Wednesday 20 May 2009

'New Beginnings' - Tuesday Taggers


Hi,
Well I know I'm supposed to be in Melbourne but at the last moment I decided to stay home instead!  I was a bit concerned about going down after my recent flu episode and then Walshie said he would be working all week-end so I thought I'd stay at home, make the most of my time alone and get on with a few jobs before we go away in June.  
I spent some time today working on this 'tag' for the new Challenge Blog called "The Tuesday Taggers" check them out here. 
The first challenge is called 'New Beginnings' so my tag is called 'Spring'.
For the tag I mounted Kiwi Kiss to some white card and using a white pen marked a border around the edge. I cut out flowers from some dp called We Are Memory Keepers and attached these with a button and some gems to the base of my tag, letting the petals sit up (not sure you can really see that in this photo). I also punched a couple of swirls to sit amongst these flowers.  Just above this I used Delish flocked letters to spell Spring. Then I stamped a bird from a Heidi Grace clear stamp set and a butterfly from Hampton Arts Clear Stamps and popped them up with foam tape.  The basket of tulips is from SU A Flower For All Seasons, I coloured it with Copics after clear embossing first.  This I then cut out and mounted on a scalloped circle from SU.  Some cream satin ribbon tied and bowed at the top completed my first tag - hope you like it........


9 comments:

Unknown said...

Wow Sue what a fantastic tag with the most lovely vibrant colours for spring! I especially love how you have tied the ribbon and given it a bow - Ive never seen that before and it looks great - hope you dont mind if i use that idea sometime :0) Thanks for joing us at Tuesday Taggers debut challenge Janet

Michelle said...

Hi Sue
What a great tag, lovely colours and beautifully put together. Dont you just love flocking! You've coloured the images really well, I love your stampin up basket.
Thanks for playing along on our very first challenge at TT
x Michelle

Jo in Oz said...

Hi Sue, Lovely 'spring' tag. I love looking at your work - it's all so sophisticated and perfect. Enjoy your spare time without Walshie - my hubby is away for 4 weeks at the moment, it's amazing what gets done while he's away!! Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Taggers. Jo x

Unknown said...

Sue your tag is gorgeous. THank you for sharing it with us and for joining in with the challenge. Look forward to seeing more of your work. Emma xx

katy said...

A beautiful tag Sue, love all the pretty details, a really inspiring tag :) Thanks for joining us a TT, Katy xx

Yvonne said...

Such a beautiful tag. The colours are beautiful

Selma said...

This is a beautiful tag Sue. I love the whole layout. Love all your work.

PatR said...

Great Tag the colurs are so fresh and vibrant.
Pat xx

Artyjen said...

Super tag......really zings of Spring.
xoxo