Make a TAG...

I think I am addicted to making paper things???  Do you think??? Nah.... just loving it all... and here is another challenge...  Called... are you ready for this....

CRAFT HOARDERS ANONYMOUS....  is that me or what...  anyway... I am really glad that I found this site... as I have a lot of things to use up...  so lets get started... 

This challenge closes tonight.. July20th... so I am just making it...  I did have a fun time making this... and did use some things... not many... but some that I have been hoarding... I love these Graphic 45 pads of paper... and this one I loved so much that I bought the 8x8 and also the 12 x 12 pad... LOL... I think I have to have them... and know that I will use them... SOMETIME...  so I pulled it out to use... 

Here is what I made...

 

The Blue Bird 

I love blue birds call.. I always know when it is going to rain.. as the blue bird yells... Thief... Thief...  and then soon the rain will start...  a little story my Great Grandmother use to tell me... 

Well... this is all about the blue bird...  I use the Graphic 45 pad called Botanical Tea... an all time favorite...  not that it is that old... just a favorite ... 

 

I seem to be really into the blues this month...so I used some white card stock and created my paper, using Tim Holtz method of putting ink onto the work sheet and then putting paper into the ink... love it... the randomness of the paper is just eloquent to me...  I did cover a piece of chip board to make this tag, as I am going to use it for the front of a book at some time...  so I wanted the sturdiness of this. 

 

I cut out the blue bird from a tag in the back of the  pad... and used a corner of that picture in the right hand side... I can't stand to throw good pieces of paper away... (Is that the sign of a Hoarder???)  anyway... I do use them quickly... like here on the tag... 

Little nest at the bottom also... LOL... Love it too.. 

 

 

 

Okay.. then I used two pieces of paper to create two pockets on the tag... and decorated the pocket front with some flowers that I again have a little story about... when I was a child... I use to love to go to the variety store called the 5 & dime... it was a little general store that carried everything from small tools for the men... toys for the kids and dishes and assorted things that the housewife needed... well these little flowers were 15 cents... and I only got a dime for my chores...  so I had to save up to buy this little bouquet of paper flowers... I use to buy them all the time... and make things for my dolls etc with them...  I wanted to make some... so I used a small punch and put a hole in the center of each flower and then inserted a stamen and glued it in... each "flower" is acutally 2 flowers... and they are cut out of paper that I colored with the same method for the background...  I love these flowers... and now I can have TONS of them... (REAL HOARDING.... but I do use them... ) 

 

The leaves are also punched out of paper I made... and the butterfly is a digital image that I cut out...  I love butterflies and dragonflies too...  Oh  there are way to many things I LOVE... I guess that is why I have too much stuff...   

 

 

The little bow and the top bow are made from seam binding that I have dyed... 

 

 I made two little tags... one with velum and a little dragonfly stenciled onto it... and the other just a piece of paper with a bird... and the polka dots for the background.. (I love polka dots too) 

 

The little eggs...  love them... just couldn't thrown that out... could you?????  So I used it... 

 

Well... thanks so much for allowing me to join in on this challenge... and thanks for all that leave a nice comment and stopped by for a visit... I thank you with much appreciation... 

 

Have a lovely CREATIVE day... and enjoy...

 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie