Hi, with time running out on me this week (it's been busy busy at work) I have kind of combined ideas from two of the fabulous guest designers at Paperartsy this week, firstly Jo Myhill's gorgeous black tulips here and Brenda's gorgeous botanical tag here
I started by making my tulips - I followed Jo's instructions and even though she'd written she wished she'd painted her tulips before cutting them, I did the exact same thing - messy indeed, Jo!
I used platinum embossing powder as that's what came out of the drawer first (it's under my computer table and I can't actually see the contents, I have to do it by feel...
Then on to Brenda's tag... more or less followed what Brenda did here..
couple of layers of tissue wrap as the first colours looked a bit - dingy - and some Dolly Mix and Chalk mixed for the top layer, before stamping the script harlequin in Snowflake
Edged the tag with Aged Mahogany distress ink
mounted the tag on the remaining piece of the paper from the tulips and stamped the saying on a scrap left from round the die cuts
stamped on the tag with the stamp from ESN07
faffed about positioning the tulips before fixing them with a combination of pop dots and structure gel, to the tag
close up - bit of a stray stem going on on the right...
Thanks to both Jo and Brenda for this week - and Pam too for her fabulous scrap layouts, which I didn't have time (or a sewing machine) to attempt.
Entering this to the Paperartsy challenge here
19 comments:
Love your combintion of Brenda and Jo's makes!! great tulips and they look great on the tag xxx
Well they both work so well, and together they look gorgeous. am smiling at the method for choosing embossing powder!,
ohh cool, i like how you mixed them up. i have drawers under my desk too and can't see in them. they hold wooden stamps and i have to guess which is which by the size lol
That's so lovely Helen xx
How creative you are your tulips are fab and I love your tag xxx
Fabulous craft mash up Helen. Your tulips are gorgeous!!! Great project, love it a lot! :-) xxx
Great idea, great tag. X
Fab tulips, love their dark colour against the pastel background.
Love the black tulips Helen they look really great!!!! Margaret
Helen, that's lovely, the tulips look gorgeous. Well done on combining both ideas.
Love your tulips.
Gorgeous tag, great texture and wonderful flowers . Lovely Helen. Tracy x
What a lovely combination of two great pieces of inspiration... love your tag, Helen! Hope things settle down a bit at work next week - I completely sympathise!!
Alison xx
Great idea to combine the two and the tulips look brilliant on the tag. Love the textured background of the tag.
Hugs
Lesley Xx
Sorry I'm so late in commenting today, Helen. It's been a bit of a busy day. I love your idea of combining Jo and Brenda's makes. Those tulips are terrific and your background is fab. I hope your work load calms down a bit next week and you get more time to play. It sounds as if things have been really hectic! Julie Ann xxx
Fabulous faffing (my favourite occupation!) these two techniques are stunning
Excellent combination!
Lucy x
The tulips looks fabulous on that pale background Helen! Great tag! x
Love the 3D-ness of this one Helen. The tulips look a lot of fun to make :)
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