Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Put On Your Spring Bonnet with All the Frills Upon It.....


I moderate the Oh La La group at Bella Creations.  Each month we use an image donated by our group sponsor, Gecko Galz, to create some art work.  In April I'm having a tag challenge that includes decorating the bonnet on this image from the Gecko Galz Hats ephemera collection.  Come on over to my Oh La La Group at Bella Creations to join in the fun.  Winner, chosen by random draw, gets a free ephemera set of their choice from Gecko Galz.

When I saw this week's challenge at the Shabby Tea Room, I knew this tag would be a perfect fit for their theme.  The Shabby Tea Room Week 56 Spring Color Challenge  is to use the colors  in this inspiration photo plus a neutral.  I kept these colors in mind as I chose my tag background, trim and embellishments for my spring bonnet tag.

I was happy to clean out some of my old stash: the patterned paper that matches the colors perfectly,  the blue metal label holder, tiny flower brads topped with a couple of pearls, some flower trim for the hat, and the big Petaloo flower.
All the trims on the bottom of the tag are new this season.  The hatpin and pink pearls (earrings) are from Melissa Bove's blog candy.

19 comments:

Lynn Stevens said...

Such a lovely spring card Helene! and the music is so cute too. I'm going to sit a listen a bit!
hugs Lynn

Sharon said...

So gorgeous and I love the colours!

Silvia(Barnie) said...

Wow, your tag rocks, great colors.

Valerie-Jael said...

Love the Spring Bonnet, I will have a go at this challenge, too! When I was a little girl in London they used to have Easter Bonnet parades, loved watching them! Valerie

1CardCreator said...

Love this, laugh at me but 1st thing that rolled through my head as I scrolled down your page was Oh La La! Then I saw it was for that group, ha ha. Looks awesome, totally Oh La La!

Debbie said...

Lovely vintage image and great embellies! Thanks for joining us in the Tea Room this week :)

trisha too said...

She's charming! I am SO ready for spring!!!

:)

Jingle said...

Very pretty spring tag!

Terry said...

Such a pretty bonnet upon her lovely head! Stunning tag!

Netty said...

Stunning hat, love this and your UTube clip, brilliant. Annette x

Chris Arlington said...

what a wonderful blog! Thanks for visiting my blog and your lovely comments Helene!
Chris

Lori said...

Very pretty, Helene!

Jan Hennings said...

This is a beauty :)

Anonymous said...

So pretty!

deb famularo said...

oooh Helene! This tag is beautiful!!! Hope you are doing well! xOxO

Heather said...

Beautiful colors!...OMG...I just noticed that Fabulous badge for Bella Creations...who did that...LOL. Hugs girl!

Trees said...

Stunning. Thanks for joining us at the Shabby Tea Room this week!

Lynne Moncrieff said...

She knows she looks fabulous doesn't she LOL
This is a gorgeous tag.
I will set to work on mine this week as I have to work with this image, it is so amazing.
TFS
Lynne M x

Unknown said...

Beautiful tag and the bonnet looks great

Love Dawn xx

Prefer Al Jolsons version of this song ;0) but brought some nice memories to mind thanks xx

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