, too:

There will be a giveaway at Tag Tuesday, and all who join in with a

tag come into the hat,and have a chance of winning this little book

 and some crafty stash.

I am also linking to More mixed media, anything goes.

This piece is meant as a reminder for TIOT, and for Linda's

'50 shades of red' challenge at Art Journal Journey. I drew the grid in my new journal,

painted some squares red and stamped some hearts and flowers.

And last but not least, a hearty welcome to all of the T Gang.

Today there's lemon cake, so zingy and fluffy, and

cappuccino, so help yourselves Ladies!

Elizabeth is allowed 2 slices as she organises everything!

And just 2 sunrise pics today, this post is already tooooooo long!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!