Today I have prepared a BIG tag for a friend. She has had some pretty bad health tribulations of late and her daughter and I thought maybe a card from an ol' friend would help to cheer her up. I used the same technique that Tim Holtz used on his October tag. I made this one really big, it's 5 by 8. I'd seen some of these on blogs lately so thought I'd give it a try. I used some blues, some oranges and reds and a bit of purple dabber. Then blended some distress inks in and sprayed with copper mist. Had some fish net in my stash so I colored it with weathered wood distress stain and layered it next. Found a lighthouse (they are her favorites) photo online and printed a copy. Placed it on an orange mat and roughed up the edges. Wrote a little poem and typed it out on the computer. Printed it on some beige paper and wrinkled and inked it before I applied it to the tag. Then I made a little "courage" tag and pinned it to the top with the ribbons. Oh, and the seaweed you see in little spots is really seaweed. I brought it back from the ocean when I was down in Miami Beach for my birthday last May. It dried quite nicely, looks pretty cool!
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Absolutely gorgeous!!
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