Monday, 28 March 2011

Grungy Monday #1

Did you know what an auspicious day it is today - Monday 28th March - the first day of the new Grungy Monday challenges - Linda has dreamt up a new series of challenges for us to keep our Tim fixes going!

Today, she has asked us to recreate a tag based on Tim's 2008 Day 10 of Christmas and this is what I've come up with - but not on a Christmas theme - I can't do Christmas 9 months early!!

The details are on Tim's tag (click the link above) so I won't tell you how I did this, but I used a perfect pearl/distress reinker combi of spiced marmalade and perfect copper powder, the bird is coloured with mint perfect pearl, and the masked tag is overinked with bundled sage.

Sorry I can't get a decent close up - I really do need to buy a better digital camera (it's coming!!)
I had lots of fun making this although it took me a couple of hours to come up with a decent theme.

Thanks Linda, this is going to be a lot (more) fun!!
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24 comments:

  1. Netty28 March 2011 at 21:56

    Terrific tag Helen, love the masking. Have fun, Annette x

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  2. Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans28 March 2011 at 21:56

    Very co ordinated tag with the bird, the piece of music paper, the background and SING, great piece. Tracy x

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  3. Terry28 March 2011 at 22:26

    Fabulous singing birdie tag! Love your masked and beautifully colored background!

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  4. Caroline Hallett28 March 2011 at 22:30

    What a lovely colour combo and I am sure that bird just sings cos you painted it in perfect pearls

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  5. Gez Butterworth28 March 2011 at 22:47

    Great tag Helen. Love the background colour. Fabulous :)

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  6. Jennie Atkinson28 March 2011 at 23:12

    A lovely tag Helen - love your coluors. A great take on the original.

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  7. donna29 March 2011 at 00:00

    Wonderful tag. I love the theme you chose. Birds make life better! Cheers..Donna

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  8. Lori29 March 2011 at 00:48

    Love the background! Really makes a FABULOUS tag! Yeah for Grungy Monday!

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  9. Marjie Kemper29 March 2011 at 01:08

    Beautiful! Love that masked background

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  10. Linda Ledbetter29 March 2011 at 01:55

    Helen, I think I would have exploded if someone had asked me to make a Christmas-themed tag in March! I'm still recovering from the LAST holiday season! ;-)

    You certainly did a wonderful job of reinterpreting Tim's holiday piece into a gorgeous tag that's springtime perfection~ I love the colors and the sweet bird with her melody.

    I'm so happy you joined the Grungy Monday challenge, and I'm looking forward to many more weeks of admiring your art!

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  11. MarleneMAZ29 March 2011 at 03:52

    Great tag! love the colours you used for your bird.

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  12. Shelann29 March 2011 at 04:35

    Nice tag, love the bird, masking and colors.

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  13. Sherry Goodloe29 March 2011 at 06:52

    very cool helen!

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  14. Dragon29 March 2011 at 08:21

    You are right... Birds do figure a lot but then it is spring!!! love your tag, especially that great background
    Frankie
    xx

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  15. Jenny Potter29 March 2011 at 14:10

    Love your take on the tag Helen - especially the colours you've used
    Smiles
    Jen

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  16. Shelly Hickox29 March 2011 at 15:03

    Gorgeous! Love your bird and all the other elements. Fantastic tag!

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  17. Maggie29 March 2011 at 16:20

    Fab tag love the background and your Bird really does sing!

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  18. Alison29 March 2011 at 17:45

    Fabulous tag Helen! I used a birdy too! Lol! xx

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  19. Kim29 March 2011 at 21:50

    I love your bright tag! Makes me all set for a grungy kinda spring!!

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  20. Melody (lacyquilter)30 March 2011 at 02:29

    Gorgeous tag.

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  21. Silvia(Barnie)31 March 2011 at 16:02

    That's wonderful, love your background.

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  22. Minxy31 March 2011 at 23:34

    Very 'tweet' indeed

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  23. CuddlyBunny2 April 2011 at 05:11

    This is so COOL! Like a lovely garden wall with springtime birds courting one another!

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  24. Gillian ....2 April 2011 at 19:52

    Terrific tag Helen, love the melody backdrop for your singing bird.

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