Wednesday, June 30, 2010

June Tag Swap hosted by Arlene - MyButterflyKisses12



The theme was French Postcard and the challenge Collage.  My recipe:

• Staples postcards in matte white, image of Carte Postale from The Graphics Fairy - http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/

• Postcards glued with Scotch Quick-Dry Adhesive to medium weight chipboard of same size (5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches)

• Postage stamp cut with my Cricut using the Gypsy to size it to .82 x .82 inches from the Sweethearts cartridge by using the new hide feature so only the outside is cut

• On the cut out stamp I added an image from a Studio G stamp set with photo images which also has the little camera I used in the lower right hand corner

• The postage stamp was then adhered with dimensional adhesive and overstamped with a postmark stamp from Inkadinkado #8376 (2 of 4)

• Eiffel Tower image, along with all the images on the back, are from Graphics Fairy, printed on parchment paper for an added vintage look without having to use ink

• Edges of the front were rubbed with Vintage Photo Distresses ink using a finger dauber

• I left a personalized message ‘I Love Paris' in French for each of the people in my swap group

• The back has a floral note card glued and French text inked on either side of it with a collage of vintage French advertising and my personal information for the swap.

6 comments:

  1. This is absolutely beautiful Natasha, you made a wonderful job creating this, loving it all :-) really like the little square images too.. to coin one of your phrases it's "Stinkin Cute" ;-)

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  2. love the tag, so vintage. and you described it so well. would love to win it. thanks for sharing. Barbara

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  3. Beautiful tag, love the vintage advertising on the back.

    Tried to contact you via youtube but my message does not seem to reach you. Can you contact me regarding the L x XL tags etc. at mabu14ATgooglemail.com

    Thanks for sharing,
    Caroline

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  5. Hi Natasha! It's Dianne from the Tag Swap! I received the tag today and I just wanted to let you know that I LOVE IT! OMG! I love all the pictures you used! It's puurrrrfect! Thanks for the additional images as well! :)

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