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FritillaryB
April 5, 2018

Wish, Hope, Dream: Mixed Media Copper Bird Tag

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The centerpiece of this tag might be this diecut bird, but the inspiration was really the background. I knew I wanted copper with these colors. I used an old Sizzix bigZ die to cut the bird from a sheet of copper metal and also cut it from chipboard and then mounted the copper on the chipboard. I made the background tag back in January when I was playing with Lindy sprays on little squares to make ATCs. I prepared most of the other altered pieces in February and had this about 95% done when I just got stuck in a brain freeze. I finally had the chance to pull it back out and I realized what was bothering me. I had my perfectly stamped and copper embossed text deconstructed into perfect squares on a paper that was just ok with the background. It just didn't fit. I tossed it out and found some scraps from my collaged background and decided to use those for my stamped text. To get the vintage effect that I wanted I stamped upside down with my paper on top and pressed the paper onto the stamp with my fingers. This made it all slightly uneven when I added my embossing powder. I love the way the new pieces came out. I thought briefly about distressing the copper bird and quickly decided to be patient and let it patina with age. I know that is a strange approach since the first instinct is to alter.

It was such a relief to finally finish this after having it sit in pieces for over two months. I think I loved enough that I didn't want to compromise. The second photo shows a close up,of some of the detail. IMO it is much prettier IRL. This is my Husband's favorite tag of all that I have made.

Thank you so much for looking and for listening to my long drawn out story.


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