Week 17 - 52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2018

On a week when the sun has actually started to shine and give us some heat, crafting has not been high on the agenda, so I'm a little later in the day posting the prompt for this week. 

The Prompt for Week 17 is "A Nursery Rhyme".

So where do I start with telling you about this tag.  I started by sticking a piece of used wrapping paper onto a tag.  I then found some old paint tester pots & mini rollers and decided to grunge the background by dragging and daubing the paint.  I then inked the edges in a red and a black ink.  (Here's the paper and paint, before I started).

I then stamped the shells using a Hero Arts wood mounted set called "Little Shells - LL738", coloured them with Promarkers and then cut them out.

Using the Sizzix Big Shot, I die cut the flowers using the Tim Holtz Stamper's Anonymous "Flower Jar Framelits 662270).  I then coloured them using my pastels and a moist paintbrush.

The assembly started by arranging the flower die cuts and sticking them into position.  I then positioned and glued the sea shells to the base of the tag. I printed out part of the verse, cut it into sections then boxed them with a black biro before sticking them into position.  I then completed the rhyme by writing it around the edge of the tag.  Finally, I tied some silver bells together and added a ribbon.

Sam x

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