Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Tag Swap!

Hi my crafty friends!  Today I want to share a tag that I made as a part of the Tag Swap over on Creating and Sharing Mixed Media Art on Google+!  For the month of November it was artists choice for the tag and as it is autumn/fall and coming up on the Thanksgiving holiday, I wanted to make a tag in keeping with that them.  My swap buddy for this month is Donna Hanrahan and you can visit her here on Google+.  I have been so excited to be a part of the swap and I look forward to ALL the fabulous talented creativity that will be going around!!
For Donna's tag, I used the darker tag (not sure what you call it) because I was again, thinking "warmth" and fall.  A lot went on with the base of the tag that you really can't see due to all that I placed on top, but I will try to give you a run down based on my memory (very scary!) I used one of Tim Holtz's stamps that that was kind of vintage looking with Distress Ink in Spiced Marmalade. Then I took some Distress Paint in Antique Linen through a stencil doing both just to give some background.  I loved that I downloaded and knew I wanted to use it and as it had these birds in it I took a bird stamp from Fiskars that I had in my stash and stamped several on the background.  Again, they are hard to see with all the fuss!  I then distressed the edges with Distress Ink in Vintage Photo.

As I always do I sprayed a fixative on the tag because I knew I would be putting things on the top and wanting to do some shading.  I then applied the digital down with Mod Podge and added a piece of burlap and some twine down at the bottom.  I had some emphemera that I picked up at the Dollar Store, of all places, that I loved and thought it would go cute with it, so I applied it down with the burlap and twine. I did quite a bit of shading with the emphemera and photo with Faber-Castell Big Brush Pen and then added some faux stitching around the photo.

I had this cute "little" tag that I wanted to use  that I simply distressed with Spiced Marmalade and Vintage Photo and added the little sentiment and a little maroon rhinestone that you really can't see. I also added the little pin embellishment from Tim Holt's stash that says "keepsake" on it, that you also can't see! LOL  So much for my lovely photography with my cellphone! LOL  The flower emphemera that I added had some faint blue on it so I took a gel pen and added more blue specks and some on the foliage in the digital for a little more color. I then just added some ribbon and yarn that I had in my stash and voila!

I had so much fun doing this tag because I was so excited about the swap, so I hope that Donna enjoys it and knows that it comes with lots of warm Georgia hugs this wonderful Thanksgiving season!

I hope those others of you who are involved with the swap are having fun and enjoying the creativity your are receiving as well as enjoying giving back out! That's what it's all about!

Blessings for a great day! :)

6 comments:

  1. What a great tag Felicia, loved the close-up, there is so much going on on your tag, still it gives such a peaceful feeling! I am sure that whom ever gets it, we'll be thanksful.

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    1. Thank you Ruth! That's what I was going for, so I'm glad it came across. I loved that picture and it made me feel, like you said, peaceful and "homey!" And that's the thoughts fall always brings to me! Looking forward to spending time with my family this week for our Thanksgiving holiday for that "homey" feeling! I know you guys don't have that holiday, but hope you have some sort of fall gathering to celebrate the beauty of fall and being together! Blessings my friend!

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  2. Love the feeling of home and comfort in this tag - lucky Donna to be on the receiving end of this!

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    1. You are too sweet Win! Thank you so much! We all like a little "homey comfort" now and then don't we! Just as long as it doesn't come in the form of macaroni and cheese because then it goes straight to the hips!!! LOL Thanks again and blessings to you! :)

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  3. What a lovely tag, Felicia! I'm collecting tag-making ideas as I'm a bit of a newbie in this area. I love all those trims at the top, the additional mini tag and the fringe at the bottom! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend with your family!

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    1. Thank you so much sweet Zsuzsa! You, Ms. Crafter, are a shoo-in for tags! I LOVE all of your craftiness and I'm thinking back to the bookmarks (I believe they were) that I loved that you did for your son or son's friend? Those were fabulous! It's just kind of like doing those! I am NO EXPERT by far on tags. I've seen crafter who just throw something together and it looks like it should be in a gallery somewhere! LOL I just love doing it and have learned so much from other crafters! YOU will do GREAT! Thank you so much for your Thanksgiving wishes Zsuzsa! I know you guys don't have Thanksgiving, but like I told Ruth, I hope over the pond you guys do have a fall/autumn gathering to celebrate family...and of course.....eating!! LOL Thanks again my friend, you always bless me so! :)

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