Sheri's challenge was to "think outside the box!" I confess, I am not real good with that kind of thing! I am, unfortunately, a creature of habit! So that being said, I went out as much as my brain would allow right now! LOL Sheri's tag actually pushed me in the direction I went with this tag! She had the cutest tag that you can see here. Forgive me for spinning off of your tag Sheri, but I made a couple and they all kept coming up "obvious" Valentines....ha ha ha So much for "outside the box!"I started this tag by spraying Perfect Pearls Mist in Mint and then I spritzed Maya Mist Bubblegum Metallic, Dylusions Bubblegum Pink and Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Gold. I then distressed the edges with Distress Ink in Dusty Concord. I took one of my favorite background stamps from Unity Stamps called Distressed Criss/Cross and stamped with StazOn Mini Ink pad color in Emerald City here and there.
I love Tim Holtz's layering stencils and would LOVE to have them all.....I'll get there....eventually...LOL, but I took one of my favorites, which is Burlap and mixed some of Finnabair's heavy gesso with Daler Downey's Black Ink and pressed through here and there for some further texture. I love, love, Dina Wakely's stamps and I got the Clearly Collaged Heart Set for Christmas and so I used one of the larger heart stamps and stamped on some cute scrapbook paper, fussy cut and then distressed with Tim Holtz's distress tool. I found this cute frog online and then adhered the frog and heart to the tag with Mod Podge.
I love my Big Shot that I got for Christmas, so I have been trying to use it as much as possible. I have a Sizzix 3 piece Crown Set that I found at Tuesday Morning so I used the crown diecut on some goldish looking card stock. The crown was a little too big for the frog's head, so I cut it down and then I wanted it more gold, so I sprayed it with Heidi Swapp Color Shine in gold and then I still wanted more gold to it, so I added some of Finnabair's gold glitter and then I was satisfied. I adhered the frog and tag with Mod Podge and then embellished with some jewels and Studio Glitter glue in hot pink.To finish, I stamped "TOADly in Love" with Archival black ink and distressed with Distress Ink in Spun Sugar and Vintage photo, adhered with Mod Podge and then shaded the sentiment and frog with Faber Castell Big Brush Pen in Magenta. I also gave "little miss" some lipstick and eyelashes!!! Watcha think? She's a cutie no?
My sentiment wasn't original, I found it online, but I thought it was so cute and it thought I could come up with a cute tag from it! So, all in all it was a spin off from Sheri's monkey, but I hope you enjoyed anyway!
Thanks Sheri for the Tag It Tuesday Party! I have been having fun and I look forward to next month! If you want to be involved, just hop on over to Sheri's blog and link on up and party with us! :)
O.M.Geeeee! I am not a frog person, but this one with the amazing eyelashes and glittery crown is just too stinkin' cute!! Thanks so much for joining my linky party!
ReplyDeleteToooooo cute Sheri! Thank you so much! I had fun and THANK YOU for having the like party that we can come and play at!! Blessings to you! :)
DeleteFelicia, what a fabulous job on this tag!! I love the frog. My granddaughter would have a fit over it. She loves frogs. I hope everything is going well for you. I haven't heard from you lately.
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Ohhhhhhhh Penny! You are the sweetest! I love frogs too! She and I would be right as rain together!!! LOL I have been off the grid a lot lately because of some personal issues with my mother! But I am about to get settled back in and caught up with my many projects! As a matter of fact, I was about to go over to your blog and look at your latest card tutorial......which is FABULOUS!!! Thank you SO MUCH for visiting today and expressing your concern! I LOVE all my online friends and you certainly are one I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know and call "friend!" Blessings to you today Penny! :)
Deleteoh how lovely! I am so inspired, now to find the time! I love your tag - very out of the box for me - very much in LOVE with that crown!!!
ReplyDeleteOh thanks Heather! I had great fun doing this tag! It's funny that you mentioned the crown because that's what took me the longest to do with all my finagling! LOL I think I "fussied" it to death! LOL Thanks again! Now find some extra time and hop aboard! LOL
DeleteFelicia it is so cute, I wonder if he gets a kiss will he turn to a prince? No kidding, but he looks charming!
ReplyDeleteToo funny Ruth! If so, I want to be first in line!!!!! LOL Jokes aside, thanks dear friend! Blessings! :)
DeleteToo too cute!!!!!!!!!!!! I toadly love it!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL, LOL, LOL, you tickled my Wanda! Thank you so much! I was having fun making it and my daughter got tickled while doing it myself! LOL Thanks my friend! :)))
DeleteI love that sparkley shimmery crown :) awesome tag!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Shel! I fussed and fussed with that crown...don't know why, but there you go! It turned out though! Ha, ha! Thanks again! :)
DeleteI love you're altering of the frog, the sparkling crown, the eyelashes and lipstick, hilarious. The sentiment is great; great tag
ReplyDeleteThank you sweet Vicky!! The eyelashes and lipstick were an after thought, but it kind of brought it all together for me!!! My daughter laughed and laughed about the lipstick!! Lot's of fun! Thanks again and blessings! :)
DeleteThis is just the cutest Felicia! That froggie practically jumps out of the tag! In fact, I had to look carefully to see that it's not a 3D object stuck on! Extremely cute and very creative!
ReplyDeleteLOL!!! Thanks my friend!!! It turned out better than I had initially thought it would, but I had fun doing it! I had to get creative after seeing Sheri's "monkey" tag, which was soooooo cute!! Blessings
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