Tuesday, 10 July 2012

Swimming

Hi everyone. I have been very colourful in my work of late, mainly due to the recent aquisition of Dylusion inks, so I have calmed down a little for my effort this week. I love this stamp of the bathing beauty and so I distressed her with vintage photo, used old photo corners, stuck her on a Kraft resist tag, added brown shells on ribbon, two shell stamps in the corner, some mini negative strip and then stamped out some bathing huts that I watercoloured down the side. Last bit, added a stamp that writes about being on holiday down the side in coffee archival ink and Bobs your uncle as they say! (I would love to know the origins of that saying as it doesn't make sense!)
tag tuesday swimmers
I guess looking at it against the orange background means I haven't toned down that much, but with the sun playing hide and seek we all need a bit of summer colour. I hope you all have a great week, am loving the range of all your tags, thanks for taking the time to comment on mine. Byeee for now. x
ps. I love the sea sound Carolyn, brilliant!
 


18 comments:

  1. Lovely image and great use of the vintage photo colours! Valerie

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  2. Very nice job! Love that parasol!

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  3. Love the film strip on this one! jenx

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  4. This is fab. Love all the elements including the orange background :0)

    I love Carolyn's sea sound too :0)

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  5. Talk about brilliant! Your tag totally IS! I was going to mention that it didn't look toned down to me...but since you did, I won't. :) I LOVE it!

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  6. I like the beach huts
    Lynn

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  7. I love your design, especially the way you have the huts peeking out. Blessings!

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  8. Gorgeous tag - I love the beach huts overhanging the edge and your lovely selection of embellishments. Great stuff.

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  9. Love all the little 'extras' - the shells, the beach huts and the strip of film. The ripples round her legs are great too!

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  10. Especially love the negative strip - this scene could come directly from a silent move. The attention to embellishing details is brilliant.

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  11. What an artistic tag - totally brilliant! It looks fab on the orange background, too! Wikipedia has a possible explanation of Bob's your uncle! Carolyn x

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  12. A very lovely tag, love those beach huts.

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  13. Very creative with all the elements hanging off!

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  14. Another beautiful tag Barb...love how you have put it all together with that gorgeous stamped image, the beach huts, trim and film strip! Fabby job!

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  15. Lovely tag, Barb. I love the image of the bathing beauty and how you have embellished it.
    Jane x

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  16. Your colourful backdrop showcases your lovely vintage tones. Lovely tag Barb

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  17. Love the colours and the layers. I especially love the way the beech huts hang over the edge of the tag.

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  18. Barb, this is fantastic!

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