Winter Sunshine by Donna Gray
11:00
Hi
everyone,
Donna
here today with a tag featuring a fab That’s Crafty! greyboard tree
embellishment as the star of the tag.
What I did:
I
took a size 8 manila tag and swooshed it through a mixture of red and orange
Distress Oxides’ that were diluted on my craft mat.
I
kept adding and blotting until I was satisfied with the background, then I heat
dried it thoroughly.
The
swirly little circles were stamped in the same red shade of Distress Oxide
using a hand carved stamp of mine, I just wanted something subtle to add
interest to the background without detracting from the sentiment or the tree.
I
then stamped the fab new sentiment from Alison Bomber with black Archival ink,
I really can’t resist adding sentiments to everything I make!!
The
‘sun’ was dipped into the little pool of Distress Oxides I had left over, this
was made from some waxy packaging I had.
As
for the greyboard tree, I covered it with a coat of a new wonderful That’s
Crafty! rough texture paste (coming soon), applied with a palette knife to resemble rough
tree bark. It was then coloured with a mixture of DecoArt and That’s Crafty!
paints with a touch of a black Gelato too.
For
the finishing touches, I added a little bit of Distress Crayon to ‘ground’ the
tree, added a piece of raffia and then added a touch of Stickles to give the
whole tag a frosty look.
I’m
quite pleased with how this turned out, a walk in the blazing sunshine of a
Winter’s day…what could be nicer!
Supplies Used:
That’s
Crafty! Texture Pastes (coming soon)
Hope
you like it
Donna
x
10 comments
Simply AMAZING! WOW!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous tag Donna. The background is fabulously bright and the beautiful tree really pops against it. Love Alison's quote too.
ReplyDeleteFliss xx
How apt your tag is today as it’s been boiling, you couldn’t plan that. Love it when art mirrors life. Beautiful warm colours on this one for your fab tag
ReplyDeleteLove
Amanda x
Such richness in these colours, it's like Autumn turns to Winter within a single glance. Beautiful way to introduce your hand carved flower stamp. Lovely tag Donna.
ReplyDeleteHugs Tracey xx
Ooo this is lovely Donna, gorgeous colours and I love the raffia xx
ReplyDeleteGorgeous tag Donna! Love the tree and the fantastic background!
ReplyDeleteFabulous tag Donna!!!! LOVE it!!! xx
ReplyDeleteSuch amazing tag, Donna, it really speaks of sun burn and nature wonders, I love the sun even shines through earth, to the other side of our planet. And the tree, is beautiful, with the little rest of frosted snow on the branches , now melting away !! So very fantastic,dear. Hugs ,Dorthe, xxx
ReplyDeleteWowzer - stunning fiery background - the bare tree looks amazing against that blazing winter sunshine.
ReplyDeleteAlison x
Gorgeous tag Donna. Love the colour and that verse.
ReplyDeleteBev. xxx
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