Thursday 7 November 2013

Memory is a diary....

Hello fellow Crafters,

Today I made a tag for the Tag Along Challenge blog. It is number 11 already and the theme is 'time to remember'. For a lot of people in the UK and the US it obviously relates to Remembrance Sunday. Not in Holland though, we remember on the 4th of May. So I came up with something different:



I made first layer of this tag yesterday when I was doing the Stampotique Challenge this week which was 'use gesso'. So the ridges you see are actually gesso. I saw this in a tutorial from Stampotique DT member Sarinda Jones. You will find it here. I put lots of gesso on the tag, then placed another tag on top, pressed it down and took it off. Result: Two tags with gesso ridges. Great fun. Anyway I sprayed is with yellow ink and after drying distressed it a bit. I found this image in  my stash and looked on the internet for a suitable sentiment and found this one by Oscar Wilde. Some paper flowers, a bit of ribbon and a dark red mat finished it off.

Thanks for stopping by !

Hope you like it ....


11 comments:

  1. wonderful tag. i love the sentiment. going to check the video out now ;-)

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  2. Love everything about this tag, the gesso, the colour, the lady, the quote - really nice!

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  3. That's a very beautiful tag, wow !! You were right to test immediately all the methods of Gesso shown by Sarinda ! Wonderful result here, fab colours and also the image is really beautiful. Coco x

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  4. When I am not thinking Stamptique, I am thinking VINTAGE!!! Love this so very much...and I see that "kiss" technique with gesso in the background! Just lovely, Corrie!!

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  5. What a stunning image of a well to do lady. Love the gesso ridges too. Karen.x

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  6. Beautiful vintage. I was caught by the texture right away!

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  7. Gorgeous tag, love the ridged background as well.
    Yvonne

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  8. Wat een gave techniek is dit toch... Je hebt er een super mooie tag van gemaakt! Groetjes, Gerrina

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  9. Stunning tag and a beautiful quote

    Chrissie x

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  10. Lovely tag and great quote! Good idea for appying texture as well :)

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