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Thursday 9 May 2013

comfortingly neutral..

well here I am with my piece for Creative Expressions this week, more fab flowers and this time in the comfort of the neutrals that I love.. So this uses the delicate asters set from hearflet creations, these are pre-mounted and precut. So here is my make:


I still love tags and making them makes me happy...somehow they are the right size and shape...funny how some things feel like the right thing to make!? So I started by adding some strips of tissue tape in parts to the tag. Then coated with a layer of mushroom eco paint...what a yummy colour! Then when dry, I added some studio 490 texture paste through small dots stencil ( that special touch mask). I dried and swiped with white and sanded...adding some pearl gilding wax.
 
 
 The asters were stamped in frayed burlap..still continues my love of this colour!! then I used a waterbrush to slightly soften colour in centre and added some mini gears another thing i love...some silver wire and there you have it!
 

well hope you like my make today....and blogger let me put the pictures on !yippee!!!

have a fun and inky one!
trace  x

20 comments :

  1. Beautiful and effective Trace. Love the neutral colourscheme and those asters. Hugs, Jenny x

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  2. Always LOVE your neutral colour palette Trace and this tag is gorgeous. Love the subtle background and those flowers really pop! So striking and yet subtle at the same time. And yep, know all about the comfort of making tags.....

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  3. That is so pretty! You are a genius at using neutral colours.

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  4. A lovely tag Tracey

    Sally

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  5. A very elegant creation Trace. Such beautiful flowers and gorgeous texture.
    Hugs, Fliss xx

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  6. Lovely tag , the neutrals look fabulous. Love,how,you added wires for the stems. Tracy x

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  7. Another of your fantastic tags Trace. Those Asters are beautiful. Love it. Hugs Rita xxxx

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  8. It's beautiful!! So effective in monotones. Love the aster stamp, was just commenting so on Gillian's!!

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  9. Stunning - nothing more to say xx GailT xx

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  10. another 'so pretty' make - I just love the mini gear centres - fabulous xx

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  11. Great how you used gears as center of the beautiful flowers! The colour-palette you show her is georgeous and the silver wire perfect... Hugs, Gerrina

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  12. Hi Trace, this is so very you, I love the neutral palette and those asters are just divine - also love that pearl gilding wax, it really has the wow factor. Hugs, Anne x

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  13. Love the fact its all one colour (apart from flower centes!) - looks lovely!

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  14. So delicate and beautiful, and with Trace written all over it - it's a wonderful, wonderful tag. Completely agree with you about tags, too - I'd be lost without them!
    Alison x

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  15. Beautiful!!! Love the flowers. Everything looks so elegant.

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  16. This tag looks gorgeous. I especially love the wires stems. Great idea!

    Hugs,
    Gaby

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  17. So beautiful, love the flowers what stamp did you use for them?

    Hugs Eliza

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  18. Your background is beautiful; I just love the texture and interest you've created. Those flowers look amazing but did you cut each one out?? I did click your link but clearly my brain wasn't functioning because I couldn't work them out (must be my age!).
    I'm with you on tag making. This one is a real beauty Trace.
    Hugs, Juliaxxx

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    1. Yes I did cut each flower, they are beautiful delicate aster stamps from heartfelt creations....at creative expressions hugs trace x xx

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  19. These neutral tones look stunning, a clean and simple look to this make Trace. xx

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