Hi Everybody!
On Tuesday we are starting a new challenge at Tag Tuesday, and I am hosting. My theme is autumn / Halloween, so very seasonal, and I hope this will inspire some people to join in. I have 2 tags to start off. The first one was made using a piece of vintage linen, which I fringed, an image from Gecko Galz and some gold corrugated card, all of which I sewed together. I added the TH paper doll and sat her in the tree. The embellishments are natural bits and bobs gathered from the tree in front of our house, a TH sentiment and some fancy ribbons:
The second tag is a square one, cut from some DP I had in my stash. I sewed an acetate overlay onto it. Once again I decorated with nature materials and scraps of netting and hessian, all tied together with straw. The little boy has wings made from seed pods and is sitting on 2 leaves cut from hand-painted paper I used the same ribbon as for the first tag:
Tuesday is also Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday, so here a warm welcome to all of the ladies of the T Gang. I visited my friend N, and we enjoyed coffee and raspberry cake:
Today I am sharing more photos from last week's trip to South Park:
These dark red flowers are called cocoa plants - and they really do smell like chocolate!
Have a great day, Take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!
Those tags are great for fall! I love those colors and am as always impressed with the depth of texture. I've never had raspberry cake, but that looks delicious. All those flowers are gorgeous, and you get such good, clear close-ups. Happy T Whatever-Day-It-Is ;)
ReplyDeleteValerie, this is gorgeous !I love the rustic feel to it - and so much detail! Beautiful message - be brave! Always :) LOVELY pictures!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tags for this Autumn theme, and the South Park photos are lovely! The tea looks delicious too!
ReplyDeleteBoth tags are fantastic Val, love all the layers and textures. They really show Autumn. Great photos from Suedpark, it's almost like being there. And that raspberry cake looks wonderful. Hugs, Sarah
ReplyDeleteHello dear Valerie!
ReplyDeleteYour Autumn tags are gorgeous! Love the themes and all the details and how you decorate them!
Like how you imagine the boy with the natural wings and the girl sitting on the tree! Great work!
That raspberry cake looks delicious! Fantastic pictures from the park! Great shots of the Mallard ducks and the pond with the water lilies! Thank you for sharing! Wishing you a lovely new week! Hugs!
Dimi...
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these gorgeous pieces of art...gorgeous!!!
ReplyDeleteYour photos are always exceptionally beautiful...I can almost never pick a favorite one in any post!
I just gained 5 pounds looking at that delicious cake...yummmmmmm!!!
Hugs xx
Love your photos today Valerie - some really stunning flower photos especially.
ReplyDeleteYour tags are beautiful - and the seed pods for wings was genius!
Have a great week.
Gill xx
Your tags are beautiful. I like the natural elements you incorporated in them. I just finished lunch and a slice of that raspberry cake would taste real good. Still lots of color in the park. Looks like Summer is trying to hang on like I'm trying to hang onto Summer. Happy T Day
ReplyDeleteI love both of your autumn tags. I love how you incorporated nature in both. They are stunning, and that gold corrugated cardboard is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI loved the flowers you shared today and the autumn leaf was gorgeous. The park still has lots of green, and I am in awe of the walkways and paths. Chocolate scented flowers? How amazing.
Of course, you KNOW I had fun seeing your coffee and raspberry cake. Reminds me how hungry I am about now. Thank you so much for sharing your two autumn inspired tags, your lovely photos from the park, and your coffee and cake with us for T this almost Tuesday.
Those pieces would look lovely gracing someone's wall. They are extraordinary.
ReplyDeleteOMG. Raspberry cake. I can only hope I don't start drooling.
Wondrous photography.
Hugs
Love your Autumn theme tags.
ReplyDeleteYour coffee and raspberry cake looks delicious, and the park is such a lovely place to walk … as can be seen from your lovely photographs.
Wonderful water lilies and the chocolate scented flowers sound intriguing.
Enjoy your week.
All the best Jan
Two absolutely gorgeous autumn tags valerie. I love how you add the natural elements to your projects.
ReplyDeleteThe photos looked lovey, I loved seeing so many flowers still blooming and would have liked to smell the cocoa flowers.
Happy T day wishes and I think the raspberry cake looked delicious.
Yvonne xx
Two beautiful tags, Valerie. If they were large enough I would use them for fall decorations in the house. Really stunning.
ReplyDeleteI love the photo of the maple leaf. We don't see northern fall colors of the leaves turning because very few trees here are deciduous.
