Fur Or Feathers At Artful Times. . . .

The latest challenge at Artful Times is to include the theme of either fur or feathers in your work. I chose feathers because I have a number of bird stamps which I could choose from but no animal items!

I decided to make a tag with a vaguely autumnal feel to the background and added colour to the birds to make them stand out. No sentiment was added because quite honestly, I feel that they aren't always necessary.

Here's my tag featuring some Crafty Individuals birds:

The background for the tag was created using foliage stamps and distress inks. The white leaves were stamped with brilliance ink.

Die cut lace was inked in the same colours as the tag. Two layers of clear embossing came next, followed by stamping with brilliance ink whilst the embossing powder was still molten.

The birds were layered onto corrugated card from a box I had. The card board was inked lightly with picket fence distress stain followed by walnut stain ink. Aged gold embossing enamel was then applied to various areas of the card.

Each bird image was stamped with archival ink then coloured with distress inks and a water brush. 

Each bird 'tile' was given holes in opposite corners. Jute twine (love this stuff!) was then attached to the tiles and then to the corrugated card. I wanted to use this natural material to keep in line with the nature theme. Some cream cotton lace was used behind the birds and through the hole at the top of the tag.

Close up to show the background. The fern images were stamped vertically - either the right way up or the wrong way! Water was randomly flicked and dried. The white leaves were stamped in some areas only just to lift the background colours a little and to tie in with the picket fence stain on the corrugated card..

Shorter post from me today but lots of pictures as usual! Hope you've enjoyed looking at my tag.