Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Guesting at Try It on Tuesday

I'm thrilled to be the guest designer at Try It on Tuesday

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for their current challenge, Things With Wings.   Be sure to visit Try It on Tuesday HERE to learn about the challenge and see all the inspiration from the design team.  I had such a hard time deciding which way to go with the wings theme:  birds, butterflies, garden fairies, my steampunk advernturer.  In the end, I went with the birds.  Please consider linking up your own challenge entry.



Materials:

Rubber Stamps:  Rogue Redhead Designs (birds), LLC, Red Lead Paperworks (tickets and house), Darkroom Door (sentiment), Memory Box (branches)

Ink Pads:  Archival Jet Black, Ranger Mowed Lawn, Broken China, Picked Raspberry, Shabby Shutter

Ink Markers:  various Ranger and Stampin' Write colors, Bistiro Chalk Marker

Stencils:  Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 applied along bottom with sea sponge

Collage Sheet:  Bits and Pieces from Red Lead Paperworks

Trims:  Tim Holtz filmstrip ribbon; music ribbon died with Broken China  (I have Smurf blue fingers to prove it!)

Entering this tag in:

Mema's Crafts  July 2014 Challenge:  Make it a Duet (pink and blue)  woo hoo!  won by random.org!

Fashionable Stamping Challenge 77:  Dreaming of Summer (the bird feeders are filled and we enjoy sitting on our deck watching the birds)

So Artful Challenges:  Feathers and Bright Saturated Colors

Four Crafty Chicks:  The Great Outdoors

26 comments:

Wendy said...

What a beautiful tag Helene...I love the birdie stamps and how you used them. Great mix of colors and images. Pretty ribbon!

Nikki Acton said...

Beautiful Helene - I adore that stamp! Thanks for guesting with us at Try it on Tuesday. Nikki x

Sophie said...

Oh, wie ist das süß...
diese kleinen Vögelchen vorm Häuschen, zu goldig.
Ein wunderschönes Tag :-)

Liebe Grüße

Joan said...

Your tag is very pretty!! I love how you dyed the ribbon!

chrissie said...

Lovely to have you as the guest designer for this challenge. The tag is stunning with the wonderful image and the gorgeous background colours

Love Chrissie x

sirkkis said...

Absolutely gorgeous tag. I love how you've komposed it and all elements are most beautiful.

Sandi McLean said...

Gorgeous tag Helene!! I love your shading/colouring and the overall feel. Hope you are having a lovely summer. Hugs,

Electra said...

This is one of the prettiest tags I have ever seen! I love the colours you have used and the birdies, well, they re simply perfect! Thanks for being Soartful with us Helene, I wouldn't have missed this for the world!!

Mrs.B said...

Hi Helen, this is a gorgeous tag, love the image, so adorable. Beautiful the background too.
Thanks for being our Guest Designer
for this challenge.
Avril x

Unknown said...

Adorable image, love the tag xx

Jan said...

Adorable tag love the colours xx Jan

Bee and Dee said...

This a beautiful tag, I love it really pleased you are a guest designer hugs Bee

Meggymay said...

Hi Helene, its a gorgeous tag, the image is so sweet and the colours so summery. Thank you for joining us as our Guest Designer for this theme.
Yvonne x

Brawny x said...

Absolutely love this. Gorgeous x

Leanne said...

Very nice tag, love the back ground. Nice image and great touch with the sentiment. Thanks for playing our The Great Outdoors challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks!

Leanne DT@4CC

jane stillman said...

A brilliant tag, gorgeous colours and image

Lori Turner said...

Wow, what a gorgeous tag!! I love the colors...thanks for joining us at 4 Crafty Chicks this week xoxoxo

Margik said...

Hi Helene, this is a beautiful tag with lovely colors and wonderful image. I love the great background too.
Thank you for being our Guest Designer for this challenge.
Mar xxx

Michele said...

i love your love birds! a beautiful tag. very cool that you are guest designing for the try it on challenge! xo

Valerie-Jael said...

Lovely piece! Valerie

Papercrafting Princess said...

Too cute!

Yvonne Garner said...

A perfect tag for our challenge at FSC, Helene! I love the colors you chose and birds capture my heart every time! Thanks for sharing! Yvonne

Tina Connolly said...

Fabulous tag, it's just so pretty!

Terry said...

This is such a pretty tag, Helene! I love how you colored that sweet little love birds! Enjoy!

Mema's Crafts said...

Nicely done and I love how you colored the birds. I'm glad you've joined our family and I am now following your blog. Love your style. Thanks for stopping by and playing with us at Mema's Crafts.

Mema's Crafts said...

thanks again for playing with us at Mema's Crafts and sharing your talent!

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