Happy T-day! Hugs, Eileen
I love autumn and your tags are gorgeous 😁. Your raspberry cake looks so yummy, the perfect treat to go with my cuppa ...lol 😉. Such a great walk too, the red maple leaf is amazing and that Chocolate Cosmos must smell so delicious! Wishing you a very Happy T Day! J 😊 x
ReplyDeleteOh those beautiful tags! Yes I am inspired and will get making in the morning! The park pics look fabulous but my eyes are fixed on the yummy looking raspberry cake!! I'm due a catch up here so that's what i will do next! Happy T day! Hugs, Chrisx
ReplyDeleteYour tags are just awesome and I loved your photos-chocolate flowers-sounds nice, and yum your cake looks so delicious.
ReplyDeleteHappy T Kathy
I love both your Autumn art pieces! They are special and beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI would like a piece of cake please! LOL!
Love your outside photos! Chocolate flowers? I want some of those!
Big Hugs!
Nice new challenge and I love your tags. And I'll take some raspberry cake. It looks yummy! You got some beautiful flower photos too. South park looks like a fabulous place to visit and walk. happy T day. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteHi Valerie ,wow love your two amazing tags and thankyou for sharing your lovely pics with us xx
ReplyDeleteOh what a real joy to see these tags Valerie, full of the warmth of Autumn with it's glow of colour. Stunning!!
ReplyDeleteThe found leaf in south park is a beautiful work of natural art.
Happy T Day Hugs Tracey xx
Lovely autumn post with a fabulous header too. The tags are just magestic.xxx
ReplyDeleteAmazing tags Valerie with so many wonderful things you added to them.
ReplyDeleteThe cake looks delicious and full of fruit.
More wonderful photographs and such detail on the ones of the flowers--thank you for sharing them
Love Chrissie xx
Beautiful autumnal tags and lovely photos.
ReplyDeletexxx Hazel.
Oh Valerie! This has to be one of my favorite posts! I just adore both tags as they are so organic and seasonal looking- I love the elements you wove into the
ReplyDeleteI have to ask, what is hessian? I am not familiar.
And ...my word! Those cocoa flowers are gorgeous!! Have you ever pressed any? I wonder if they retain that beautiful red when dried!
Thank you for a lovely post!
oh, and lets not forget that yummy looking dessert! I gained 5 lbs looking at it!lol
hugs,Jackie
Hessian is the English word for burlap!
DeleteI love when you use the vintage children in your art. You have a style (many styles, actually!) that works to their best advantage. These are truly beautiful.
ReplyDeleteand it is certainly beautiful in your area, too. All those flowers. Like a last show of the season!
Your autumn art pieces are really lovely.
ReplyDeleteDon't you love red in photos? Those flowers and the maple leaf just pop.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
I can’t believe it is Tuesday again! Beautiful Fall post, today. Your tags are beautiful! Fall is definitely my favorite season! Have a great Tuesday!
ReplyDeleteYour tags are WONDERFUL Valerie !! Just amazing, love both, love Autumn ! This cake may have been deliciousssss. Thank you very much for sharing those so beautiful photographs with us, they are lovely, the places are great, and these cocoa flowers are really so pretty.
ReplyDeleteI wish you a very nice day, big hugs, Caty
Oh the tags are wonderful! They evoke the season so beautifully. Your photos are lovely as well.
ReplyDeleteYour mixed media pieces are always full of wonderful texture!I love the fringe and the fall foliage.
ReplyDeleteThat raspberry cake looks delicious. Sounds so yummy right now.
And the pictures from your walk are lovely. But I must say my favorite are the cocoa flowers with that rich red/brown and the water lilies.
Happy Tea Day,
Kate
All the photos from your walk are so beautiful. You have stunning imagery around there.
ReplyDeleteBoth tags are absolute stunners!!! That vintage linen on the first, the sweet paper dolls on both tags and the addition of the sewing and natural elements, make this such gorgeous makes, love them lots!! Perfect for your Autumn theme! Wonderful photos too! Like I have said before, you live in such a beautiful part of the world!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful tags, I love the berries and the foliage, it really make me want to reach out and touch them. Your photo's are gorgeous today, such a beautiful place to live xx
ReplyDeleteI love your Autumnal tags Valerie, gorgeous backgrounds and I love that you have added natural elements. Lovely photos from your walk and I have the chocolate cosmos growing in my garden - smells delicious!
ReplyDeleteAvril xx
This post says Autumn from top to bottom. Love it! Your artwork is so festive for the season. I love the sidewalk with the arches over it. Beautiful. Plus- I always love seeing lily pads. :) Gorgeous photos. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDelete~Jess
Marvellous autumn tags, Valerie. I love their vintage style.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos and I adore water lillies!!!!!!! Hugs, my friend.