Thursday, April 29, 2010

Mostly Digital Tag....and a Stamp Fever class with Kathy!

While clicking through my downloads I've saved from all the wonderful free collage image sites I got the idea to do a mostly digital tag for Louise's Tag Tuesday Challenge.  The this week is Glitter and after a few monumental collage failures, trust me they were really bad, I finally finished a tag that I'm happy with.
I put this together in my favorite program: Microsoft Office-Publisher. I started with the heart shape and filled it with the image of the woman (I'm not sure where I found that one).[Edited: The image of the woman is from Art Creations Friday. Thank you Louise and Lin! ]  I resized it then I added the gold-toned shadow. The sheet music is from Antique Images, which is layered behind the heart. I used WordArt to type Romance using a font called Scriptina. Then I grouped all the images, sized them to the tag size and printed. The floral image is from Vintage Catnip, and it was printed separately and cut out. I added some Ultra Fine glitter in New Penny to the leaves in the woman's hair and the outlines of the roses. The flower was made with lace seam binding gathered with gold thread.
Last night I went to a stamp class at Stamp Fever taught by the ever-ebullient Kathy Ethington. We used stamps from April in Paris by Oxford Impressions to make collage cards. Here's one of the fun cards I made...
Stamp Fever is growing and adding more classes with some really wonderful teachers. If you are in the Orange County area I invite you to stop in for some inspiration and to browse the wonderful selection of rubber, clear and cling stamps.
Thought for the Day: This verse is from the devotion by Greg Laurie for today....
Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.
— Ephesians 4:15

 We can't compromise when it comes to speaking the truth, but who will listen if we don't speak and act with love. Jesus is my example and becoming more and more like Him is my goal.
blessings to you all,
nancy

24 comments:

  1. This is beautiful! Love the image. How lucky you have a stamp shop in your area! The olny stamp shop we had closed a while ago :(
    But at least we have a michaels and a joanns!

    Have a great day!

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  2. So feminine and elegant - love it Nanct!

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  3. Beautiful tag - I love how you did the glitter!

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  4. Such a beautiful tag Nancy, love the heart shaped image against the music, really love the vintage look to this.
    Sallyx

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  5. Beautiful tag and card! Love the vintage look...you're so good at it!
    The lacy flower on your tag is lovely and it looks crocheted!

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  6. Nancy, you've used one of my favorite images ever offered up by the challenge blog, Art Creations Friday. At least that's where I downloaded it from. Your tag is beautiful...how can it not be using that image?

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  7. Those are perfect and beautiful!

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  8. beautiful collage projects, Nancy! wow! i love the vintage look and the lace seam binding flower is gorgeous!!

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  9. Just beautiful. I have that girl image as well. and thanks for the links- now have the music. Your work is wonderful Nancy and I love visiting to see what you have done. Your class sounded like fun.

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  10. Love this tag, Nancy! What a wonderful mix of music, flowers and the lovely vintage portrait. I think, but am not positive, that the lovely lady came from Art Creations Friday???? I have definitely seen her before.

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  11. Nancy,

    How romantic and wistful....just a dab of glitter here and there. Love the seam binding flower!

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  12. Wow!! Your tag is an absolute stunner! Love the summery and light colors!

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  13. Beautiful creations and beautiful images.

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  14. Nancy, I am in awe! Amazing tag! All the different digital things you did scare the heck out of me! I have no idea how to do any of it! It turned out so pretty! Such a fantastic mix of images, beautifully put together! Love it!! :)

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  15. Its Breathtaking! You put so much thought into it and it shows! from the layout to the lace flower and touches of glitter, Just beautiful.
    I know nothing about digital and I'm in awe of your creativity with it all!

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  16. Beautiful work Nancy - just love how to interpreted vintage on your card!! Thanks for sharing too!
    Jacqueline x

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  17. So beautiful - love that lacy flower you created, Nancy!

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  18. Your tag is just GORGEOUS with a capital G! So pretty and feminine! Love the glitter!

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  19. Such beautiful, romantic, and elegant projects!! Love them!

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  20. Beautiful and stunning cards! I love all of the detail!

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  21. Just love the tag! Gorgeous! What a beautiful digital tag and the glitter is the perfect accent! Lovely card too! Looks like a fun class.

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  22. Love these warm colored creations! They are truly breathtaking!

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  23. Beautiful tag. I love your placement of glitter and your lace ribbon flower.

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  24. Nancy these are adorable! You are so creative!

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