Tuesday 16 June 2009

Love in the key of SCD

It's Gez's turn to set the challenge over on Something Completely Different this week so I really couldn't let the week pass without having a go. This month's object is the tag and Gez's theme for the week is "hearts".

I picked up an old book of music in a charity shop (goodwill store for my American friends!) a few weeks ago and thought this would be the perfect project to use a little of it as it gave me the opportunity to pun off the word "key" and although Kathy is the queen of puns I think I may be second in line to the throne ;o) The keys are stamped over the hole in the tag so it looks a bit like they're swinging from the chain and I found the space between the staves was perfect for the sentiment!

My heart is hand cut from some packaging - it had the corrugated texture showing rather than being laminated with another plain sheet which made me save it. I grunged it a little by rubbing some gesso in with my finger. The wire was saved from the 'cage' on a bottle of Rioja, the lace is vintage and the chain is from a broken necklace so all in all I did pretty well on the three Rs here, huh?

Stamps (all Cornish Heritage Farms):
Key Elements (All Things Considered line)
Key Expressions (Mona Lisa Moments line)

Paper:
Vintage sheet music
Recycled packaging

Ink:
Brilliance by Tsukineko (Graphite Black)
Tim Holtz Distress by Ranger (Vintage Photo)

Other:
Vintage lace
Recycled wire
Chain
Nail art gem
Gesso

Thanks for the challenge girls and thanks for stopping by to take a look, hope you liked it! Don't forget to check out CHF's Summer Stamping Star contest if you have CHF stamps to play with!

16 comments:

  1. wow great tag Joanne - love the corrugated heart...and the background paper is lovely. Thanks for joining us this week...hope to see you again soon...xx

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  2. Lovely tag Joanne! How come I never find old sheet music in my charity shops?! Love the little butterfly.

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  3. This is lovely and all the better for all that recycling!

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  4. Oooh lurvley tag Jo and what a great find in your charity shop with the music xxxx

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  5. Oh that's just plain gorgeous Joanne. You have a much better class of charity shops locally!!

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  6. love how youve stamped the keys over the tags hole,youve got such an eye for detail.....and such small details like that really makes the tag.Totally gorgeous!

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  7. WOW so much recycling...clever you Joanne! Its all made a gorgeous tag! X

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  8. This is so beautiful and vintagy - love all the elements together..

    Thanks for joining us this week

    Dawn

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  9. Such a gorgeous tag - love the heart!!!

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  10. I love this tag!!! Great use of recycling items! Love how you stamped the keys ... very clever!

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  11. Love your tag, lovely combination of great elements and very effective !!

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  12. this is beautiful and elegant!
    isa

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  13. Very well thought out tag Joanne. So lovely to see you joining us this week. Thank You.xx

    You can take your stand next to the throne very well!

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  14. Love this, Joanne, the stamping, the colours and all the extra bits and bobs look fab together

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  15. wow Joanne you certainly have used all of the three r's in this project. Well done. :)

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