Friday, June 14, 2013

Beach Babe

The beach tag:




Image is a freebie from Lunagirl Moonbeams.  I wanted to use one of their images for their challenge.

The two ivory buttons on the crochet lace are from my grandmother's button bag.  Many of the buttons are so old that they have crumbled.  I wanted to include some vintage buttons for the Simon Says challenge.

The other materials:

label stamps from Red Lead Paperworks
tag made from DCWV card stock paper pack All About Girls
Stampin' Up gumball green card stock
Stampin' Up gumball green ink pad
Cuttlebug embossing folder
Nestabilities curved rectangles dies
Doodlebug bubblegum button
crochet trim from Really Reasonable Ribbon
Misc ribbon, flower (maybe Hero Arts?) crystal leaves and twine from stash



The challenges:

Luna Girl Moonbeams  Challenge Blog: Bathing Beauties



 Simon Says Stamp and Show:  Button Challenge

 

The Paper Chase Challenge #33 The Beach (2nd entry)














Fashionable Stamping Challenge: Tag Time (2nd entry) 

Fashionable Stamping Challenges

 Craft Room Challenge: Here Comes The Summer

 Take our Logo

30 comments:

Clare Lloyd said...

oh la la! what a great image and I love the colours you have used. x

Valerie-Jael said...

Lovely summer tag, great buttons! Valerie

Karen Lunagirl said...

I love what you've done with the image! The colors are perfect. And I'm crazy for old buttons so love those. Thanks so much for entering my Bathing Beauty blog challenge! Good luck!

craft-roomjulia said...

This is just lovely and what a very beautiful beach babe. Fabulous use of colour. Thanks so much for joining us for our summer theme over at Craft Room Challenge and good luck with the draw. Julia xxxx

wwilloww said...

I love your tag and she is definitely a beach babe!!!

Debi said...

Helene, what a fab tag, love your colours and the image is just slightly vintage risque- love it, thanks for sharing with us at Craft Room Challenge, Debi x

Paper Profusion said...

What a brilliant image and I love how you have 'staged' her. Totally terrific tag! Nicola x

Terry said...

Yes she is a bathing beauty! Fabulous tag and what a great design! Hope you have a great weekend!

Netty said...

smashing tag and love your beach babe Helene, Annette x

Words and Pictures said...

Wow - sassy and so fabulous!
Alison x

Anita Houston The Artful Maven said...

The green and purple are wonderful with this image! Love it! Love the buttons too! What a FUN FUN make! Thanks for buttoning up with us this week here at Simon Says Stamp & Show!!!

Chris Stern / CS Designs said...

You have created a lovely memento with this tag. Love the sassy old photo, the great colors and especially your grandmothers buttons.
:) Chris / CS Designs

Michele said...

i love the purples and greens! what a fun and lovely bathing beauty! thanks so much for entering the challenge at lunagirl moonbeams! xo

Sharon said...

Oh la la!! This is great Helene!

hazel said...

What fabulous colours and image on your lovely tag. Thank you for joining us at Craft Room Challenge.
xxx Hazel

Micupoftea said...

I LIKE the color combo you used! Have a great weekend :)

Beverly Sager said...

Fabulous image, and you have showcased it beautifully your colors and embellishments. Very pretty!

Silvia(Barnie) said...

Oh lala, a gorgeous tag, great image. Thanks for joining us at FSC.

Ephemera said...

Love this, such a stunning tag, thanks so much for joining us this fortnight at FSC. XX

PetraB said...

She is so lovely, brilliant Summer colours. Thank you for joining the Lunagirl challenge.

Electra said...

I love the softness of this and the beautiful colours!

Sandi McLean said...

LUV the colours!

Mervi said...

Hi Helene!
Thank you for sharing this fabulous summer card at Craft-Room Challenge, good luck;-))m

Unknown said...

Love the colors! So vibrant!

Heather said...

Great tag! Those vintage buttons are cool! Thanks for joining us at the Paper Girls!

Charity said...

love your fabby vintage image, thanks for linking up with the Paper Girls.

Suzanne C said...

Sweet image! Lovely touches using your vintage lace and buttons! What a lovely thing to be able to use your grandmothers button bag! Glad you joined us at Simon Says Stamp and Show!

Heather said...

Love the colors of this Helene!! Cute image too!!

Maria said...

This is gorgeous Helene, and I love the image! Thanks for sharing with us at the Craft-Room Challenge this fortnight.

Maria x

Zoechaos said...

Where to start! Fantastic tag gorgeous colour scheme and that lush double bowed ribbon not to mention the pretty main image and there is still so much more, fabulous from top to bottom thank you for sharing with us at Craft-Room Challenge XOXO Zoe

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