Wednesday 23 April 2014

DragonsDream - TIO - B - Flower

It's my dear dear friend Gabrielle's choice of theme for our tags this fortnight, at DragonsDream... she wants us to use the letter B and flower.  I went for layered flowers - and bird .
 I started with Stone mixed with Tikka Fresco paint (blending on the tag with a brayer, tag spritzed with water to help the blending process.
the bird is on of Dina Wakley's fabulous Scribbly Birds, stamped onto the tag and then the feathers "painted" on  afterwards..  I used a piece of the twiggy bits my friend Lin gave me ages ago, for the bird to sit in.
 the flowers are from my stash - the large one, I sprayed with orange spray (probably Dylusions, but I did it so  long ago and put it away to save, that I can't remember...) it's got a flourishy type stamp stamped on it too.. again, no idea, was at least a couple of years ago I did this!  Layered it up with some other flowers and a brad for the centre.
the little birds are stencilled (one of my Paris stencil haul!) and the sentiment is from the Scribbly Birds set.

We look forward to seeing how you interpret this theme - don't forget you must use at least one real stamp, on your tag. Have fun!

18 comments:

ElizabethR said...

Gorgeous tag Helen, I do love those bird stamps. Elizabeth xxx

Deborah Wainwright said...

Lovely Tag Helen I love that bird it's gorgeous. Great background too xx

Julie Lee said...

Oh, those 'scribbly birds' are so gorgeous! I am very tempted by them, I must say! I love the sunny looking flower on your tag too - perfect on your chosen background colour. Nice tag Helen. Julie Ann xxx

craftytrog said...

Gorgeous...the little bird is so sweet! x

sam21ski said...

I spy you new birdie stamps there!!!

Great tag xxx

Anonymous said...

A gorgeous tag, love the little bird & the twigs look great.

Annie said...

A great tag Helen and I adore that gorgeous flower and little bird
TFS and crafty hugs Annie x

Astrid Maclean said...

Fabulous tag Helen, great use of that flower you did a while back and that bird is so sweet, they looks fab together!

massofhair said...

Fab complimentary colours, lovely bird (must get the set) and a great flower:-) x

Brenda Brown said...

Fabulous tag Helen, I love your scribbly bird xx

Virginia said...

Gorgeous Helen!

Arnoldo L. Romero, MLA said...

I really like the feeling of hope in your composition, which truly reflects the quote. The beautiful flower makes me think of the sun, and the bird is just precious. Blessings!

Words and Pictures said...

Absolutely gorgeous, Helen - love the added feathers on the Scribbly Bird, and the gorgeous sunshine flower - must beautiful. Looks great against the blue towel too!!
Alison xx

Silvia(Barnie) said...

That's a great tag. Wonderful bright colored flower. Love the bird.

Carmen said...

I love the texture you've got with those feathers, this is a lovely one Helen.

Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...

Lovely Helen, I love the scribble bird , I really must ink mine up,soon. Lovely flower and background too. Tracy x

Lori said...

Love it! The birdie and the flower...so awesome!

Dianne said...

Hello Helen your tag is lovely I love the birds the background is beautiful and your flower is gorgeous, thanks for sharing...