Tag Trio with Stars and Swirls

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Tag Trio with Stars and Swirls

It's not easy for me to use tags on my cards. I'm not sure why, but it just doesn't come easily to me. After much effort and many scraps on my work table, I'm happy with this design. I like how the stitching dots make a framework to hang my trio of tags. Also I sponged the tag and banner edges with brown, something I rarely do. So it's an unusual card for me, and I like it.

Card details:

Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) enchanted evening (dark blue), pure poppy (red), fine linen (tan), stamper's select white, and the stripe and bitty dot prints from PTI blueberry sky (medium blue) pattern pack.
Embroidery floss is DMC ecru (cream). I used 3 of the 6 strands.
Dies are PTI tiny tags, stitched rectangles (4th largest shape), and sketched shapes (short wide banner).
The sentiment "thankful for you" is from Fiskars so much thanks, stamped with PTI pure poppy ink cube. The stamped stripes, stars, and swirls are from Paper Smooches seeing stars, PTI turning a new leaf (small vine), and PTI bitty background blocks II (stripes), stamped with PTI spring rain (light blue) and pure poppy.
Edges are sponged with PTI classic kraft ink.

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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Operation: Quiet Comfort

Starting in early 2016, most of my cards are now made for Operation: Quiet Comfort.
As explained on their web site, "Operation Quiet Comfort exists solely for the purpose of honoring and comforting America’s military men and women who become sick and injured while serving in harm’s way. We also provide support to those who care for them. We collect, package and ship supplies for U.S. Military men and women receiving care at medical facilities abroad." These packages also include cards with messages of support and encouragement ... "thinking of you, patriotic, thank you, cheerful cards." I'm happy to have the opportunity to support our troops in this way.

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Unless noted otherwise, all my cards are A2 size - 4.25 x 5.5" when folded.

I was making cards long before I started stamping, so for my card images, I sometimes will do my own line drawing, then color it with markers. To use it multiple times, I scan it before coloring, then computer-print it. For more on my drawing process, see "How I Draw," and also "Anybody Can Draw."

I use Copic markers (I prefer "original" and also have some of the "sketch" type), Copic multiliner pens, and the Copic airbrush (airbrushing with my markers). See "About My Tools and Materials" for my Copic colors and other tools, materials, supplies and sources. Techniques and materials may also be noted in the blog post.

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Sunday, April 10, 2016