Tag Tuesday - Windows, Gates, Doors & Portals

Over at Tag Tuesday we are having fun with tags again. I thought this was a really great theme and I really enjoyed making my tag. I took the image from my Pinterest board of 'Doors'. I really like My Pinterest account I use it for all sorts of things :).

The quote I used is also on my 'Quote's board'. I also like to collect them as they inspire and make me think of all sorts of things. What will your tag make you think of this week? Do pop along to Tag Tuesday for lots more inspiration. Love Dawn xx 

Tag Tuesday - Complementary Colours

Complementary colours all week. I really liked this theme, but so many ideas. I left it a little late, today being Thurs. But I hope you think it was worth the wait lol Please pop along to Tag Tuesday for more inspiration and  a good look at some really great tags :) Dxx

Tag Tuesday - Travel

This week at Tag Tuesday it's travel and you can really go anywhere with this lol. I thought I would go for the obvious I suppose and make some travel luggage tags, I think they are so sweet!

I chose some yummy co-ordinations card stock (love this stuff) and I cut them in the shape of my lovely little suitcase (you know the ones with the long handle that you pull out) Any way I thought they would make fabby luggage tags (not literally as they are a bit flimsy) But you could make real ones with some yummy string couldn't you? Then you would know your luggage, maybe even crochet a belt for your suitcase as well. Anyway I digress, inside I put some lovely papers of some wonderful places far away that you could dream of visiting. I hope you pop along and see what all the other talented DT team have been up to, I am sure they can inspire not just for tags but any crafty project you are making. Dxx

Tag Tuesday - The Roaring 1920s

Now I love bit of the 1920s very much Art Decor *swoon* and I was going to do something like that, buildings porcline or even jewels but then I remembered a wonderful recent film that went back to the 1920s in style 'THE ARTIST' a silent movie but in the modern day and I was so taken with the poster for this film I thought I would give it a go. So here are my efforts, I hope you like this tag/bookmark done for the wonderful Tag Tuesday I do hope you get a chance to see all the beautiful tags with this theme and become inspired enough to make one of your very own. Dxx

I used watercolour paper 140lb and sketched the outline I would need by hand with a light HB pencil, then I painted with black watercolour and didn't add much water just straight from the tube with a little water to make it move. I wanted a truly black shadow like the poster. I was very pleased with the out come I hope you like it Dxx

Tag Tuesday - Italy

I am back for my third time for  Tag Tuesday. I still can't get over the fact that I am a DT member with all these fantastic people who inspire us all.  And this week we are all off to ITALY. I have never been to any part of Italy. I have often imagined going though as I think it would be truly an amazing place to visit. From the country Tuscan hills with their rustic food and vineyards to visit, to the city of Rome and the history  & art they have there for all to see. Then maybe off to Venice  for a ride on a gondola and wear a mask maybe?  Where on earth do you start for this tag? The food? The colours of the flag? A map of the country? Some of the amazing Landmarks? What a vast choice we have this week :) And It was fun to think about just some the wonderful things about Italy.

I have been spraying inks again as well as doodling, love getting my white pen out lol. The I got some Italian themed stamps out and used some distress inks to stamp with. I took a photo from google and chopped it up ( amazing pastry's for Italy) added some ribbon and that's about it. I hope this inspires you to have a play around with a tag and the theme of Italy this week Dxx

Tag Tuesday - Z

Here we are again with the wonderful Tag Tuesday And it's the end of the Alphabet with the letter Z What will every one come up with I wonder?

I have got the names of Zig & Zag the wrong way round Doh! But I don't know them that well lol.  I have found a great clip of these two puppets with Ant & Dec in their PJ & Ducan days on Biker Grove lol  It won't load up for some reason but if you fancy a nosey here's the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPjxJ8xoA18 Pop along to Tag Tuesday For more information on how I created this tag and to see all the other lovely works people have done Dxx

 Hope to see you next week when we go to Italy. I have no idea where I will be going with this one yet. Dxx

Tag Tuesday - Y

I am playing with all the peeps at Tag Tuesday How cool? Yep I have been on the waiting list since it began and now it's my turn to be one of those who inspires. (well I hope I can) As I start we are almost at the end of the Alphabet. And This week it Y.

So this is my first official tag for the  Tag Tuesday blog challenge, I did however do X as well but was too late to post it but I thought I would share it any way as I thought it was rather cool ;) 

For both tags I uses Dylusion inks for the back ground splashed some water on them and did some doodling on both as well. I hope you like my first official efforts for Tag Tuesday I am certainly having fun. Dxx

Tag Tuesday 'Bird'

I love to make a tag and so I thought I would join in with Valerie over at Tag Tuesday

Here's a CU I hope you can join in too. Love Dawn xx

Vintage card, tag & a challenge

You know when you make something and your just so happy with it? This is what happened for me making this B'day card. I haven't made a card for a while and I wanted some thing special, as it's my mum's 60th (she doesn't look it though, I hope I have her young looking genes ha ha) in March and I wanted to be prepared and I am happy with the first attempt. I love this style. The perfume bottle is from the graphic fairy It's a fantastic site. Can't remember where the woman image came from (if any one knows let me know I can give them credit) Click to enlarge, the paper is a cracking price 30p from Art from the heart it's called 'sweetie' they have lots at this price. I added some stamped images of my own with TH distress ink, spun sugar to.

