Thursday, February 6, 2014

A little bright spot

Hi, everyone!  Welcome!  I'm so happy to have you visit today.  I'm sure you're wondering what the bright spot is.  Well, for me it's Valentine's Day.  Winter is cold and it's often gloomy and since I was a child I've always thought that Valentine's Day was a fun bit of brightness, what with all the red and pink and lace, in the middle of a dull winter.  By now everyone is tired of the harsh weather so we all need a little pick me up!  And, of course, I love to make things for Valentine's Day.  This year I'm making some cards but I also wanted to make something to put on a table in my living room.  Here's what I came up with.

 
 
 
It's a tag, but not a tag!  I used one of the large tags and covered it with Authentique's Valentine paper for this year.  I always love their holiday themed collections. I inked the edges with Vintage Photo DI.  The banner was part of the paper's design.  I cut out one of the vintage images from another sheet of the paper and cut a slit above the banner so I could tuck the corner of the image in.  The background is a 6x6 inch piece of red paper.  I cut a Tattered Doily out of white cardstock using the On the Edge die from Tim Holtz.  After sponging it with Vintage Photo DI I put it down on the background paper and glued the tag over it.  I created a bow from shear ribbon from my ribbon stash and attached that to the top along with two crystal "hat pins".  Using Kaiser Craft Sparkles I tacked down the ribbon streamers and "sprinkled" them around the tag and background.  A little "Forever" sticker fills in the corner.  I cut an easel with the easel die from TH and attached it to the back so it's free standing.   Here are some details.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 You may notice that there are no hearts in this Valentine project!  Well, that's because I wanted to enter it in the latest challenge over at Frilly and Funkie.  This challenge is to make something for Valentine's Day using the traditional red, pink and white but NO hearts!  That was a challenge I couldn't pass up.  All that red and pink and Valentine sentiment but no hearts. 
 
 
Well, I hope this post is putting some bright color into your day.  Thank you so much for visiting me and for all the wonderful comments you leave for me.  Have a wonderful day.
 
 

12 comments:

  1. I love the feel of this one! so sweet and turn of the century - just perfect!

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  2. Totally delightful - I love all your beautiful little details, right down to those gorgeous hat pins!

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  3. Happy LOVE month, Maryanne! ♥♥♥ I absolutely LOVE how you made this beautiful work of art to brighten up your home in the midst of this deep and cold winter! Your creation is just gorgeous! Thanks also for your wonderful visit to my blog, too!!! ♥

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  4. Super cute! You really do Valentine's Day well :)

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  5. Great image and love how you have created this ! Thanks for joining us at Frilly and Funkie x Trace x

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  6. Love this Maryanne. Love that tag background and the doily edge. hanks so much for joining us at Frilly and Funkie. Jenny x

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  7. What a fabulous project. Love the vintage image and the way you layered the tag on the square back piece. Thanks for joining us at Frilly and Funkie.
    Hugs!
    Cec

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  8. Very cool table decoration Maryanne! The design is just wonderful. Such a sweet image and it love the sentiment banner! Always great to have you playing along with us at Frilly and Funkie!

    Hugs,
    Linda

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  9. What a gorgeous tag Maryanne! It will make for the most fantastic table decoration, - love it!!

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  10. Such a cute couple on that old fashioned image! A lovely tag!
    Claudia x

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  11. That must be why I am loving this~no hearts! Well, that and the sweet couple, the shades of red, and those beautiful hat pins. This is really lovely, Maryanne :-)

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  12. Hi Maryanne! Just stopping by to say thank you for your wonderful, wonderful comments left at my blog. And I want to wish you a very happy belated Valentine's Day, too! HUGS!!!!

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