Tuesday 10 August 2010

Tag Tuesday - Crowns

Today's Tag Tuesday challenge theme is "crowns" although I nearly got it totally wrong because I mis-read it as clowns.  Louise tells me this is very unlikely to be a theme, ever!!

Anyhow, I found a grungeboard crown which I painted with inka gold in gold and a wet finger, but after my tag was coloured, decided the gold didn't look right and went over the top in inka gold, violet. Oh, I haven't inserted the picture! What a twit.

I used victorian velvet and bundled sage for the tag which I then put through the bigshot with Tim's texture fade.

I stamped "Eric" on white card and coloured with watercolour pencils before cutting him out and sticking him to the tag.  I added the Wendy text to another piece of white scrap and added the same ink colours as on the tag.  Finally, I crowned Eric! 

I think this needs somethng else, but despite having a good rummage through lots of my drawers, I couldn't find anything that felt/looked "right" so this is it!!

Thanks for looking, make sure you check out the other Tag Tuesday entries, there are bound to be some crackers!

14 comments:

ScrappyPam said...

I think it works just as it is and it's fabulous! The sentiment goes great with "Eric"!

flutterbycrafter said...

Oooo, brilliant work, I love Eric and you've done him proud. xx

Netty said...

Brilliant, love it. Annette x

Faye said...

fantastic background, Helen. The colors are great.

Hels Sheridan said...

LOL do you want to borrow my glasses hun ;O)) I did a Clowns theme once for the SS.. blimey, I am a scaredily cat around clowns but those ones of TIm's are bizarrely endearing... anyways.. loving Eric.. he is a dude isn't he? *I own his brother, also called Eric LOL* Love his crown and the crackley background is fair dinkum! (soz hun, am in Aussie mode, been watching too many Neighbours ROFL)
TTFN x

Lori said...

Great job, Helen! I love the crackled background, looks great with those colors and Eric (who I still feel is a little creepy, lol) The sentiment is great, too!

Unknown said...

This is a great tag...i lov the background!

Anonymous said...

Brilliant! Eric looks fab! x

Louise (KardKrazy) said...

Helen, I think your background stands out fabulously so Eric doesn't look a bit lost on it. A unique image to add a crown to. The whole thing works wonderfully together.

Lesley Edmonds said...

Oh this is just great Helen. Love Eric!!!

Silvia(Barnie) said...

How cool, wonderful background and image.

Unknown said...

I don't think it needs anything else.. "Eric" is so cool.. I love it!

Lynn Stevens said...

Well Eric looks like one cool dude anything else would just cramp his style! LOL

Lyneen said...

Awesome Sentiment... love the your stamped image. TFS