Summer Holiday and Bugs

 Hi Everyone!

I am a bit behind with my tags as I have had a busy and exciting week.

I attended a batik workshop. 

If you want to see what I made you can see it on my blog here.

The main excitement was seeing the Queen when she 

came to open the new look Reading Railway Station on 

Thursday. I was right near the front and got such a clear 

and close view of Her Majesty! She looked lovely

and her face lit up when she saw the crowd. She had

her photo taken with construction workers. They 

were all in bright orange, she in bright turquoise, a

perfect contrast!

I have been thinking about summer holidays, and for me

that means one thing- France and sunflowers.

My tag is stitched. For background I used a rough textured fabric, 

coloured with Inktense blocks. I added layers of

stamped sunflowers, and put in some beads for seeds.

The border is a pretty French braid from a flea market.

I photographed it on my Rough Guide to France.

Here is my Bugs tag, a week late, but I am sneaking it in!

I chose dragonflies, for their  beauty and jewelled colours.

The centre of the tag shows a dragonfly, on top of some

hand made papers, which I have drawn into and picked out

the raised lines, making it look like plants. This is set onto

an Origami paper base, with washi tape surround, a stick on

border, and all set onto cardstock for a contrasting colour.