East Palestine

So much bad news lately, but the heart-breaking environmental catastrophe in East Palestine, Ohio, is truly hard to bare. I too, live close to a rail line and realize just how easily this could be me.

I am grateful to have crafting to distract me and provide an outlet for my feelings. If you like good writers, may I suggest this brief posting which describes the feelings around this event perfectly:

Smoke on the Water by Walter Kirn

My tag was made from an old Canadian watercolor postcard and the gents were cut from a vintage image. The tinting in the sky was enhanced with colored pencils and I added some typewriter text.

As always, I hope this post finds you well and happy and I appreciate your visit.

Until next time, take care.

A Bouquet of Kittens

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone--I'm making this spur of the moment post to share the Hallmark card my husband gave me this morning. I just think it is really great!

Our baby of almost 20-years passed away awhile back and we still really miss him. My husband always gave me two cards every year--one from him and one from the cat.

I don't know if a kitten will ever be in our future again so for now I'll just enjoy my bouquet.

Give a hug to the ones you love! Thanks for stopping by.

 

Howie 2001 - 2020

Kansas

Most times, my inspiration for tag-making starts with a vintage photo that speaks to me somehow. I'm never sure where I'll end up but usually that voice gives me an idea on how to proceed. This one said, "Dorothy, you're not in Kansas anymore."

It began as a vintage postcard that I trimmed and pasted to give it the standard tag dimensions. Then I applied an image transfer of the photo (technique here) and used thin washes of acrylic paint for color.

I knocked-back a portion of the postmark where it covered the dress with transparent white, used glitter on the corsage and shoes and added the appropriate text cut from a book page.

Most tags look better with a border, this one is washi-tape. Since it was too wide, I taped it to my cutting mat, used an X-Acto knife to cut smaller strips and (as is always the case) it was still sticky enough to be reapplied to the tag.

I'm linking up to Simon's Monday challenge, "Frame It."

As always, I hope this post finds you well and happy and I appreciate your visit.

Until next time, take care.