Dos Centavos

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This week, the Monday blog challenge at Simon Says Stamp is botanical so it prompted me to finally finish a collage I started a while back that includes a bird cut from an out of print Graphic 45 paper collection called Botanicabella.

It's mounted on an old book cover, the paper on the right and at the bottom are vintage, the map on the left side was printed on beige cardstock then antiqued.

A stamp from Anna Griffin was used in the lower left corner, tissue paper from an old pattern, a bit of black mulberry paper and a vintage postage stamp completed the project.

Trois Dames

For me, the best part of crafting is the problem solving required when things don't go the way you expected. I believe I used "everything but the kitchen sink" when making this tag and finally stopped tweaking it when I ran out of ideas and the paper just couldn't take anymore.

It may seem a bit odd but, one of my favorite papers is a striped dark brown and off white pattern that can be cut into tiny strips to add accents where needed. An example of that paper runs across the bottom of this tag.

This is tag number two in a series I'm working on that feature some vintage photos I found on Pinterest (see earlier post here).

Monopoly

I couldn't let the letter M challenge at SSS go by without one more entry since I've had more time to play this week and found this theme easy to work with.

For Christmas, I received a collection of miniature stamps by Tim Holtz and they remind me of the place markers from a Monopoly game.

So I found a great image of the patent application submitted by Charles Darrow in 1935 and added a few new place markers to his design.

I give much credit to Stampers Anonymous for these tiny stamps as they have an incredible amount of detail. So, how about this for a title?

Modified Miniature Monopoly Markers by an M Maniac

(I think I better take a break...)