Five Christmas Tags

I'm hosting a Christmas tag swap at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group.  I decided to finish my tags last night.  They are just about finished.  I have to finish the back of two of the tags and add the ribbon trim..  These tags are about 4" x 8".  They are in stock at Collage Stuff.  The background papers are from the Basic Grey Aspen Frost 6x6 paper pack.  I love the 6x6 paper packs because the papers are already coordinated.  The Santa images are Victorian scraps that are available at Collage Stuff.  I just created a new Christmas collage sheet, "Christmas Past", and used images from this collage sheet on some of the tags.  The German scrap items used include the Merry Christmas Script, Red Medals, Red Renaissance Border and Tiny Red Border - all available at Collage Stuff.  The other images are from Tumble Fish Studios at the Deviant Scrap website.   I really like the Tim Holtz Mirror Stars, also available at Collage Stuff.  On some of the Santa images, I used Distress Picket Fence Stickles.  On some of the bells I used Mustard Seed Distress Stickles.  I had a lot of fun making these tags!  Which one is your favorite?  Thanks for stopping by!

New Collage Sheet - Fairy Song

A brand new collage sheet - "Fairy Song"! This collage sheet has images of a lovely girl, butterflies, flowers (2.5 x 3.5"), sheet music (2.5 x 3.5") titled "Fairy Song" from a vintage children's book, "fairy song" words, AND 2 x 2" and 1 x 1" collages with the images. The sheet music may look blurry because this is a low resolution photo. The sheet music image is crystal clear on the 300 dpi collage sheet. This collage sheet will be available this weekend at Collage Stuff.

Fly Away Back Cover

At the Collage Stuff yahoo group, we are starting on a new little fat book swap. The book is titled "Fly Away" and it is a bird-themed LFB swap. I make the covers for these books. The back cover is always digitally designed, while I make hand-made front covers. I used images from the following Collage Stuff collage sheets in this design: Angel Faces, On the Wing, Lovely Nests and the I Love NYC. I made the "fly away" at the Acme Label Maker website. Several elements were added by using PSP brushes - the crown on the bird, the gear around the eye and "branches" around the nest. I like to put words over lips, as though the words are being spoken. After I thought I was done with this, I went back in and added the words "dance on the wind".

New Postcard

Here is a new postcard that I created today. It's a vintage photo of Westminster Abbey altered digitally. I think it almost looks a little steampunk. This image in different colors will be available on a collage sheet at Collage Stuff soon!

New Gothic Arches

I finished a gothic arch last night- front and back. I used images from the new Cemetery Imagery collage sheets available at Collage Stuff.

This one uses an image from the Cemetery Angels #12 and Cemetery Imagery #1. It's made with scrapbook papers, vintage text and sheet music, acrylic paint, crackle paint, white lace flowers painted gold and gold brads. I left the transparency loose so that it can be moved around on the arch.

This one uses images from the Cemetery Imagery #2 collage sheet. This one has layers of acrylic paint, gesso, and is stamped/embossed and overstamped. I used Distress inks and white Brilliance inks.

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