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Monday, 27 July 2015

#144 Anything But A Card

We have an Anything But A Card challenge for you today over at Crafty Cardmakers. Do please pop on over and check out the team’s inspiration.

144 Anything But a Card

I have used my Tim Holtz Layered Bee die to make a tag. I started with one of Tim’s Manilla Tags and coloured it with Spiced Marmalade, Dried Marigold and Wild Honey inks. Then I created a stencil to look like honeycomb by diecutting some card with one of the Memory Box Open Studio Distressed Collage Baptisia Dies. I stencilled through my home made stencil with Ripe Persimmon Ink. Then I stencilled again with Colourcraft’s Soft Form Relief Paste in white. This paste dries glossy, unlike some of them that dry matt. As it was too white when I had done that I went back over it, when it was dry, with an ink duster and some Spiced Marmalade ink. My mistake, I thought I had picked up the transparent one!!!! Oooops, lol

I added a couple of flourish stamps by stamping with Rusty Hinge in opposite corners, and the words Bzzz and Queen Bee. The flowers have been in my craft stash for over ten years. I remember seeing them and thinking how pretty they were, as they were embossed. However they have sat around for ten years and I haven’t used one of them!

The bee was diecut from orange bazzill card and I coloured the thorax and stripes in black with a copic pen. I also cut a spare set of wings from acetate which I had recycled from some packaging. After I had embossed both the bee and the spare wings with the matching embossing folder I added some Stickles in Spiced Marmalade to the Wings.

I edged the tag with black soot and added some double sided ribbon.

I am entering this into:-

Fussy and Fancy – #144 Things With Wings
Glitter ‘n Sparkle – #147 Something That Starts with B
Lisa Somerville Bloggers Challenge – The Letter B
Mixed Media World – #5 Stencils (Hope my home made stencil counts!)
Mod Squad – The Wing’s The Thing
Moo Mania – In The Garden
Recycle, Re-purpose and Re-Invent – July Anything Goes
Southern Girls – Get Messy With Ink or Paint
That’s Crafty – Stencils and Masks (Hope my home made stencil counts!)
Wags ‘n Whiskers – #159 Recycle (packaging for the acetate wings)
We Love to Create – #15 Anything Mixed Media Goes

LIN W

Posted by Lin at 18:00

16 comments:

  1. froebelsternchen27 July 2015 at 18:32

    This tag is just A*W*E*S*O*M*E!
    I am thrilled about it!
    So glad you shared it with us at Moo Mania & More Challenges!
    oxo
    Susi

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  2. Sharon27 July 2015 at 21:37

    This has certainly got the wow factor Lin. Love the Bee and the colours are so bright and beautiful.
    Have a lovely week,
    Hugs Sharon. x

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  3. Judy Woodland28 July 2015 at 01:42

    Oh, I love this bee!!! And the honey comb texture of the background too, along with the beautiful flowers! Great take on the challenge, thanks so much for playing along this week at the Mod Squad Challenge

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  4. julie_woolston28 July 2015 at 08:39

    Fabulous tag Lin love the colours and the gorgeous Bee.
    Hugs Julie xxx

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  5. everything with stickles.blogspot.com28 July 2015 at 08:54

    Love the tag, so cool, thanks for sharing at Glitter n Sparkle Chris DT x

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  6. Wendy Nicola Jackson28 July 2015 at 20:34

    Wow Lin, this is a fabulous tag. Love it! Thanks so much for joining in the fun with the Southern Girls this challenge. Lovely to see you here. Hugs, Wends x SGC DT

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  7. AO Creations29 July 2015 at 00:40

    Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at Wags N Whiskers, good luck!!! Amy DT

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  8. Pia S29 July 2015 at 20:55

    Very impressed by the look of the wings! Super tag!

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  9. Debby30 July 2015 at 18:23

    Great Tag - love the Bee theme - thank you for sharing your lovely work with us in this weeks challenge at Glitter N Sparkle "Something with a B"
    Debby (DT) xx

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  10. Beth Brovold30 July 2015 at 23:57

    Beautiful colours...everything pops on your beautiful tag Lin! Thank you for sharing with us at Fussy and Fancy "Things with Wings"...good luck!
    Take care,
    Beth

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  11. sam1 August 2015 at 13:08

    Wow such a fabulous tag, I love everything about it. Thank you for joining us at glitter n sparkle, Sam DT xx

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  12. Nanda2 August 2015 at 13:31

    What a great tag! Thank you for joining us at Fussy and Fancy.

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  13. Willeke2 August 2015 at 13:53

    This is lovely, such bright colors, I love it !
    Hugs
    Willeke
    Made by Willeke {My personal Blog}

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  14. Michele4 August 2015 at 03:58

    gorgeous tag! thanks for linking up to the doodle artifacts recycle challenge! xo from Michele, July guest artist

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  15. Papercraft By Carole7 August 2015 at 20:35

    Hey Boss - love your gorgeous bee and the warm colours you've used on your fab tag!! Thanks for providing such lovely inspiration for my Challenge!! Cxx

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  16. Chris Stern / CS Designs2 September 2015 at 03:59

    Beautiful art tag Lin, Love the colors and the wonderful dimension. Thank you for sharing this in our July challenge on Recycle, Re-Purpose & Re-Invent and look forward to seeing more of your work.
    :) Chris / CS Designs

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