THIS IS MY JANUARY TAG
A few days before Christmas we had an ice storm. Almost everyone in the area lost their power. We were lucky. We didn't lose our power. Maybe if we had I wouldn't have thought the ice storm was so beautiful. I couldn't help myself, I stayed on the warm side of the window and took these beautiful shots through the glass. I cropped them and had them printed. I cut out my tag and edged it with glitter. Then I used scissors with a deckled edge to trim them back some so that the glitter would show on the edges. I glued my picture in place. I used an icicle cutting file to cut out the icicles from white copy paper. I then mixed white pearl and blue pearl acrylic paint together making a very light cool blue. I painted the icicles and then I used an embossing pad to coat their surface and then sprinkled UTEE over them. I used a heat gun and melted the UTEE. I did this twice more. This is a technique called Cracked Glass. After they cool to room temperature they crack. I done the same with the lettering. The snowflake on the back was first stamped with the paint onto white copy paper and then cut out. Then I used The Cracked Glass technique on it. The smaller snowflakes were punched out of white glitter paper and a silver holographic gift bag. I layered them and then glued them in place. I finished the tag off with two decorative fibers for the tag tie.
Kathy Keller
Jeanne McCarthy
Kathy Scholl
Barbara Hahn
Jennifer Spirko
Donna "DeJa" Staton
Donna "DeJa" Staton
THESE ARE THE TAGS FOR THE SWAP
Sandi Hamel
Carol Kirkland
Judy Lawson
Kathy Keller
Jeanne McCarthy
Kathy Scholl
Barbara Hahn
Jennifer Spirko
Donna "DeJa" Staton
Donna "DeJa" Staton
These are the first tags of our new swap. I couldn't be more pleased. I'm sure that everyone is going to love their first tag. I know that I love them all. I can hardly wait to see what February's tag are like. The theme for February is "Vintage Romance". I am so excited. These are so wonderful! I can't imagine what our talented artists will create for February's "Vintage Romance".
Thanks for visiting and Thank you DeJa for the beautiful hostess tag.
Take Care
Kathy