buttons and bows!

i'm hosting the next wo week challenge for tag tuesday and i've chosen the theme buttons and bows! feel free to use either or both on your tags for the next two weeks. i have two collaged tags and one stamped tag to share.

the first two tags have collaged images from one crab apple and from dreamzetc (both are etsy shops). the third tag includes stamps from viva las vegas stamps and hero arts.

i hope you enjoy and will play along!

love to all.

more fabulous faces

there's one week remaining to play along with the "faces" challenge at tag tuesday. here are a few more faces tags i made for this challenge.

face stamp by invoke arts; sentiment by leavenworth jackson stamps. designer paper, butterfly brad and washi from my stash.

face stamp by technique junkies; sentiment stamp from viva las vegas stamps. butterfly is from lunagirl. washi from pipsticks, paper from stash.

face stamp from lost coast designs; sentiment stamp by penny black stamps. washi, border, flower, enamel dot, etc., from my stash of supplies. 

i stamped many more of my face stamps onto various book pages and designer papers but they didn't all make it onto tags. i'm sure they will turn up in future projects, stamped and ready to go!

love to all.

she flies over

faces, wings, gardens, flight. all good themes for springtime. here are two tags with plenty of all those things.

face stamp from lost coast designs "up close and personal" stamp set; butterfly from gecko galz "pretty little butterflies" collage sheet; sentiment by viva las vegas stamps; cloud washi tape from pipsticks; the rest of the bits are from my stash.

face stamp from lost coast designs "up close and personal" stamp set; butterfly from gecko galz "pretty little butterflies" collage sheet; flowers from gecko galz "jardin" collage sheet; background paper is also gecko galz; sentiment from tim holtz; flower and dot from my stash.

i'm always interested in using rubber stamps and collage images effectively together and am pleased with how these turned out.

challenges entered:
lost coast portal to creativity "on wings she flies;"
gecko galz customer challenge blog "nouveau garden;"
moo mania and more "spring fever;"
and a reminder there is a "faces" challenge at tag tuesday...

love to all

more beautiful faces

still playing with some simple stamping of african-american faces from some great rubber stamps i've recently acquired.

faces and words by technique junkies except the third face which is from viva las vegas stamps.  abstract images are from the stampstracts line by rubber moon art stamps.

love to all.

cats/katzen

for moo mania and more cats/katzen challenge:

my first 1.1x2.8 inch moo is a cheshire cat, stamp company unknown with a sentiment from viva las vegas stamps, stamped on designer paper from my stash.

my second moo features a stamped image from lost coast stamps, again stamped on designer paper from my stash.

i'm a cat lover so i always appreciate a cat theme!
love to all.

texture at tag tuesday

hello friends, i'm a bit late sharing for tag tuesday this week but back on june 13 the latest 2-week challenge began: "texture"

i cut a piece out of a cardboard box in which i'd received a package, cut it down to tag size and stripped it to get the corrugated texture for my tag.  a little distress ink around the edges and through the middle gave a little extra dimension to the base.  i stamped the clock (viva las vegas stamps) onto some textured paper also (though you can't really see it in the scan).  the silhouette alice and rabbit as well as the sentiment are all from gecko galz collage sheets.

there is a bit more than a week left to play so i hope you'll link up your own textured tag at the tag tuesday blog!

love to all.

viva la bride of frankenstein!

earlier this month i visited las vegas and while there i checked out the viva las vegas stamps store.  i bought several stamps but 3 were especially for hallowe'en and since the prompt this week at tag tuesday is also hallowe'en that gave me the perfect opportunity to show off my new treats.

the bride of frankenstein, the "boo" and the "happy halloween" are all from viva las vegas stamps.  other elements for these tags included papers by gecko galz, papers and die cuts by sabor papel (purchased through altered arts) and other die cuts, stickers and ribbons from my stash.

i'm linking to the "scary and weird" contest at lost coast portal to creativity. 

i had fun playing with my new toys.  the viva las vegas stamps store is a little hard to find and from the outside it seems tiny.

but inside it is crazy-full of awesomeness....

so that was also fun!
please come back here on october 27, that's the start of the gecko galz blog hop.  there will be a free collage sheet at every stop on the hop as well as the chance to win additional prizes.  so see you soon!

love to all.