Monday, January 2, 2012

Angel

Here is the daylight photo taken of the same tag. Not as much shimmer but truer colors:


I started with a piece of white glitter card stock that I had run through the Cuttlebug with a snowflake embossing folder.  It wasn't big enough to cut a label so I positioned the paper to cut the top part with my new Tim Holtz Sizzex baroque label die..  The lighting really picked up the irredescent glitter of the tag so it's hard to see the dimension of the snowflakes.  I stayed with the white theme and added white leaves for wings, a white poinsettia, sugar gem center, and foam glittered snowflakes.  I used part of one snowflake for the crown and added satin puffy stars.  I placed ribbon along the bottom to anchor the design.  A bow didn't seem to work so I ended up using a silver doily.


The angelic face is my mother's. I made this in her honor as she passed away several years ago in the month of January.  I'm going to keep this tag in my new 2012 calendar book that I'm in the process of completing.


This tag is for the Tag You're It challenge hosted by our January guest designer, Lynn Stevens (Trash to Treasure Art), at the Flying Unicorn.





I'm also linking this up to:
The Craft Room:  Anything Goes
The Shabby Tea Room:  Challenge #95 Time Flies--use something with wings
vintage photo contest at sb.com

25 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...

Beautiful tag, and a great tribute to your Mom. Valerie

Sugar Lump Studios said...

what a gorgeous piece and lovely tribute to your Mom. I hope that 2012 is filled with many blessings and look forward to more of your art work!

Zoechaos said...

Beautiful tag, Really echoing Valarie here because it is a lovely tribute to your Mother. Thank you for sharing this with us at Craft-Room Challenge XOXO Zoe

Patty O'Malley said...

So pretty! What a special way to pay tribute to your mother!

Silvia(Barnie) said...

That's a great tribute to your mother, a wonderful piece of art.

Sharon said...

Beautiful creation Helene - love all the sprakly glitter and the image - great embellishments! Happy New Year!

Maria said...

This is an absolutely beautiful creation, and a wonderful and precious tribute to your mum. The sparkle shows really well. Thanks for joining in at the Craft-Room Challenge, and good luck. Maria x

Linda M. Cain said...

Gorgeous!!!

~Linda

Shona said...

beautiful photo of your mom and love this little tag!!!!

trisha too said...

Beautiful tag, Helene, and such a special photo!

:)

Cindy said...

This is beautiful, and so special. Thanks for including it in our challenge this week in the Tea Room.

Kay Wallace said...

Helene, this is just beautiful, as is this photo of your mother. I am amazed at the very different look when photographed in natural light. But, can't really say I like one better than the other. May be blessings of this new year fall gently on your shoulders! Kay

hazel said...

This is such a beautiful tag Helene and a lovely photo of your mum. Thank you for joining us at Craft-Room Challenge.
xxx Hazel.

Nikki Byrne said...

Beautiful tag :o) Love all the glitz! Thank you so much for joining us at Craft-roomchallenge and Happy New Year :o)

Hugs
Nikki DT

Anonymous said...

She's so pretty! Love the stars over her head!

Christine said...

What a gorgeous tag! I love how you used leaves to create wings on this...so creative! Thanks for sharing your lovely project!

Debbie said...

This is gorgeous! Beautiful tribute to your mum! Love it!

Debbie
^..^

Suze Bain said...

Simply gorgeous. xx

Marjie Kemper said...

Such a beautiful tribute! Love the angel wings behind her.

Anonymous said...

Just beautiful!

PetraB said...

This is a wonderful tribute to your mum!

Lynne Moncrieff said...

Breathtaking tag.
Your Mother was such a beauty.
A gorgeous way to honour her.
Wishes
Lynne

Michele said...

this is just perfect! a beautiful tribute to your mother and truly angelic in every detail! happy new year, xo from michele

Esther said...

What a beautiful way to remember your mum, so special...Thanks so much for sharing it with us at the Craft-Room challenge..Esther xx

Sheri said...

Very cool vintage look! Thanks for joining us at THE SHABBY TEA ROOM ;-)

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