Sunday 13 May 2012

Tweet, Tweet, Tweet!

I was going through my craft draws the other day and came across some tags in one of my draws. I thought that they presented quite a challenge as they are quite small and I generally struggle with small areas to decorate. So out came my new distress ink markers and the "Bird stamps by Sam Poole" These are the stamps that the Creative Expressions design team are working with this month and the smaller stamps in the set were just perfect for my little tag.  Technically this is supposed to be next week's project, but I have an extra shift at work tomorrow so I know I will be short of time, hence blogging today!
I used the branch small birds and the leaves to stamp the tag. I cut the wings from thick card and stamped tweet, tweet randomly over them before distressing them with distress inks and coating them with glossy accents. I also coated the stamped images on the tag with glossy accents. A distressed flower (made with brown parcel wrapping paper)  a green brad and green raffia finish the tag.
I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
"Catch the Bug - Things with wings"
"Craft your days away - All creatures great and small"
"Crafty Calendar - Things with wings"
"Drunken Stampers - It's not easy being green"
"Sugar Creek Hollow - Tags"
"Alphabet Challenge - In the Garden"
"Fairy Tale - Wings and Things"
"Glitter Geeks - Wings and Things"
"Sarah Hurley Challenges - Tags and tickets"

Just enjoying a lazy morning catching up on the Archers omnibus and various blogs.  Nice sunny morning here so I think I will be out in the garden in a bit....lots of weeding to be done...with all this rain everything is growing so fast!  Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

18 comments:

Elizabeth Cooper said...

You did a fabulous job with this tag! I particularly like the added dimension the Glossy Accents give the cute little birds. Thanks for joining us at Drunken Stampers this week!

Gabrielle said...

Oh I like this a lot! I love the glossy birds on their branches and the whole feel of the tag - I look forward to seeing more tags from you!

Siobhan Fyffe said...

I like the glossy accents on the birds, it works really well. Lovely tag Sue.
Siobhan x

Donna said...

Beautiful tag!!!
Thanks for playing along with us at Drunken Stampers!

Meggymay said...

Beautiful tag, love how you highlighted the birds. Thank you for joining us at SCH this week.
Yvonne

K Clark said...

beautiful tag... thanks for joining us at Crafty Calender Challenges - Kimberly DT

Roxx.T Barnes said...

Fantastic tag! Gloss accent is just the right touch!

Thanks for joining us at Alphabet Challenge Blog.
Roxx.T

Kim Dellow said...

Gorgeous! love the Glossy accents. Kim

Cheryl First said...

Fantastic! Thanks so much for joining us this week for the Catch the Bug Challenge! Hope to see you again!

((HUGS))
Cheryl First
aka Cafexpressions
DT Member for Bugaboo Stamps

Cec said...

Super tag. I love your paper bag flower and the glossy birds. Thanks for joining us at Sugar Creek Hollow.
Hugs!
Cec

Claire said...

This is really lovely, thanks for joining us over at Sarah Hurley this week.
C xx

Bianca said...

Oh, what a cute and lovely project! You have done a fab card! Thank you for joining us at Fairy Tale Challenge. xx Bianca

Unknown said...

Gorgeous tag! Thanks for joining us at Drunken Stampers!

Unknown said...

Gorgeous tag! I love the shape the wings give to it.

Thanks for joining us at the Alphabet Challenge Blog! I hope you can join us in our new challenge which starts tomorrow!

Sheena
xxx

Patti P. said...

This is beautiful...love the small stamps, they are a perfect size for this and your wings are a lovely accent.Love the shine on this. I don't have those markers yet, but so want them.
Thanks for sharing with us at Sugar Creek Hollow.

Patti SCH/DT

StephG said...

amazing tag...love all the details!
thanks for playing at Drunken Stampers!

Jackie said...

This is very pretty! Thank you for playing along with the Catch the Bug Challenge this week!

Nela said...

Hi, gorgeous tag!
Thanks for playing along with us at Fairytale Challenge
Hugs Nela