Sunday, September 06, 2009

bird card which was meant to be a tag.


I originally started making this for the tag it on challenge which is "up, up and away", but somewhere along the way I forgot that was making a tag and it turned into a card. The stamp is from The Artistic Stamper. The background is done using the technique Jo showed in this month's craft stamper. I have used real dried flowers on this card so I have attached it to the back of the acetate with eyelets to protect them.
I am also sending this in for the current Art Raffle theme.

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13 comments:

  1. lovely card - that technique that Jo did is pretty nifty.
    I always like it when things naturally develope and you end up with something you werent expecting!

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  2. oh i love birds your card is lovely.i know what you mean though.whenever i set out to do something it always turns out as something else
    debbie xxx

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  3. lovely Joanne. worked really well specially with the addition of the dried flowers.

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  4. lol, I started playing around with Jo's technique yesterday, I have a couple of backgrounds waiting to be made into something.

    Love the card Joanne, the dried flowers are a lovely touch.

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  5. Well it made a Better card than tag, Love how its on acetate and the real flowers are so lovely, Beautifully done Joanne!

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  6. I looked at this and thought 'oooo this looks really layered, just my kinda thing'...then saw my name mentioned and was really pleased you'd tried it out.

    I love cards that started life as a tag- the tag part always looks so packed with thought and decisions that the space of acetate or white card that its mounted onto gives it a chance to stand alone and look less intense. Looks fab, good move.

    Reading that back I sound like the drunk propping up the bar talking waffle, sorry about that, I hope you understood what I was trying to say. Its been a long day lol.

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  7. This is really nice. I love the dried flowers on the card. Very talented!
    Christine

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  8. I love accetate cards and this is beautiful Joanne.. love the bird stamp.

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  9. Card, tag... either way it's lovely! Turned out very pretty, Joanne!

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  10. Tag or not, it is absolutely a delightful piece of art! Love it!

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  11. Hi Joanne thanks for stopping by my little space earlier and leaving me a lovely comment I like your work its a little bit of everything like all your different styles.
    Christine x

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  12. This is a beautiful card! I love how you protected the dried flowers behind the acetate - smart idea.

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  13. Ohhh this is lovely, Joanne. You do birds so well... Sorry not to acknowledge sooner but only just had 5 of the comments show up on my blog!!! Thought you had all forgotten me!!!!!
    Hugs
    Frankie
    xx

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