Simon Says....

... this week the theme on the Simon Says Stamp & Show challenge is to use Recycling/Upcycling on the entry. So, being as I have a room chock full of things to alter I ...erm... made a tag (snort) It did really start out as a wooden box that was going to be decorated for a Christmas decoration... and then I decided I would do a little tag to start with... which grew into a normal size tag... thankfully I stopped there before making one of those mahooosive ones.


Anyways... there is a bit of recycling on the tag... in the form of music score that was used to pop across the middle of the tag and I also bunged some onto some Grungepaper.. I really must try to be more careful with the multi-medium because some squidged over onto the "front" and it acts like a resist... which is cool if that is what you want but.... :O)) The background is Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs and Walnut Stain DI's... blended on and then I overstamped using Walnut Stain and that new crackle background stamp and the new scruffy music score stamp from this years Xmas collection from the Duke of Distress.



The flowers were cut using the Tattered Florals die... and then I made a big rose... I added in extra layers using the offcuts from behind the glued petals.. and dabbed a bit of Gold Dabber around the edges to make it a bit blingy. The leaves are Grungeboard, cut using the Holly Branch die and painted with Peeled Paint Crackle... then inked with Gathered Twigs DI. I added some blingy gem flourishes and some dangly bits to finish it off... oh and I just remembered... the ribbon was actually wrapped around a stationary box that my MIL gave me... so that is recycled too :O))



So... that's how I made it... and now I have to figure out a way of getting my brain to understand that I shouldn't be faffing about making tags and should be making cards... Christmas cards at that. I got all smug last month didn't I? I had made one and thought to myself that I was going to get at least 10 done a week (yeh, right, that was never going to happen!) Maybe I should just face facts and send out tags this year instead of cards... well, they already have a hold in the top so that they can be hung up... and if I get all clever and made a stand for the back they could...erm... stand up! Right, I need to lay down after all that thinking... thanks for looking!! TTFN

Hels x