Blue Snowman Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday Blue Snowman Birthday Card

I am so very sad, this is the last Throwback Thursday of 2014. If you are thinking of joining in on the fun, please hurry, I am a little late with my post (just pretend you didn't notice I should have posted this last Thursday or you may think I am early, lol). If you are looking for the original post, you can find it here.

Are there some cards you come back to over and over again? This is one of those for me because I absolutely love the way this snowman turned out.  The snowman was one of those pleasant surprises, I was given short notice of the birthday celebration and my son asked for a snowman on his cousin's birthday card.  So, what's a person to do?  At the time I was experimenting with a style of quilling made popular by Yulia Brodskaya and this little guy appeared from my strips of paper.  Have you ever had something emerge out of what you were creating that was unexpected? I'd love to hear your story.

I hope you enjoy my Blue Snowman, have a wonderful day!

Summer Tag Swap

I know that I usually post about quilling projects, but I wanted to indulge in some of my other interests for a moment. This is a picture of a Summer Tag Swap that I participated in. This was for one of the groups I belong to. The only guideline is that it had to be a Summer Theme.

I hand cut the tag, I cut a rectangle and then shaped the top into a rounded triangle type shape and punched a single hole in the top. I then punched 3 additional holes along the left hand side near the top.

I picked 2 ribbons that coordinated in shades of blue and green (I thought they reminded me of a beach-y summer color). For the top hole I took a strip of both ribbons and tied them, and along the side I alternated the ribbons.

The bird was inspired by some stamps that I saw and just that 60's or 70's look in general. I sketched out a bird shape and created a template and then traced it out on patterned paper. I use the ink-to-paper method and inked the outline of the bird in this beautiful Tsukineko glimmer stamp pad. You cannot see it in the paper, but it has this glistening appearance.

Then I took my beach theme further and created a torn beach and waves look by tearing shades of green and sand. The sand also has an added glimmer with a gold and bronze mix.

The epoxy stickers are from Michael's - I thought the shells added a nice touch and the "Enjoying Life" should be everyone's mantra for the summer months - lol.

Finally, the bird was attached with a pop dot for added dimension.

The weather here is distinctly rainy and getting cold, so I thought this would warm us up and give us a bit of sunshine.


Enjoy!
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