Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Tag Tuesday - Insects

 Spring is almost in the air with Spring-like temperatures, the birds looking for suitable nests and the first bees humming around early flowers. And with the weather being a bit calmer it is such a nice feel. The theme over at Tag Tuesday is so very fitting this week: insects. I choose just one insect, my very favourite one: a butterfly
 I covered the basic tag with crinkled sewing pattern tissue paper
 
coloured it with various chalks and ribbed off the tissue paper around the basic tag. 
  
 
I added some gesso to the middle of the tag, spread some watercolour paint on the craftmat and layed
the tag onto the paint. 
 
The butterfly and the sentiment (both Darkroom Doors stamps) were stamped with blue acrylic paint, the lines were created with acrylic paint using atracing wheel. 
 
As embellishments I added some little blings, some wooden beads and a little chiffon ribbon.

Enjoy your Tuesday, Petra.

8 comments:

  1. Valerie-Jael18 February 2014 at 09:04

    Fantastic tag. love the colours. Great idea to use the tracing wheel for the lines! Valerie

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  2. Sherry18 February 2014 at 12:22

    I love your tag Petra, it's so arty.

    Thanks for sharing your process of how you got that beautiful background - gesso and watercolour, I will have to try that one xx

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  3. Words and Pictures18 February 2014 at 18:35

    Absolutely stunning, Petra! The background is so cool - and lovely to see the process, thank you - and the vivid blue of the butterfly is fabulously zingy against the orange.
    Alison x

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  4. Christine Kiehl19 February 2014 at 17:17

    Great tag, I so need to do one now! Very inspiring, thank you for sharing with your fan base!

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  5. Marjie Kemper19 February 2014 at 22:01

    Such a lovely tag, Petra. The texture is stunning!

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  6. ~*~Patty S20 February 2014 at 04:58

    what a very pretty butterfly tag you've created Petra!

    thank you also for sharing how you made it...

    oxo

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  7. Karen Lunagirl6 March 2014 at 01:18

    Beautiful project & very nice tutorial!

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  8. ddazzled7113 March 2014 at 07:12

    As a lover of butterflies your tag easily caught my eye. It is stunning and I love the pop of color against the more neutral tonings of your background. TFS with us over in the Unruly Yahoo Group in Feb, I have actually chosen your tag as one of the works to be featured in our upcoming Community Update this month.

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Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and leaving a comment, this is very much appreciated. Have a wonderful day, Petra.