A Birthday Tag

I made this birthday tag for my friend and colleague Jane, the most generous person and a most talented crafter

The tag is built around an graphic from the vast image collection of the Graphics Fairy. Karen collects the most amazing images and she generously shares them with the crafting community - Karen, thank you so much.
I cut out the image and layered it on Jenny Bowlin paper and embellished it with some ribbons which I had in my stash, some sewing around the edges and a little printed label. Oh, and I put a little bit of glitter in the middle of the little hydrangea flowers ... Enjoy, Petra.
Also linking it to: Creative Spirit Challenge
CES Challenge

A British-English Birthday

A few days ago somebody very close to my heart had birthday. Being very english in some ways I wanted to honour this (lol) ... and felt a card would maybe not quite be big enough to hold all quintessential items like tea, the Queen, Cricket, lots of roses, the old Mini, ......
It had to be a canvas whiick I painted with acrylic paint around the edges and on the back (my first ever encounter with acrylic paint, it is quite an interesting medium to work with). The background paper is from October Afternoon an old map of Central London. Once the background was prepared I arranged and layered all paper pieces ... nothing digital this time but a pure paper collage ... most graphics are from the Graphics Fairy ... Karen's collection is just so amazing .... the mini image one of the Kanban car clear stamp set, the cricketer from Arthur's clip art ... oh, and the tea bag from a box of Twinings English Afternoon Tea (LOL), happy Monday Petra.

NB I also link this up to Cindy's new monthly challenge: the Creative Spirit Challenge. You are encouraged to post something on your blog, whether it is artwork, photography, a recipe--whatever it is that exemplifies your creative spirit. Just go and have a look!