A Vintage Journey ~Tag Friday ~ and Much Excitement!

Hi everybody! I'm very excited to announce that I am joining the A Vintage Journey blog, as one of their 4 new Creative Guides! I have been a big fan of AVJ for many years and it is a dream come true for me to be joining this fabulous team. My first post is for Tag Friday. This happens whenever there are five Fridays in the month. You can see some stunning work by some of the other Creative Guides with this link. As we are enjoying a lovely Spring season here in the UK, I've chosen a Spring theme for my tag. This is how it came together...
Firstly, I used Distress Oxide and Distress spray to colour the background...

Once dry, I ran the tag through my Big Shot, using Tim Holtz's Botanical Flowers 3D embossing folder. I also stitched around the edges with my sewing machine....

I stamped out the nest using the Stampers Anonymous, Bird Feather set using a piece of card that I coloured at the same time as the tag. I then fussy cut it and added some little 'eggs'.

 

My next step was to create a little fairy child to look after the eggs! I used one of the most adorable Paper Dolls and honoured him with a pair of Tim's gorgeous Transparent Wings...

 To enable him to sit snugly in the nest, I folded him in the middle and at the knees. This added just  enough dimension. I happened to have a set of hat stamps on my work table and when I spied a little crown, I couldn't resist using it to add a finishing touch. My final step, was to add a little more texture. I used corrugated card sprayed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and added a Remnant Rub On, saying 'Found'....

The addition of a couple of faux rust brads and a piece of linen thread and my tag was finished. I have to say that I'm rather in love with this little cutie!

I hope you've enjoyed this little walk through and I hope you'll be back to see what else I get up to as a Vintage Journey Creative Guide. Ooooo! sounds good eh! x