Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Tag Tuesday #42

It's Tuesday, and that means Louise's Tag Tuesday Challenge! The theme this week is to use Brown plus one other color. I had a difficult time coming up with an idea, but I finally looked at my new Hero Arts Dogwood stamp sitting on my worktable. I've been inspired by the beautiful effect Tiffany produced by simply stamping with it HERE and HERE.
I used a maple veneer tag base and painted it with a new acrylic paint by Ecogreen Crafts. I found their booth at CHA and was impressed with all of the eco-friendly craft products from paints to inks and stamps.  The rep gave me a sample of their paint in a color called Gourde.
It is an olive-y green color and it's wonderful, it brushes on really smoothly and covers well. It also accepted the Memories ArtPrint Brown dye ink I used to stamp the Dogwoods really well; it deserves a thumbs-up. Ecogreen Crafts, being a green company had a very unique catalog to hand out at CHA......
So anyway , back to the tag, I tried several different embellishments and finally settled on just adding some stamped text on either end and a simple brown ribbon. A bit of Vintage Photo Distress ink blended on the edges was the finishing touch. Very simple.

Thought for the Day: Psalm 90:12 "Teach us to realize the brevity of life so that we may grow in wisdom."

Blessings to you,
nancy

26 comments:

  1. Your tag design really shows off the beauty of that stamp and paint. I love how you designed your stamping to go off the edge of the tag. Your tag is simply breathtaking!

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  2. Lovely tag. I love Dogwood flowers and that is a fabulous stamp. Great colors.

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  3. Just gorgeous! You treated this stamp just right, letting it stand on its own!

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  4. So amazing is this tag and really loved that you only stamped the dogwood partially on the tag, that paint really has a neat and very smooth finish to the background!

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  5. This tag is fab! Love the partial stamping and these colors! Beautiful!

    Hugs,
    Vanessa

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  6. LOVE your tag! The monocromatic theme is just perfect with the letter writing text! Love that green craft paint,too!

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  7. Fab Tag Nancy - love the rustique look!

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  8. Just wonderful Nancy. I love the colour of the background. Perfect for Tag Tuesday challenge.

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  9. wow! simply gorgeous! i love that new paint color and the fact that this tag is so simple!

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  10. Your tag looks just gorgeous! I love how this dogwood stamp looks! Elegant!

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  11. Gorgeous stamp and colors Nancy!

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  12. That is a fabulous stamp, makes a gorgeous tag!

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  13. Nancy, your tag is beautiful. The new acrylic paint looks as smooth as a wash over the tag. And what a fab stamp that dogwood one is. The dogwood is our state tree.

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  14. The tag is so perfect without anything else, Nancy! Just love the way you made this! Great "Thought for the Day" too! :)

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  15. Wow wow Nan this is stunning and before I forget I just love your new header. So much fun to hear all about your stamp class and so very cool Tiff was there. I bet you are the most amazing teacher ever. I admire you in so many ways!
    Hugs,Kathy

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  16. Simple and stunning all in one! nicely done Nancy!

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  17. Beautiful warm tag, Nancy! Love the effect of the two stamps on the tag and how you have used them.

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  18. What a gorgeous tag, Nancy! Love it!!

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  19. OMG! your cards are Gorgeous!! I really love the look!!!!!!

    Katheirne

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  20. Hi, Nancy! Gorgeous tag! Love the dogwood blossoms! :-)

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  21. I always want to add so much stuff to my tags, but after see your tag I might have to re-think that. Your tag is Gorgeous. I love it!

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  22. That is a gorgeous stamp and it looks just lovely on your tag!

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  23. Gorgeous botanical tag - the maple veneer is lovely!

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