Tag Tuesday- Theatre and Cinema.

Another tag using a paper napkin.  Using only the top layer, the images were stuck to card with Mod Podge and cut out when dry.  For the background I used a Crafter's Workshop stencil and TH Distress Ink.  Film strip edge was cut on my Bind It machine.  The ticket was a free stamp with Craft Stamper some time ago.  Buzz was stuck onto a large button that has been in my button jar since last summer. 

Tag Tuesday - Mermaids and Water Babies.

The only thing to hand that I could find to use or adapt for this weeks theme, was this photo of my youngest daughter Kezzy, taken by a professional photographer when she was about 5, a Christmas present for me from my oldest daughter. I scanned to photo and printed it onto canvas.
The background, is yet another page from my very old music book, never heard of the song.  I coloured the page with TH Distress Ink.  The 'rock' is coloured copper coloured sandpaper which I added additional colour with a wax crayon.  'Seaweed' is a strip of synthetic silk, attacked with a heat gun. I cut the picture out, had to stitch a few pearls on and then attached it to the tag with sticky pads.  All other embellishments from my stash.

Tag Tuesday-Rock pools and beach finds.

Since the sun has been shining, I have had two trips to Mersea Island :0) and I have used some of my 'finds' to do this weeks challenge.
 I managed to find some small bits of driftwood, not being as weathered as I would have liked, I decided to paint and distress them.  These strips were then glued to some pieces of rope that I had pulled out of a rope tassel that had been washed up.  The three different, seaweeds, shells and sea glass were then stuck to the tag with hot glue.  Photo taken on an appropriate piece of scrapbooking paper I had. As there are some fragile pieces on this tag, it wont be going in my tag book.

Tag Tuesday-Sea Birds

Another simple tag this week. My nearest beach is Southend, but when tide and time permit, I prefer to go to Mersea.  This image came from a bird watching calendar, and when the tide is out, we see these birds on the mud flats.
The tag is made with bits already in my room.  The fish skeleton embellishment I made with hot glue.

Tag Tuesday-Swimming.

Water Babes.

Another simple tag for this weeks challenge.
These two photo's were amongst my Great Aunts photos that she gave me three years ago.  I had some coloured textured frames in my stash and as they were the wrong colour, I peeled off the top layer and coloured with Distress Inks, Stormy Sky and Old Paper.  I made the tag from a leftover piece of scrapbook paper.  The 'tie' is part of a hanging pot plant holder I was given years ago, knew it would by useful one day!  Words from my stash, I felt it didnt need anything else.

Tag Tuesday-Seaside.

Now into month 7, keeping up with the challenge and my own challenge to make my tags with what is to hand.
The inspiration came from a birthday card that my daughter got from her aunt how lives on Mersea Island.  Love going there to chillax and collect shells. 
I cut my tag, a bit larger than normal, from a piece of scrap book paper to which I stuck some sandpaper and a 1" wide piece of ric-rac.  I made the beach hut without a pattern, just cutting it until I was happy with the shape and size.  The ice cream is made from paper clay which I painted when it was dry with Kooh-I-Nor paints.  Bunting was made using the free stamps from Craft Stamper.

Tag Tuesday- Tales From the Riverbank.

A simple tag this week- a page from Kezzy's old school dictionary stuck onto a piece of card and shaped into a tag. I drew my kingfisher and  I used Inktense pencils with water to colour him in.  All other embellishments are from my stash. 

Tag Tuesday- green.

Another tag inspired by poetry.  The poem is by Wordsworth, 'The Little Green Linnet' we know this bird now as the green finch.  When searching the Internet for this poem, I also happened across a piece of music with the same title-sorted!! as the kids say.
The poem was adhered to a manila tag and coloured with distress inks.  The music score was coloured with Dylusions spray and dishwasher salt sprinkled on top to give a mottled effect.  When dry, I adhered it to an acrylic bird shape I have had for several years with Decopatch Glossy glue.  Flowers and sequins from my stash to embellish.

Tag Tuesday on a Saturday.

I This weeks theme is camping, and I have had some lovely holidays under canvas in Cornwall and Devon.  Now the bones are getting older and I hate the cold, I would love to be able to tour that area in a 'Hippy Campervan'.
A very simple tag this week, with an image from a birthday card bought for my SIL, mounted on a tag covered with a map of Cornwall and Devon.  Using Stazon ink, I stamped the compass onto acetate the quote onto card and words onto tape.(Love the smell of Stazon)  Flowers and buttons from my stash to finish off the hippy inspiration.
My tag is late this week as I have had more problems with my laptop, sorted out now thank goodness.

Tag Tuesday-Diamond Jubilee.

What a celebration we have experienced!
I wanted to use my Coronation stamp on this tag as this was where it all began for our nation.  I applied a  section of a  paper tissue to my tag for the background.  The crown and rosette were cut on my Big Shot and everything else used to embellish the tag came from my stash- cant see any space yet in my cupboards or on my shelves.

