"A rose by any other name ....."

What's in a name?

Butterfly, moth - all beautiful creatures in their own way.

 

What am I rambling on about you may ask.

 

Well, I decided to join in with Mrs A's current

Butterfly Challenge 

but think I have used moths

instead of butterflies!

Maybe they're moths masquerading as butterflies!

 

Seeing as I finished this tag, I will take my chance

and enter it in the challenge anyway.

 

The current theme is 

'monochromatic'

"You are free to create your  project and butterflies

in any shades (of one colour) you like

and decorate as you wish."

 

I made my tag based on the one I made the

other day for Tim Holtz 12 tags challenge, and

that one was quite grungy - here's a little

peep at it again

(if you click on the pic you should be taken

to the post showing how I made it)

 

  

For the butterfly (moth!) challenge therefore,

I decided to go for something more feminine - PINK!

 

Here's what I used

 

 

.... and here's the finished tag

 

 

The 'butterflies' are from

PaperArtsy - 'Ancestors - Plate 1'.

The sentiment is also from

PaperArtsy - 'Clocks 4 - C4'.

The background stencil was one I've had

for ages and ages.

The bow is some old seam binding

coloured with some of the distress ink.

 

Thanks for looking - and don't worry Mrs A

if you can't accept this into your challenge,

I enjoyed making it anyway x

Tim Holtz: 12 Tags of 2014 - June

 

 Tim's tag for June is above -

If you want to see how he made it,

click on the picture to go to his blog.

 

..... and here's my version

 The idea this month was to create a look of

blended watercolour with a stencil and

distress inks.

 The background was first made on watercolour paper

then stuck onto a manilla tag.

I didn't have the stamp set Tim used but

found this butterfly one in my stash - 

from PaperArtsy (Ancestors - Plate 1).

(The words are from one of Tim's

Stampers Anonymous)

The ribbon for the bow was supposed to be

multi coloured as I did use all four of the

distress inks but the Peeled Paint green

colour seems to have won the day!

I used a couple of pink buttons instead of the

tiny gears and spinner Tim used.

Only a couple days wait until next

month's Tim tag, hopefully, I won't leave that one as late.

Thanks for looking :)

LOL - lots of luck!

LOL - lots of love, laugh out loud -

how about lots of luck?

I made these little folders based on the official

National Lotto one you can see above.

 It opens up to reveal two plastic compartments

designed to hold a lottery ticket.

I used Sheena Douglass technique again - faux leather

as shown in her YouTube video.

I made four wallets with one piece of A4 Kraft Cardstock.

I embossed them with a St Patrick's background folder

by Darice, and coloured them with Distress Ink -

Peeled Paint, and one of the brown colours (I can't

remember which one it was now)

Inside, I lined them with some Tim Holtz

Eclectic Elements fabric.

For the plastic inserts, I cut two pieces of acetate

(which I'd saved from some packaging or other)

and machine stitched them on.

The stitching is a bit wonky - don't look too closely!

You might be able to see the plastic insert a 

little better in the above picture.

I finished them off with a little fabric tag and

attached a shamrock charm - for good luck!

I like the really worn, shabby look -

and uneven stitching - all adds to their charm!

The question now is, will they bring me good luck

with the lottery?

I'd better buy a ticket first, that'd help.

LOL - lots of love and luck to you all xx

 

Tim Holtz: 12 Tags of 2014 - May

 

Tim's tag for May is above -

click on the picture to go to his blog and

see in detail how he did it.

 

Here's the one I made

 

The idea this month was to use trinkets and embellishments

and mount them onto a series of little tiles.

In Tim's own words this was to be a

"“creative composition” assignment -

a simple process to layer and incorporate 

an eclectic mix of elements into an artful tiled tag." 

This is what my background looked like at first.

I laid out the bits and pieces I was going to use

(I changed my mind about the buttons and used

a pen nib instead)

I don't have a great many different embellishments

but was pleased with those I managed to find.

 

I like the little blue cameo which I've had for ages.

Similarly, the rusty heart.

I cracked open the packet of idea-ology fragments

and stuck a vintage image below two.

I enjoyed creating the 'wonderful' tile with the

Sizzix Alterations ShadowPress Debossing folder.

(from the 'Authentic Set').

Each of the mini tiles was covered using paper from

Tim Holtz' idea-ology paper stash (Vintage Shabby).

Not perfect, but it's my kind of 'wonderful'!

Thanks for looking :)

Oriental Birthday Card

Yesterday I had a play with my Gelli Plate

but not very sucessfully - I couldn't get

the right combination of colours to work.

However, whilst brayering off the excess paint

onto some card I managed to make what I think

was quite a nice, sketchy, scruffy effect and

it became this card.

 

I don't know what this type of card is called -

a gatefold?  The flaps turn back on themselves,

maybe an accordian gatefold?

 

 

 The main stamps I used were from

Lynne Perrella Collection from PaperArtsy

(number LPC022).

Plus a few others from my stash.

 

 

I stamped the images onto book text

(the book appropriately called 'Geisha')

 

 

A space to write the birthday greeting on the back.

Thanks for looking :)