Wednesday 31 October 2012

April


Here's my April tag for The Craft Barn Calendar Challenge where the theme is to use Paper Tape.


I wasn't sure which month to do but then I got an email from my nephew to say he's getting married next April in Amsterdam so I went with an orange theme  - colour of the Netherlands and tulips!  Anyway the bright background is a mix of Spiced Marmalade, Barn Door and Mustard Seed Distress Inks spritzed with water and mopped up with the tag, edged with Barn Door and stamped with a Hero Arts sentiment. 

Now to add Paper Tape!! It's not something I possess and I didn't have any standard masking tape...... but then I suddenly realised I had some Eclipse Masking Tape which is nice and white.  I've stamped it with Oak House Studio's Mack Rose in Vermillion Archival and stuck the strip down the side of the tag.   It's just finished with some ribbons and the calendar of course.

Really enjoying this challenge - the 5 I've done so far are all so different but hopefully will make a nice gift come Christmas.  Next job is to tidy all the backs up and maybe create a space for writing notes.

Thanks for looking once again!!

10 comments:

  1. Love the tag, the tape looks great and the colours are fabulous.

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  2. Love the vibrant colours of your tag and the tape is so eyecatching!! x

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  3. Love the vibrant colours of your tag and the tape is so eyecatching!! x

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  4. Love these colours, the tape is great too!

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  5. Wonderful background and great work on the tape - I really like your choise of stamp and colors for it.

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  6. Bright and cheerful colours, plus an interesting "tape" technique (the eclipse, I mean)

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  7. Very pretty calendar page, I love the stamped tape and the contrast colour of orange for the background.

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  8. Another great tag calendar Elaine Love your tape border so pretty, thanks for stopping by my blog and for your lovely comments

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  9. Any way will work with the masking tape. Great use of the Eclipse masking tape.
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    Izzy

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  10. Wonderful page, great bright colors.

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