Tag Tuesday-bunting.

I hadn't realised how patriotic I was.  It is so lovely to see all the red, white and blue bunting decorating shops and houses as I drive around.
My tag, just HAD to be based on the Union flag.  A craft vilene base, to which I bonded some cotton fabric. The white diagonal cross is mulberry paper, the white upright cross is felt and the red cross is yet more patchwork fabric.  A lovely red 'velvet ric-rac from my stash to finish the 'flag'.  Blanket stitched on my  sewing machine to keep all the different elements in place.  Crown brad, ribbon and wire from my stash.
My tag is now hanging in my porch, ready for next week.

Tag Tuesday- found.

Forgot to post this tag last week-sorry!
I used this mother of pearl disc, several of which were found when we cleared out my Grandmothers house.  Not sure what they were for, but it had been suggested at one time that they were poker chips.  As my Grandmother was a very strict Methodist, I can't think they were hers, maybe they were my Grandfather's, who was a terrific hoarder of everything.

Everything came from my stash to complete the tag, I even taught myself some Origami.

Tag Tuesday-gardening.

I enjoy growing my own plants from seed, although I must admit I haven't grown any this year as the weather is far too cold and wet for me to venture into the greenhouse.
I made an image transfer with Omni-Gel from one of the seed packets waiting to be sown.  This I then adhered to a background of crumpled brown paper bonded to craft vilene that I then coloured with Brush inks.  The words were printed onto acetate, that was coloured with alcohol inks and adhered to tissue with Klear. Flowers, brads, lolly stick and string from my stash.

Tag Tuesday-Baking

My daughter (16), who usually avoids the kitchen like the plague, started baking cakes a couple of months ago, a hobby that we can do together.

I used a cup cake recipe from a free store magazine for the background adhered to a card tag.  Cake case is made from some packaging, which I coloured with an ink pad. The cake is painted craft vilene painted yellow.  The icing is satin fabric bondawebbed to felt.  I then had a lovely time stitching beads randomly. As Kezzy has being making fondant flowers to go on her cakes, I just had to add a flower from my stash.

Tag Tuesday-sewing.

Cut out a tag  from brown card and randomly stamped all over with a Paper Artsy stamp I have had for years.  The tailors dummy is a Tim Holtz die used on my Big Shot, which is cut out form card that I have covered with a piece of dressmaking tissue.  Machine stitched lace along bottom.  All other embellishments from my stash.

Tag Tuesday- Purple.

I have had problems all week with Blogger, luckily my son was able to sort it our for me late Monday night.
With purple as this weeks theme, I knew I wanted to use the poem 'When I am an old lady I shall wear purple' as my inspiration.  I drew, painted and coloured my old lady.  I made her glasses from card and used the window from an envelope for the lenses.  All other embellishments from my stash.

On the reverse, I printed typed and printed out the first verse of the poem.  As the white was so stark, I used ink pads to add colour.

Tag Tuesday- Spring flowers.

Days late making my tag this week due to my laptop not working.
It was also my 12th wedding anniversary on Sunday, so thoughts took me back to my wedding and honeymoon, which we spent in the Lake District.  While there we went to Dove Cottage the home of Wordsworth who wrote the poem I used in my tag and as it was my inspiration.
I cut the film strip on my Big Shot and printed the daffodil photos onto canvas paper.  I felt that the  tag needed to be kept quite plain.  Mulberry paper string and wooden beads from my stash.  Another tag made without having to buy anything, lets hope I can keep it up, I might then have a bit of space in my playroom at the end of the year!

Tag Tuesday-Easter.

It's that time of the week again, doesn't time fly when you are having fun?
My tag represents what Easter means to me. I love Simnel cake, all that marzipan! And of course chocolate and as my mother is a very keen gardener; as a child our garden always seemed to be full of daffs, tulips and polyanthus in these colours- Easter/Spring to me!

I cut the egg shaped tag from a box that I no longer needed, photo copied and coloured the info on Simnel cakes with an ink pad. Flowers were some that were already in my stash and some were punched. Flowers were stitched to some lime green organza to add depth and texture. Re-purposed a piece of a broken necklace to hang it. All other embellishments were also from my stash.

Tag Tuesday-Easter Eggs.

A day late but needed daylight rather than artificial light to take a photo of my tag.
Tag made from craft vilene bonded with a paper napkin.  FMS around eggs and background.  Egg made from tissue paper, plasterers' scrim and PVA.  All embellishments from my stash.

Tag Tuesday-Goosey

Having so much fun with this challenge.  This weeks theme was certainly a challenge.  I wanted to make my own decal with this image but as the lines are not sharp, it didn't work as well as I had hoped.  In the end I just used the original image, a card I had bought at an exhibition some years ago.  The words come from the song ' A little white duck sitting on the water'.  Orange ric-rac because I love Duck a'la Orange!