Tuesday, 10 April 2012

Spring Cleaning.

Hello everyone, hope you had a good break. I do not love housework, although it is lovely when I've gone through the house or my craft room! I would rather be like dear mole from Wind in the Willows and when I have had enough of the 'H' word go off and have an adventure! To try something a bit different and stretch myself drew an image of mole as I did not have stamps or pictures in my stash. I coloured it with watercolours, edged it with some twigs from the garden (fiddly) and coloured and punched some leaves. A piece of rusty wire for the hook and then I printed out the opening lines from the book and pasted them onto distressed banners that I wove ito the frame.
Mole spring cleaning.
Dear mole, this is still one of my favourite childhood stories.
Thank you all for the kind messages you leave me. I hope you have a lovely week.
With hugs xx

17 comments:

  1. What a lovely tag. I love the way you have used twigs from your garden it finishes it off beautifully.

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  2. The most beautiful tag!! I love this with the twigs and leaves and dear little mole, gorgeous!

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  3. This is a wonderful tag Barb you have captured the theme so well!

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  4. A very lovely tag. I love your dear little mole.

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  5. A superb tag for one of my favourite books. Gorgeous!

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  6. Well done! Such a complete-looking tag. Very detailed work!

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  7. OMG...what a darling tag!! Your watercoloured mole is stunning...and what you have done with the twigs, rusty wire and leaves is brilliant Barb! Gorgeous work!
    Jan x

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  8. Fantastic ;-)

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  9. Great, I just LOVE Mr Mole! Valerie

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  10. A Brilliant tag, Barb. I love this, the painting, leaves, twigs and banners are all great, Jane xx

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  11. A truly inspirational tag. I adore it. well done Barb.
    x

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  12. Barb if you dont leave me this tag in your will, I am going to sulk haha.
    It is fantastic, well done.
    Lynn
    One I Made Earlier Today

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  13. Inspired! One of my favourite books. Love how you've transferred the feeling of that part of the story onto this tag.

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  14. I love this...what a brilliant idea. I love the book too!
    Kim x

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  15. Fantastic! Brilliantly executed.

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  16. A totally appealing tag in every way - the text, the image, the character and the embellishments are all beautiful

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  17. I adore the Wind in the Willows too ... a book I've read so many times ... I love moley too and his love of keeping his home as comfortable as can be ... a gorgeous tag, your watercolour drawing is devine ♥

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