Hi Everybody!
Have a great Sunday, stay safe!
Today I am sharing another recycled tag for my challenge at Tag Tuesday. The background card was from another envelope. I gave it a smear of white gesso left over from another project and then added the scraps of vintage bookpaper. The sewing ephemera, which were stamped and fussy cut, were once on an old tag which was chewed by my neighbour's dog. The half rose was a leftover rub-on which I cut in half by mistake. The washi-tape was peeled off my kitchen table and re-used. Please don't ask why it was stuck onto my kitchen table....
Then I decided to magic the tag digitally onto a vintage journal page for Wendy's challenge at AJJ:
Some pictures taken from my balcony:
Changeable weather:
The pigeons sitting in their tree:
And some funnies:
Have a great day, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!
My word, Valerie, you have everything but the kitchen sink in this piece, or perhaps it is there and I didn't look closely enough. The mere fact that you implore us not to ask why the washi-tape was stuck to the kitchen table means of course that we have to ask! So do tell! While you are at it perhaps also explain to an ignoramus like me what washi-tape is. If I were a real guy I would answer that I use only duct tape, but I have barely a passing acquaintance with that! Today we visited the Bay of Fundy to witness the world's highest tides, a phenomenal experience. We were there for low tide and walked on the ocean floor for about an hour and a half and returned in the afternoon for high tide. This is a world class natural phenomenon and I was deeply moved by it. If I get a chance to do it again I will be there. The birding was great too, and I thought of you as we sat outside sipping coffee. It was right around twenty degrees and rhe coffee was great. It would have been right up your alley. Take care, stay well, keep crafting, impress the world with funky shoes, be happy, drink coffee. Hugs and kisses. David
ReplyDeleteHi David! Thanks for your fun comment! Washi tape is a Japanese ornamental tape, made today by many manufacturers. It's thin ad can be peeled off again. And I have NO idea why it was stuck onto my kitchen table and when, sorry! I have heard Rain and Louise praising Fundy Bay, and it must be an incredible place. How wonderful to walk over the ocean floor, what a fantastic experience. And glad that you had some good birding, too. And coffee outside as a bonus, wow. I had coffee and breakfast outside with a friend yesterday, and enjoyed it enormously. Have a great day, hugs to you both!
DeleteSewing tag is great. Looks like you have less leaves on your trees, than we have at my place in North Idaho.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on and stay safe
Thanks Dora, that tree has really lost a lot of leaves already! Stay safe!
DeleteI do like both your tag and the vintage journal page :)
ReplyDelete... and yes, thank you bees.
Have a good Sunday.
All the best Jan
Thanks Jan. The bees do so much for us, we need to cherish them!
DeleteLovely tag and page, you are good at digital art. Enjoyed your photos, and thanks for the funnies!
ReplyDeleteThanks Christine, I like mixing real and digital art! Have a great day!
DeleteHappy Sunday Valerie. Did you manage to get the bird out of your house? I'm loving your tag with all the different textures and details, and it looks super on your finished journal page. The page itself looks great. And isn't it amazing how much work one bee does? Even more amazing that they all work together to make pounds of honey in the hive. I wish we could all work together better to be so successful. Another lesson from nature. Have a fantastic rest of your weekend. hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteHi Erika! Yes I got the bird out by throwing a silk scarf over it so I could grab it without hurting it and then let it fly from the balcony. Yes, the bees are amazing, and we need to cherish them. So glad you have a hive to support them! Yes, it would be good if people would learn from them! Have a great Sunday, hugs!
DeleteAwesome sky click..loved your birds too...
ReplyDeleteVery creative art vj
Thanks Ashok, have a great day!
DeleteHi Val, good morning! Hope you had a good sleep. Love the beautiful Tag and how you incorporated it into the Journal page. Lovely sky photos, so beautiful. And some great memes, too. Have a great day, hugs, Sarah
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah! Hope all are doing well at your place. Have a wonderful day, hugs to all!
DeleteLove your tag and the ribbon on it. So cute. Your flower pictures are especially beautiful and your funnies also make me smile. I am a;ways watching the industrious bees on my flowers. Have a happy day!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot! Need are fascinating to watch. Have a great day, hugs!
