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Friday, 6 June 2014

The Birds are Singing!



The sun in shining today and the birds were in full song this morning, so I felt like making a celebration of nature with my tag today (OK, same as most days!). I have several of Crafty Individuals' bird stamp and this collage one is probably my favourite. My apologies to the bird who I think is a sparrow! Needed a pop of colour in their so he ended up blue!

It's quite dimensional this tag, with plenty of layers on the little birdhouse to make it pop from the background. I cut the heart out as a aperture and and the roof and bird are layered too. I did Paula Cheney's big bow thing again at the top, this time with twine.

Decided to combine two challenges with today's crafty make - Crafty Individuals Tag You're It (hosted by the lovely Helen Chilton) and Virginia's View Challenge #4 (tag with a recycled element).

My recycled elements are real twigs, garden twine and a scrap of old music paper.

The Crafty Individuals stamps I used are Birdhouse Collage (218) and Birds, Branches & Cage (234).

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11 comments:

  1. nefertiti6 June 2014 at 11:49

    Wow! great work, I love your tag Katy!!
    Bizz, Sylvie

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  2. Jeanette M.6 June 2014 at 12:14

    Beautiful tag! Love the dimension, and using the real twigs looks great!

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  3. Anonymous6 June 2014 at 16:36

    The bold colour works an absolute treat with this CI stamp.
    I so love the addition of nature elements such as the twigs.
    Thank you for joining the Crafty Individuals Challenge for June.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  4. Scrapmate6 June 2014 at 16:50

    The blue really pops against the brown of the birdhouse and the twigs. This is a wonderful tag.

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  5. Virginia L.6 June 2014 at 17:08

    Absolutely GORGEOUS, Katy! I love your use of twigs, garden twine and old paper! Congrats on the Virginia's View Facebook feature! Hope to see more of your beautiful work!

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  6. Kate6 June 2014 at 17:49

    Great tag Love the blue background just stunning and using the twigs such a great touch :)
    Kate xx

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  7. Jean Hardy6 June 2014 at 22:04

    This is lovely Katy and I so love the twigs and the big bow!! Thank you for joining in the CI June Challenge. Jean x

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  8. Lucille K12 June 2014 at 04:42

    Wow!! I love your tag, wonderful :)

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  9. Ruth16 June 2014 at 20:33

    Love the dimension you've created and beautiful shades used, great tag!

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  10. Cocofolies20 June 2014 at 13:20

    Ooh, I love this stamp!!! Your tag is fabulous! Thanks for sharing with us at Crafty Individuals this month Katy!! Crafty hugs, Coco x

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  11. Shilpa Nagaonkar6 July 2014 at 04:37

    Superb tag, love all detailed work and colors!!
    Congrats on your win at Crafty Individuals!!

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