Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Tuesday Taggers Guest Designer Today!!

I get to be a guest designer today at Tuesday Taggers!  I won their May 18th challenge and they asked if I"d like to be their guest designer for June 15th, you bet!   I was asked to make a vintage bookmark.

I absolutely love the vintage look and feel, I don't use it very often on my cards anymore so this was fun!  I stamped a Neenah Solar white scrap of card stock with the Stampin' Up! Victorian Lace background stamp in Palette Cognac ink then stamped the Stampin' Up! French Script background stamp over it in Memento Cocoa ink.   Next I stamped the Photo Print by Stampington & Co. onto another scrap of Papertrey Ink Premium White cardstock with Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip Craft Ink.  My new craft ink pad was dry so the clear embossing powder doesn't have the shine I was going for after heating it but vintage stuff is usually matte finish anyway.  I then stamped over that with the Stampin' Up! Linen background stamp in Palette Cognac stamped off once. 

The old family photos I have are matted and framed often in ovals so I chose a Spellbinder's Oval Nesties die to cut out the center of my rectangle that I'd rounded the corners on.  The inside of that oval was used for the top of the tag, I trimmed off part of it and attached it, punched a hole in it and added May Arts dotted organdy and a little piece of tea dyed gingham.  The finishing touch was four Want2Scrap half pearls and a bow made from the May Arts dotted organdy.  My kids were working at the table with me and didn't mind holding two of my Copic markers to tie the bow around.  

I hope you enjoyed my bookmark, now head on over to Tuesday Taggers and join the fun!

More Challenges:
City Crafter Challenge - Venice, beyond gondola 
Papertake Weekly - Ice cream flavors 
There She Goes - Worn, Torn & Distressed 
Lexi's Creations - Something Old
Mark's Finest Papers - Make You Own Background Paper
Andrea's Stampin' Moments - Simply Sponged 

32 comments:

Robyn said...

Jan, this is beautiful. I just love the vintage look. I've been playing with my tim holtz making tags but still need to improve my technique. You make it look easy!!

jimlynn said...

Congrats Jan! And this is just fabulous!!! So pretty.
Lynn

Louise Fox said...

Jan, I really enjoyed your guest designer spot on Tuesday Taggers. The tag is lovely and very vintage! Great design work!
Blessings, Louise

Unknown said...

This is gorgeous Jan x Thanks for joining our Dt this week. I have adjusted the link now sorry about that x Janet

Zoechaos said...

Beautiful bookmark, such a joy to have you on the team at TT this week and thank you for putting your addy in the comments. xx Zoe

Irena said...

Great tag :)

Unknown said...

Love yr bg paper. It's nice to have you as out GD. Thx for the challenge links
hugs
Ildiko

Faye said...

Your tag is sooooooooooo beautiful. Thanks for playing at Lexi's. x

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

Simply adore the vintage feel and look of this tag! Thanks for playing along with us at CCCB!

Lori said...

Love the monochromatic tone. What a keepsake tag, your work is fantastic. Thanks for sharing with us at Lexi's creations this week! I have some yummy candy at my blog if you're interested!

Carol L said...

I'm loving that french script background and the true vintage feel it lends to your tag! The photo reminds me of a young Betty White!

june lanum said...

very pretty, tags are one of my favorite things.

Claudine Poch said...

Very nice vintage tag. Thanks for joining us at Speedy's Friends.

Andrea said...

Beautiful tag! Love the background stamps and soft sponging!
Thanks for playing along with me this week :)
Andrea

Karen Howard said...

This is great, love the vintage feel!

Liz Williams said...

What a beautiful stamped background you came up with for this tag. Gorgeous work. Thanks for playing along with Speedy's Friends this week.

Jane Izumi Matsumoto said...

This is gorgeous, Jan! Fab vintage look. Congratulations, GD! Great job!

Lexi said...

I love vintage and this is no exception...gorgeous! Thanks for playing at Lexi's Creations

Hugs Lexi xxx

Carrie said...

I love the vintage look too and I think you captured it perfectly in this tag...wonderful creation.

Julia Aston said...

what a wonderful tag! love that bg stamping and great vintage lady image! thanks for playing with Speedy this week!

Joanne Travis said...

Love the vintage bookmark tag. Really beautiful.
Thanks for playing in Speedy's Friends challenge!

cnelson said...

truly lovely!! thank you for joining us at CCCB!

Unknown said...

What a lovely Tag you have here! I just love that old vintage feel it give! Thanks for playing along with us at CCCB!

cnelson said...

perfectly lovely! thank you for joining us at CCCB!

Mandy said...

Fabulous card!

Thank you for joining in with our challenge at PTW this week.

Mandy

PatR said...

Great to have you on the team this week Jan. Love your bookmark it's perfect for the challenge.
xx

PatR said...

Me again Jan just to say I've sorted the link on the TT blog.
xx

dawnmercedes said...

such a great job on the Speedy Cat's Friends challenge! congrats on being a guest DT. I love that challenge!

Vicki Dutcher said...

Excellent bookmark tag! Love it! Thanks for playing with Speedy's Friends!

Sylvia said...

What a beautiful tag!

sammi said...

Very cool!

Thanks for joining us this week at Lexi's Creations.

Rachel said...

wow this is stunning! I love vintage and you've done it so well :)
Congrats on being guest deigner, and thanks for playing with us at Lexi's Creations.
Rachel xx