DeleteHi Val, Bill here! Lovely art and pictures again.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bill, have a great day!
DeleteA gorgeous tag Valerie, and you made a lovely page with it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the funnies and your photos, you have a wonderful view from your balcony.
Hugs,
Alison
Thanks Alison, have a great evening!
DeleteI love the history of your tag, especially the dog chewed elements. LOL.
ReplyDeleteThanks. That Pup chewed everything, he is a really funny dog!
DeleteGorgeous tag Valerie, I love the all of the sewing ephemera and textures, it looks beautiful on your page! Wonderful photos today, the flowers on your balcony are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteTake care, Tammy
Thanks Tammy! I hope you had a great weekend, take care ❤!
DeleteThis tag is a stunner Valerie, gorgeous and love the added digital image..
ReplyDeleteLuv CHRISSYxx
Thanks Chrissy, tags are always fun to make! Stay safe!
DeleteBeautiful tag. I love anything with roses on it! Love the funnies too. Good info about bees. I love them.
ReplyDeleteThanks Debra. I'm sure need feel happy in your beautiful garden!
DeleteReally love your dressmakers dummy with it's thimble head, so clever to turn it into a digi page too. What a treat to read so many funny funnies, I laughed out loud at the cat wanting to go out, still laughing :))
ReplyDeleteThanks for the smiles Valerie
Hugs Tracey xx
Glad the funnies made you smile! Have a wonderful week! Hugs!
DeleteA gorgeous tag, love the haberdashery theme going on, the splash of background colour is great x
ReplyDeleteThanks Sandra, have a great day!
DeleteDid I just dream I left a comment yesterday, or have I really lost it? If nothing else, I can add something I didn't have yesterday and that is I won't ask about your washi tape on your kitchen table if you don't ask about my washi tape I found on the floor! Your tag is beautiful and so well done with the vintage sewing theme. It's really lovely and goes so well with the page you added it to for Wendy's theme at AJJ.
ReplyDeleteYou had some lovely, lovely flowers and a really scary cloud photo. I loved the cat. Not one I can relate to, but hilarious. I sure hope I remember to post this comment, dear.
Thanks Elizabeth! Washi tape seems to have a life of its own! Your cats don't go out? Have a great day!
DeleteBleubeard used to go out, but since Squiggles arrived, he prefers to stay inside. Squiggles has virgin paws. The only time he's outside is in his carrier going to the vet for his annual shots. I suspect your question was redundant, but I had to answer, anyway.
DeleteMy Kitty never went out either. We rescued her and her sister after they were thrown out of a car window. She never wanted to leave the safety of the house.
DeleteWhat a fabulous tag Valerie, and even more so when it's 'magicked' onto your journal page. The cat made me laugh, he definitely wants to go out! Take care, Sue xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Sue! That's a smart cat indeed! Enjoy your week!
DeleteYou rally re-used the "ingredients" for your tag. I love that, it's such a great way of using "old" stuff. The tag turned out beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks Carola, I enjoy reusing stuff. Have a great week!
DeleteWhat an absolutely fabulous tag that is. I. love the many fabric pieces you have uksed, that tailors dummy looks great and I think the little pincushion with the pins stuck in is an ingenious idea. The use of that rose (half) is perfect, it gives that pop of colour that draws you into the whole story.
ReplyDeleteOf course, then you added it to a page and the choice of the ifvy and the bird looks perfect alongside.
A fabulous page Valerie.
Hugs, Neet xx
Thanks Neet, glad you like the pin-cushion, pushing the pins into the canvas was the hardest thing when making the tag! Have a great day, hugs.
DeleteThe purple flower is stunning! The tag you made is gorgeous. I like that you were able to successfully collage so many different elements to it. The addition of pins in the pincushion is brilliant!
ReplyDeleteThanks Anne, glad you like it!
DeleteI love this notions tag :) Your sky photos are gorgeous, and you also do a great job with close-ups. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot. The sky is always fascinating.
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