Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Papertrey's July Blog Hop

The color palette for the blog hop over at Papertrey is divine. I don't know about other people's experience, but I find PTI's colors to be more WOW! in person, than on my computer screen. This challenge left me thinking there was nothing that couldn't be accomplished if I just used wonderful 'Summer Sunrise' ink.                                                                        I just went for two tags. Tags are small experiments I can handle. For both tags I mixed and matched sets. The pinks and yellows reminded me of a 'gold flame' honeysuckle in my backyard. 'Mat Stack 5 provided the die-cut and most of the stamps. I used one half of a ornament stamp from the set to make the leaves, and for the stem, the dashed stitches from button boutique. 'Happy Birthday to you!' is from Flower Fusion #9 done with StazOn 'Timber Brown' because black was too severe for the palette I thought.

The second tag I'm not so happy with, but I just can't put my finger on why. I tried after the fact watermarking with VersaMark 'Dazzle Champagne' to give a bit more interest...toooo subtle. There was a discovery though; watermark ink on dye ink will slightly deepen to hue, just as it does on colored paper. All except the Happy Birthday stamp (from 'Happy Day'), the images are from 'Iconic Images', one of my go to sets. The die is 'Mat Stack 3'. A little DecoArt 'Glamour Dust' and glue pen were used to finish off the pair.

12 comments:

  1. Totally gorgeous tags, Marcie! These colors are just beautiful!
    Hugz2u...

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  2. Beautifully shaped tag! Love your stamping too!

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  3. Oh, these are both really lovely! You have me wishing I owned the Mat Stack 5 set!

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  4. I love your tags - I am really going to have to check out the Iconic Images set!

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  5. I've gotta get Mat Stack 5. Your honeysuckle tag is so cheerful! I like your second tag too, it's a little more quiet. Maybe cause it's more subtle than the 1st tag is why it's bugging you? Great job with both IMHO. :)

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  6. These turned out so pretty!!

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  7. Marcie, thank you for your kind words on my blog! Of course I had to visit yours to check out your work and I am not disappointed! Your use of the Mat Stack dies to make tags turned out great! I especially like your Mat Stack 3 and the Iconic Images floral image. I have that set but have not used it much - it is perfect for summer or fall cards. Great

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  8. Beautiful tags, Marcie! So glad to see your pretty artwork again. Sorry I didn't get in on this challenge. All of the entries are exceptional!

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  9. Marcie, I love them both. Your design is lovely, you blended the colors so beautifully, and your light touches of sparkle are so perfect!

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