Tuesday 28 June 2011

Tag-Velope 490 Stylee

...cor blimey, what a weekend!! Boiling hot and busy, busy, busy... I got absolutely nothing made and it was actually quite nice to just faff instead of concentrating. This tag turned into a Tag-Velope late on Sunday night.... and then sat there, sweating ever so slightly until I returned to the Room of Stash today to finish it off.


The base of the tag and the velope were smudged with TradTan paint.. and then splatted with Distress Stains. I used a gorgeous 490 background to stamp over the base of the Velope using Aquamarine Archival Ink,... and then added a word or two and a flower to decorate.




The tag was overstamped using Coffee Archival with stripes at the top and my fave flower border along the bottom... and then I added some pearls (they are on a strip so far easier than placing them individually!) I made a big Grungepaper flower, again using 490 stamps and Distress Inks... and added Maya Road chippie bits for the sentiment and the birdy.




So... tis a special day today! Yes, indeedily, it is our wedding anniversary... 9 years ago today I pledged my troth to my lovely Grim... I can't believe that all those years have just whipped past, it feels like only yesterday... although if you ask Grim he might possibly say that it feels like a lot longer rofl.... So, because it is our anniversary today, I bobbed a little Maya Road Bingo Counter onto the flower... and it is a #9! Cool huh!!




Anyways... time for me to get cracking on tidying up this messy old Room of Stash... don't forget to check back tomorrow because I will be annoucing the winner of the tag giveaway from last weeks WOYWW. Thanks for looking... TTFN

Hels x

PS... Thank you to everyone who left me lovely messages about the Vagabond... I am waiting to hear back from Sizzix as to what to do.. watch this space!

7 comments:

Lesley said...

Love, love, love the colours and stamping on this piece Hels!! Bootiful!

Helen said...

Happy Anniversary to you both! I love your tag and velope - mega gorgeous! Thanks for the birthday message you left too - did you mean to post it twice, or was blogger being - blogger!? Anyhow, no cake and very little stash (but wait till Newbury on Saturday.....)

Linda M. Cain said...

Lovin' this to pieces! The colors just POP!

~Linda

Melody (lacyquilter) said...

This is wonderful. I love the bright colors. Happy anniversary!

Gillian .... said...

Ohhh yeahhhh ... Fabby use of colours and all things 490, really loving these tagvelope projects your creating, glad you had a good weekend, did miss you though. Happy anniversary to you both xx

StampDancer said...

I adore this! Everything is so vibrant. And Studio 490 flowers - what is not to love?

slbt17 said...

very nice!
Sandra ltb

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