Here's a close up of the perfume bottle. I shrunk it so I could make a accent with it. It's coloured and then some Glossy accents to give it a glass feel don't think you can see it to well on this photo though.

I made this quick tag for a challenge with Tag Tuesday I haven't played in ages and it was nice to go back. The theme this week is 'Post Card' the options are endless for this, but I settled for this. Have a fabby week end. Love Dawn xx

Thoughtful Woman

Hello I can't believe the time already, Loving my new DT work it's all so exciting but I can't show you anything just yet (sorry) lol  But the rest of the DT have something wonderful to share with you throughout October! The theme is 'enchanted' and they are already appearing on The Altered Element Blog I am stunned by their talent honestly and I am pleased to be associating with these talented women. 

Now on to this thoughtful woman ;0) I love these stamps so very much. I am entering this tag in for two challenges (she deserves a showing lol) the first is Wednesday Stamper who's theme is 'Faces' You can create anything you like but you must use a rubber stamp and also Tag Tuesday who's theme is 'Moon'

And here is her Close Up. I hope you can see how I have created this tag. First some quality card stock, then the stamped image, I have also stamped the image on some patterned paper and then cut out her Lacey sleeves and added them, I also added some actual lace to the neck area and inked this up to look vintage. That's it really. I hope you like this tag and I will be back tomorrow with another wonderful challenge from the SCD team hope you can join in. Love Dawn xx

Items Used:- Stamps, Oxfors impressions. DP paers, Kaisercraft. Lace stash and DI Tim Holtz

Days gone by (Spring)

Morning, another day closer to the heat of the SUMMER!!!! (I hope it's chucking it down here!) But for now a tag for Spring! This will cover a few challenges today. Tag It On the theme is an 'alternitive Spring' Ginger Snap Creations is to 'Take on a tutorial' Tag Tuesday is 'Stuck on collage' and Tuesday Taggers is 'Bugs' Oh and TT prize this week is with The Craft Barn Which last time I won! and have now recieved my goodies so fingers crossed you never know.

I did this tag with all these challenges in mind. TIO Alternitive Spring this is such a sweet image and not yr general daffs and eggs etc so I hope this will be OK GSC I have used a couple of tutorials. One from Tim Holtz Book 'Compendium of Curiosities this is first putting down colour Stamping/embossing over it using clear EP then adding more colour then taking off the CEP with the heat from iron. I then used one of GSC TT Image transfers here I have seen it some where before but I had forgotten all about it and it was really easy to follow great effect! You can see the 'Bug' for TT it's a dragon fly used s couple of  times in the back ground and the roses are sticky ones I have called my Tag/Collage 'Days Gone By (Spring)' as it's got that innocence of childhood, long since gone for me lol. I do hope you like my effort for today I did enjoy makng it why not try one or two  techniques that you haven't tried before on yr next project? I really enjoyed this and will be having a go at some more soon. Enjoy the rest of your day, Love Dawn xx

Oh I just want to thank kath as I had new neighbours move in a couple of days ago and I was with out a card, popping on Kath's blog as I often do I saw a great card HERE and I lifted it (of course I would never copy a persons work exactly) so mine is a wee bit different not sure it's a good as Kaths but it really got me out of a tight spot. I made it completely from scraps (again) and I hope the new neighbours like it, as soon as it was done I popped it through the letter box, thanx again Kath xxx

Oh if you are looking for the winner of the Blogaversary candy click HERE for the lucky winner!!

Items Used:-Stamps, Paper Artsy & Craft Stamper. Image Katzelcraft (Available at the Craft Barn). Inks, Distress Inks Tim Holtz Ranger. Flowers Hobby Craft. Tag Tim Holtz. Fibers, Stash. DP K&Co.

Tag Tuesday

Afternoon on this wonderful Sabath day. The sun is shining here and washing is out! could it be Spring is here? Well it is on my tag ;0) Tag Tuesday are asking for tags with the theme of Spring, this is a first time for me on this challenge, it's a lovely blog I have found so do go have a look, I had a look round, love what Louise has done with some botanical cards. I  decided to go out side this morning before church and photograph this tag in the bird feeder lol so it's surounded be seeds, fruit & nuts. There was also meal worms but I didn't think you would want to see them lol.

I used a template to make this tag, I used white cardstock, with some of Tim's DI all over then some of these new stamps that arrived on Saturday. The flower is made of felt and put in place with a tiny cute brad. The sentiment is also written by hand as I still can not get the computer talking to the printer, it's been months now and I am really feeling the loss of the printer with some of the challenges I can't print any thing off at all!

This is a close up of the wee bird stamped with DI and then Perfect Pears bushed over to give the sheen, I also lifted him up a little with a sponge, There are some stamps all round and some sequin waste used to make some texture for the top of the tag, finished off with some ribbon. I do hope you like the tag, if you haven't already why not enter the yummy candy I am giving away for my blogaversary I have added quite a bit more recently, I am posting World Wide and all you have to do is leave a comment and have a link with a photo from your blog to mine, and it really is lovely candy given with love to one of  my visitors old  or new for sharing this wonderful year with me. Love Dawn xx

Items Used:- Stamps Prima Inks Tim Holts DI. Felt flowers & brad SU. Ribbon Making Memories and Perfect Pearls Ranger.