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Saturday, August 11, 2012

Enjoy Simple Beauty

Happy Saturday!  It's raining rubber at my house!  I have a few new releases just hit my desk that I am creating with. Of course that means not sharing anything too much on my blog. :)

I took a break from my other projects to create a tag for the Fashionable Stamping Challenge of Anything Goes
I used a combination of Artistic Outpost Sets to create my tag.  (Keeper, Whimsical Melange, Old Grist Mill) The background was supposed to emulate the flannel shirt. I had embossed using a Sizzix embossing folder and smeared a combination of blues, reds and brown distress inks over the surface.  My favorite was creating the string of fish. I stamped, colored with the coordinating distress inks and cut them out to attach to the twine.

Of course I had to add the ruler as every fish needs to be measured!

We are celebrating my youngest birthday with a family party. A little delayed due to our vacation.  Things are wrapping up for the summer. My older kids are back in school next week.  Maybe it will quiet down a bit after that.

Have a lovely weekend!

Suzz

11 comments:

Lin said...

LOVE this, Sue! The fish and the ruler are genius!

Virginia L. said...

Brilliant tag, Suzanne! Love the colors, shading and every detail is amazing! How talented you are (as Yoda would say)!! HUGS!

Lynn Stevens said...

Raining rubber! Now that sounds like my kinda weather! LOL
Fabulous tag Suzz. Your coloring is gorgeous!
hugs Lynn

Silvia(Barnie) said...

That's a fabulous tag with great details. Love the texture. Thanks for joining us at FSC.

Asia King (aka Joanna K) said...

Such a gorgeous tag Suzz! Beautiful colouring and lovely texture :). Thanks for sharing at FSC!

Dawn said...

super cute tag Suzz. Love those fish. Can't wait to see what you come up with~ what fun to have brand new stamp sets to play with!

Yvonne Garner said...

Love this Suzz, especially the string of fish! We are celebrating family birthdays from June and Father's Day tomorrow as it was the first chance to get everyone together. Have a Great Sunday! Thanks for sharing with us at FSC! Yvonne

lynne said...

Hi
Wonderful details on your tag, especially the fish.
Thank you for sharing with us at FSC.
Wishes
Lynne

Linda R said...

What a fun tag. I just love the image. Very cute my friend..

Hugs~

Lisa Somerville said...

Beautiful tag! Wonderful coloring, love the clipped on stringer of fish!

craftimamma said...

This is wonderful Sue and full of inspiration. I love that embossing folder which I don't think I've ever seen before and the clipped on string of fish is a brilliant idea.

Hugs
Lesley Xx