Friday, January 26, 2018

Aloha... East side Maui

Good morning!  I say "East-side Maui" because this tag evokes more of that rustic-remote vibe from the least-populated region of coastal Maui. 


Layers of fiber...


Just look at those layers!


Oh, the irony...
Supplies:

  • Ranger base tag painted with a mixture of white iquitex gesso and some generic brown acrylic paint scraped on with an old hotel room-key.
  • Cardboard panel from some packaging painted at the same time in the same fashion.
  • "Aloha" written with a DecoArt paint pen
  • Twine from stash
  • Yarn sent last year by the fiber-lovin' (and fiber-sharin') Andrea at Snapping Monsters.
  • The flowers were made by using the sponge-tip of Distress Paints in Picked Raspberry and Broken China on to old typewriter paper.  When dry, I used the DecoArt paint pen to draw the flowers
  • The faux water droplets are Mod Podge Dimensional Magic
  • The last thing I added was the greenery... which is Mini Greenery by Tim Holtz cut from some paper that Autumn at Sew Paper Paint sent a year or two ago.
There are a few things unique about this project that make it special to me:
  • I thought of my oldest daughter the whole time while making it because she loves Hawaii, and we visited Maui together a year ago
  • Parts are from two inspiring crafty friends (Andrea and Autumn... huge hugs and thanks)
  • There is no black on this project!  (Now, that doesn't make it special because I love black, but it definitely was a choice I made, and I don't know why, to stay away from black on this project).
I'd love to share this with the folks at:

8 comments:

  1. You described the tag's vibe perfectly and it turned out just great! Love your sense of humor. Fear not, spring is just around the corner.

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  2. wow looks vintage
    and love that corugated paper
    made it has much texture Mimi
    beautiful Foto outside with the snow there
    hugs
    Monika

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  3. A lovely tag with lovely flowers. I like the colors.
    Thanks for playing with us at HLS Mixed Media Challenge.
    Good luck!! Michelle (DT)

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  4. A beautiful tag with an exotic feel. I hope to go to Hawaii one day...

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  5. Such a beautiful tag! Love the use of cardboard!!
    Thank you for playing along with Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! We all hope to see you again soon xx Zoey

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  6. Such a fun tag! Love the pop of colours as the focal! Thanks for playing with us at Happy Little Stampers!- Aditi

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  7. Gorgeous tag, your flowers are beautiful
    Thank you for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge this week

    Jo x

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