Friday, 27 February 2015

Pink, Hearts and MORE PINK....

I've been footling about with a tag for a challenge I spotted on Catherine's blog recently. I love making tags and they're a great way to use up all those little bits and bobs you accumulate AND try out different techniques on a smaller scale. It all started when I found this lovely Stampotique girlie in my stash, long neglected and needing some TLC. Quick as a flash I coloured her in before rummaging through my offcuts to see what I could do to brighten her life a little...


First I needed some layers, so I painted a tag with Orchid Fresco paint by PaperArtsy before layering some dots over the top with texture paste. I've discovered that the paste sucks the colour of the paint up as it dries so I got a gorgeous soft pink colour to offset the darker pink of the paint. Cool!

Next I added a little offcut of pink Coredinations card which I embossed with hearts and then sanded back to reveal the colour. I die cut the word Love in dark pink using a Spellbinders die and added some glossy accents to make it stand out a little more.


More hearts, some twine and some sequins to finish. Not forgetting cupid's arrow, which I painted and glossed for extra oomph! A little bit of glitter on her dress and a tag is born, Ta Dah!


I'm going to enter her into the DragonsDream Tag It on Challenge where the theme is Pink and Hearts

Lx

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13 comments:

  1. Kathyk27 February 2015 at 17:11

    FABBYlicious matey, scrumptious colouring and textures too

    Kathyk

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  2. lbwright22-loopylou27 February 2015 at 19:04

    Fab. You are really getting into the mixed media thing x

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  3. Debs M27 February 2015 at 20:11

    Love those textures/embossing and she is fabby x

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  4. catherine27 February 2015 at 20:45

    This is just so fabulous Lauren and I am so glad you came over and joined us with my challenge this week at Dragons Dream tag It On challenge. Just perfect and I hope you will come and join in with us again
    x catherine

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  5. Maryjo27 February 2015 at 22:28

    She's very Funky !! Love the Textures xx

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  6. Annie28 February 2015 at 15:46

    Super adorable tag! So full of fun little details. You did a wonderful job of brightening up her little life and makeing her look so sweet.

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  7. cotnob28 February 2015 at 19:48

    This is fabulous Lauren, a fun image, such gorgeous pinks and lots of lovely texture.
    I hope you are enjoying your weekend.
    Pauline
    x

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  8. Craftyrose1 March 2015 at 13:28

    Simply gorgeous Lauren.xx

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  9. Carmen 1 March 2015 at 14:08

    Oooh I love the addition of the twine and that little bull clip (is that what they're called?) Love it!

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  10. Christine1 March 2015 at 16:32

    Fabulous tag!

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  11. ElizabethR2 March 2015 at 13:25

    She is fabulous and I love the sequins as well, thanks for dreaming along with us at the Dragons Dream TIO, Elizabeth xxx

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  12. Julie Lee2 March 2015 at 21:32

    What a lovely tag! I love how you used your bits and bobs but still created something really well put together. Love your Stampotique girl. Thank You for Dreaming with the Dragons this time xxx

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  13. Silvia(Barnie)7 March 2015 at 16:45

    Yeah, I love, love, love it. That's an outstanding piece. Thanks for joining us at Dragons Dream Tag It On.

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