Timeless Beauty Vintage Photo Tag

This tag is everything I love.....

Vintage Photos

Metallic Paints

Embossing Folders

Large Tags

Script

Scroll Die Cuts

Gorgeous Paper

I made it just for me, using whatever I liked, and it was great to be

 using things that had been chucked away .

No deadlines....no product restrictions....nothing but

 whatever

 came

 into my head.

It was great.

Not that I'm not grateful for all of the above, but sometimes 

it's just wonderful to make whatever you want without any restraints.

This starts with a large manila tag that has been run through

 an embossing machine using the Nouveau folder from Vintaj.

 (sadly it has been discontinued)

Then I added Metallique Paints and Archival Inks in many layers.

This is one of the first layers. I found I needed a lighter background, 

so lighter colors were added with more inks,

but I loved the colors in this layer.

Flowers, Beads, Mechanicals, Mica Sprays, Vintage Trim, Die Cuts,

Canvas, and Vintage Images all took their places on the tag.

This is a shot in between layers. More flowers and beads were added.

And just a note. I was thrilled and honored to be invited to the 

"Friends Helping Friends" auction to raise money for the Hurricane Harvey 

Victims. Ten Artists donated pieces and Cat Kerr posted them for bid.

I was extremely pleased to have mine sell for $150. 

 Everyone else's sold for an amazing total of almost $2600.

 One of the buyer's husband agreed to match that total! 

What a great auction it turned out to be.

Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen. 

 Cat is now under the gun of  Hurricane Irma herself. 

Be safe, my friend.

Your Friend in ART,

Linda