Live in the moment..

Happy Thursday!! Karen with you again. Hope you have had a wonderful week so far. I have a quick little tag to share with you today..

The stamps I've used today are:

Coffee Ring Stain

French Writing Background

Bird in flight

Once again I  started of with some pattern paper for my tag base from the  7 Dots Studio - Cold Country range.  Stamped my background with the coffee ring stain and French writing background stamps.- I really do love these stamps!,  I used a mixture of pumice stone, black soot and iced spruce  distress inks to stamp these.

 I then stamped the bird in flight onto some scraps of the same paper that I used for my tag base, and fussy cut around the stamped image.  I then did  a bit of rummaging through my embellishments, added in some flair and star confetti from UmWow studio, a selection of Tim Holtz Idea-ology - memo pin, metal corner, word band and button  and a prima clock hand. So there you have it.. I have to admit I'm really loving the minimalistic and more monochromatic look to this tag.

Thank you so much for stopping by, Until next time..

 Happy stamping

Karen xx

Be True.

Hi Everyone.. Karen here with you again. Thank you so much for all your kind words and welcome on my first post. I have another tag to share with you again today.. I do most of my creating on tags, I think  like the challenge of working in such a small space.

 

I had an idea floating around in my head.. and this was the end result.

 

 

 

I've used three stamps this time,

 

Winged Pig - small

 

Italian Sonnet Background

 

Be True - Off new plate 949

 

 

I've stamped the Italian sonnet background all over the tag, then used distress ink around the edges as well as a bit of machine stitching. ( another thing you'll see I love to do!) The different elements in this one stamp make it a perfect background stamp.

 

 

Stamped and coloured the little winged pig, added some Distress Stickles to his wings and a little crown. - he just makes me smile!

 

 

To finish off I've added in a bit more of my idea-ology embellishment stash,  some flowers, a few bits  from my sewing box and used my labeller to add in some strips of random numbers. I've also used a bit of Miracle Tape on the back of my label maker strips, to help hold them down.

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and visiting the blog today. Hope to see you all again very soon..

 

Happy Stamping - Karen