Thursday 18 June 2015

Butterfly garden

Here we are mid year already, so I'm making the most of not being particularly busy at work.  I'm chuffed I've found yet another awesome monthly challenge to enter The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge is another site that offers an awesome inspiration board and very minimal requirements to join in.  This month is their birthday so they have put all the themes from the last 12 months on their board. 

 
For those of you who know my work you will know I LOVE FLOWERS, so that is my theme of choice.  Here I've created a tag which I am also entering into the monthly Imagine if . .  challenge.  I am also entering this into the Lindy's Stamp Gang colour challenge using their colour chart

The tag I've created was firstly covered with drywall tape then I added lace, lots of Imagine if chippies then glass beads.  When all the glue was dry it got a coat of gesso, then a coat of black paint. 
 

Then believe it or not I sprayed the whole thing with LSG Sweet Violet Purple Teal where obviously the Teal has really won over the other colours, even though when moisture is applied the purple shines thru.  The little mini roses were coloured with LSG Ramblin' Rose Pink grunged a bit with TH Black Soot.  The velvet stem and leaves was grunged by spraying with LSG Opal Sea Oats. 


 
As usual I had fun making my own flowers, I adore these zipper flowers - this one has a rolled paper flower for the centre along with a bead.  Butterflies from the G45 Steampunk Debutante collection finish the page along with the sweet sentiment.
 
Thank you for visiting, I hope you like what you find here and hopefully I can inspire you in some way with my creations.  To find a tutorial for the zipper flower just follow the link provided in my Tutorials page.


9 comments:

  1. wow - this is wonderful
    Thanks for playing along with Lindys

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  2. Great background and amazing colors! Thank You for playing with us at Lindy's Stamp Gang Color challenge this month :)

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  3. I love tags, and this one is awesome!!! Thanks for joining us at Lindy's for the Color Challenge!!

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  4. beautiful work ! thank you for joining us with the Lindy's Stamp Gang challenge !

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  5. Amazing work!! What detail and texture!! I am loving drywall tape this week - and I just love the way you used it here! Thank you so much for playing with us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!!

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  6. Awesome tag with such rich gorgeous colors!! I love all the texture and dimension you added, that drywall tape is FAB!! Thanks so much for joining us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge.

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  7. so pretty! Thanks for joining the mixed media monthly challenge blog!

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  8. this tag is downright gorgeous! so much texture and what a great deep color. Thank you so much for playing with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge and celebrating our first birthday!!
    -Rachel
    rwkrafts.com

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  9. Beautiful mixed media tag! LOVE the rich colors and all the textures!! Thanks for celebrating with us in this month's Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!
    lynnkopas.blogspot.com

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